Klaus Egelkraut

Klaus Egelkraut (born August 9, 1935 in Berlin ) is a German physicist and author .

Life

Egelkraut graduated from high school in Hamburg in 1954 and began studying physics there, which he graduated with a diploma in 1960 in Heidelberg . In the same year he started working for the Deutsche Bundesbahn in the Federal Railway Research Institute in Minden . At the railway he developed and improved the non-destructive testing . In 1975 he took over the mechanics department of the Federal Railway Research Institute in Minden. In addition, he was active as an expert appraiser and expert . From 1993 to 1994 he was acting head of the test center of the former Reichsbahn in Kirchmöser . In 1995 he became head of the test center two in Minden. In 1997 he was responsible for and headed the Minden Research and Technology Center (FTZ).

Publications

In 1972 his first textbook was published: “Practical course in ultrasound testing - U1.0”. In 1978 he founded the series "Non-destructive examinations in question and answer - test tasks for self-control and for use in exams". In 1986 he was the founder and publisher of the "DGZfP-Zeitung" ( German Society for Non-Destructive Testing ), for whose leading article he was responsible from issue number 1 to number 32. In 1993 his brochure "Ultrasound examinations in Germany - memories of the beginnings" appeared, in 2006 the book "Aptly said - quotations, proverbs and significant utterances", DVS Verlag, in 2009 the book "Ein Prüfer ... Pleasurable insights into non-destructive testing", Castell Verlag, and in 2013 the book “Die Vortragsfibel” published by Leonidas Verlag.

Awards

• 1974: Berthold Prize
• 2000: Badge of Honor and DGZfP Honorary Colloquium

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mindener Tageblatt : You can't move anything on your own. Print version of August 8, 2015, page 47
2. ↑ Awards Bertold Prize , accessed on August 11, 2015.