List of personalities from the Technical University of Darmstadt

The list is intended - without claiming to be exhaustive - to provide an overview of people who are associated with the Technical University of Darmstadt and its predecessors, academic work and teaching, and as graduates.

List of directors, rectors and presidents

Directors

• 1848–1862: Edmund Külp (1801–1862), director of the secondary industrial school
• 1862–1864: Balthasar Harres (1804–1868), come. Director of the Higher Trade School
• 1864–1867: Friedrich August Schäffer

Rectors

• 1869–1870: Rudolph Werner (1811–1891), mechanical engineer
• 1870–1871: Leopold Dippel (1827–1914), botanist
• 1871–1872: Theodor Schäffer (1839–1914), civil engineer
• 1872–1875: Eduard Sonne (1828–1917), civil engineer
• 1875–1877: Eduard Schmitt (1842–1913), civil engineer
• 1877–1879: Theodor Schäffer (1839–1914), civil engineer
• 1879–1881: Heinrich Wagner (1834–1897), architect
• 1881–1882: Eduard Sonne (1828–1917), civil engineer
• 1882–1884: Wilhelm Staedel (1843–1919), chemist
• 1884–1886: Eduard Schmitt (1842–1913), civil engineer
• 1886–1887: Erwin Marx (1841–1901), architect
• 1887–1889: Erasmus Kittler (1852–1929), electrical engineering pioneer and physicist
• 1889–1891: Theodor Landsberg (1847–1915), civil engineer
• 1891–1893: Lebrecht Henneberg (1850–1933), mathematician
• 1893-1896: Richard Lepsius (1851-1915), geologist
• 1896–1898: Otto Berndt (1857–1940), mechanical engineer
• 1898–1900: Alexander Koch (1852–1923), civil engineer
• 1900–1902: Karl Schering (1854–1925), physicist
• 1902–1903: Adolf Pfarr (1851–1912), mechanical engineer
• 1903–1905: Friedrich Dingeldey (1859–1939), mathematician
• 1905–1907: Max Friedrich Gutermuth (1858–1943), mechanical engineer
• 1907–1909: Heinrich Walbe (1865–1954), architect and curator
• 1909–1911: Heinrich Schenck (1860–1927), botanist
• 1911–1913: Georg Wickop (1861–1914), architect
• 1913–1914: Reinhold Müller (1857–1939), mathematician
• 1914–1915: Arnold Berger (1862–1948), philologist and Germanist
• 1915–1916: Otto Berndt (1857–1940), mechanical engineer
• 1916–1917: Reinhold Müller (1857–1939), mathematician
• 1917–1918: Hermann Finger (1864–1940), chemist
• 1918–1919: Friedrich Pützer (1871–1922), architect
• 1919–1920: Friedrich Dingeldey (1859–1939), mathematician
• 1920–1921: Heinrich Walbe (1865–1954), architect and preservationist
• 1921–1923: Waldemar Petersen (1880–1946), electrical engineer, industrial manager
• 1923–1924: Enno Wilhelm Tielko Heidebroek (1876–1955), mechanical engineer
• 1924–1925: Wilhelm Schlink (1875–1968), physicist
• 1925–1926: Christoph Eberle (1869–1929), mechanical engineer
• 1926–1927: Franz Knipping (1875–1966), civil engineer
• 1927–1928: Emil Kammer (1874–1960), civil engineer
• 1928–1929: Hans Rau (1881–1961), physicist
• 1929–1930: Christoph Eberle (1869–1929), mechanical engineer
• 1930–1931: Lothar Wöhler (1870–1952), chemist
• 1931–1932: Erich Reuleaux (1883–1967), civil engineer and transport scientist
• 1932–1933: August Thum (1881–1957)
• 1933–1934: Hans Busch (1884–1973), physicist
• 1934–1937: Friedrich Hübener (1882–1966), mechanical engineer
• 1937–1944: Karl Lieser (1901–1990), architect
• 1944–1945: Kurt Klöppel (1901–1985), civil engineer
• 1945–1946: Erich Reuleaux (1883–1967), civil engineer
• 1946–1947: Richard Vieweg (1896–1972), physicist
• 1947–1949: Gustav Mesmer (1905–1981)
• 1949–1951: Alfred Mehmel (1896–1972), civil engineer
• 1951–1953: Hans Wolfgang Kohlschütter (1902–1986), chemist
• 1953–1955: Kurt Klöppel (1901–1985), civil engineer
• 1955–1956: Karl Küpfmüller (1897–1977), electrical engineer
• 1956–1957: Walter Brecht (1900–1986)
• 1957–1958: Curt Schmieden (1905–1991), mathematician
• 1959–1960: Heinrich Bartmann (1898–1982), architect
• 1960–1962: Helmut Witte (1909–2008), chemist
• 1962–1963: Adam Horn
• 1962–1963: Gerhard Frühauf , engineer
• 1963–1964: Adolf Küntzel (1898–1988), chemist
• 1964–1965: Rudolf Klein (1908–1986), engineer
• 1966–1967: Karl Marguerre (1906–1979)
• 1967–1968: Dietrich Schultz (1928–1984), lawyer

Directory

• 1968–1969: Curt Brader , Dietrich Schultz , Walter Rohmert
• 1969–1970: Max Guther , Friedrich Beck (physicist) , Manfred Teschner
• 1970–1971: Rolf Lingenberg , Martin Drath , Johannes Wissmann

President

• 1971–1995: Helmut Böhme (1936–2012), historian
• 1995–2007: Johann-Dietrich Wörner (* 1954), civil engineer, general director of ESA
• 2007–2019: Hans Jürgen Prömel (* 1953), mathematician
• since 2019: Tanja Brühl (* 1969), political scientist

Professors and research assistants

• Heidrun Abromeit (* 1943), political scientist
• Andreas Dreizler (* 1966), mechanical engineer and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winner (2014)
• Jürgen Rödel (* 1958), materials scientist and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winner (2009)
• Frank Steglich (* 1941), mechanical engineer and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winner (1986)
• Bernd Giese (* 1940), chemist and winner of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1987)
• Ernst Achilles (1929–1999), preventive fire protection, security technology, chief fire director and head of the professional fire brigade in Frankfurt am Main
• Karl Otmar von Aretin (1923–2014), historian
• Axel Azzola (1937–2007), lawyer and State Secretary
• Max Bächer (1925–2011), architect and architectural theorist
• Günter Behnisch (1922-2010), architect ( Olympiastadion Munich )
• Christian Beidl (* 1961), mechanical engineer
• Ernst Berl (1877–1946), chemist
• Wolfgang Bibel (* 1938), computer scientist, Herbrand Award (2006)
• Hermann Bleibtreu (1889–1977), mechanical engineering professor
• Floriano Bodini (1933–2005), Italian sculptor
• Hanns-Peter Boehm (* 1928), chemist and a pioneer in graphene research
• Gernot Böhme (* 1937), philosopher
• Manfred Boltze (* 1957), civil engineer
• Andreas Brandt (1937–2014), architect
• Ernst Adolf Brauer (1851–1934), mechanical engineering professor
• Rudolf Brill (1899–1989), chemist
• Klaus Bringmann (* 1936), historian
• Lutz Brockhaus (1945–2016), sculptor
• Ralph Bruder (* 1963), ergonomist
• Johannes Buchmann (* 1953), computer scientist, Leibniz Prize (1993)
• Volker Caspari (* 1953), economist
• Ernst-Otto Czempiel (1927–2017), political scientist
• Helmut Dahmer (* 1937), sociologist
• Michail Ossipowitsch Doliwo-Dobrowolski (1862–1919), electrical engineer
• Wolfgang Domschke (* 1944), Professor of Operations Research
• Werner Durth (* 1949), architectural historian and theorist
• Dietmar Eberle (* 1952), architect
• Carl Eberhardt (1877–1932), aeronautical researcher
• Claudia Eckert (* 1959), computer scientist
• Gerald Eckert (* 1960), composer
• Manfred Efinger (* 1959), Chancellor
• Johann Eisele (* 1948), architect
• José Luis Encarnação (* 1941), computer scientist and inventor of the Graphical Kernel System
• Peter Euler (* 1953) educator and chemist
• Hans Gerhard Evers (1900–1993), art historian
• Dietrich Falke (* 1927), virologist
• Paul Friedlaender (1857–1923), chemist
• Klaus Friedrich (* 1945), geographer and social geographer
• Wolfgang Fritz (* 1951), economist
• Hans-Jochen Gamm (1925–2011) pedagogue and educational scientist
• Petra Gehring (* 1961), philosopher
• Hermann Geibel (1889–1972), sculptor
• Rudolf Geil (1899–1962), architect
• Walter Georgii (1888–1968), meteorologist, glider researcher and Nazi science functionary
• Gisbert Große-Brauckmann (1926–2001), biologist
• Karl Gruber (1885–1966), architect, urban planner and architectural historian
• Peter Grünberg (1939–2018), physicist and Nobel Prize winner
• Waldemar Grzimek (1918–1984), sculptor
• Max Gutermuth (1858–1943), professor of mechanical engineering
• Xaver Hafer (1915–2003), professor of aviation, pioneer for short and vertical take-offs
• Klaus Hafner (* 1927), chemist
• Friedrich Ludwig Albert Hartmann (1868–1928), professor of drawing and painting
• Michael Hartmann (* 1952), sociologist
• Paul Hartmann (art historian) (1869–1944), art historian
• Karl Hax (1901–1978), economist
• Gerhard Hennige (* 1940), sports scientist and Olympic medalist
• Carl Hering (1860–1926), electrical engineer
• Gerhard Herzberg (1904–1999), chemist, physicist and Nobel Prize winner 1971
• Thomas Herzog (* 1941), architect
• Richard Heß (1937–2017), sculptor
• Georg Heyl (1866–1942), chemist
• Wolfgang Hilberg (1932–2015), electrical engineer and inventor of the radio clock
• Volker Hinrichsen (* 1954), electrical engineer
• Karl Hofmann (1856–1933), architect, town planning officer in Worms, professor at TU Darmstadt
• Péter Horváth (* 1937), German business economist and university lecturer
• Thomas Ihringer (1953–2015), mathematician
• Rolf Isermann (* 1938), electrical engineer
• Johannes A. Jehle (* 1961), Phytomedicist
• Wilhelm Jost (1903–1988), chemist
• Egbert Kankeleit (* 1929), physicist
• Jürgen Kluge (* 1953), physicist
• Heiner Knell (1937–2017), archaeologist
• Eugen Kogon (1903–1987), political scientist and sociologist
• Gernot Koneffke (1927–2008) teacher and university professor
• Gert König (* 1934), civil engineer
• Cornelia Koppetsch (* 1967), sociologist
• Hans-Ulrich Küpper (* 1945), economist, is considered to be the founder of the coordination-oriented controlling concept
• Franziska Lang (* 1959), archaeologist
• Felix Lincke (1840–1917), professor of mechanical engineering
• Friedrich List (1887–1965), lawyer
• Martina Löw (* 1965), sociologist
• Ernst May (1886–1970), initiator of the New Frankfurt and other pioneering settlements, from 1957 honorary professor in Darmstadt
• Paul Meissner (1868–1939), architect and university professor
• Randolf Menzel (* 1940), zoologist and neurobiologist
• Evelies Mayer (* 1938), sociologist
• Erich Mindner (1895–1939), architect and university professor
• Meinrad Morger (* 1957), Swiss architect
• Max Muss (1885–1954), economist
• Wilibald Nagel (1863–1929), German musicologist
• Adam Nell (1824–1901), mathematician and cartographer
• Ernst Neufert (1900–1986), architect
• August Noack (1822–1905), painter
• Friedrich Oehlkers (1890–1971), botanist
• Winfried Oppelt (1912–1999), control engineer
• David Parnas (* 1941), computer scientist
• Karl-Heinz Petzinka (* 1956), architect
• Günter Pfeifer (* 1943), architect
• Hans-Christian Pfohl (* 1942), Professor of Management and Logistics
• Robert Piloty (1924–2013), electrical engineer and computer scientist
• Jan Hubert Pinand (1888–1958), architect
• Adalbert Podlech (1929–2017), lawyer
• Achim Richter (* 1940), nuclear physicist
• Rolf Romero (1915–2002), architect and architectural historian
• Harald Rose (* 1935), physicist
• Bert Rürup (* 1943), economic assistant
• Otto Scherzer (1909–1982), physicist
• Franz Nikolaus Scheubel (1899–1976), professor of aerospace engineering
• Frank Schimmelfennig (* 1963), political scientist
• Bernhard Schlink (* 1944), lawyer, novelist and judge
• Rudi Schmiede (* 1946), sociologist, Vice President 1997–99
• Josef Adolf Schmoll called Eisenwerth (1915–2010), art historian
• Uwe H. Schneider (* 1941), lawyer
• Ernst Schröder (1841–1902), mathematician
• Joachim Schürmann (* 1926), architect ( Schürmannbau )
• Adolf J. Schwab (* 1937), electrical engineer and chairman of the German IEEE
• Angelika Schwabe-Kratochwil (* 1950), botanist
• Carl Gustav Schwalbe (1871–1938), chemist
• Thomas Bernhard Seiler (* 1925), Swiss psychologist
• Gerhard Sessler (* 1931), electrical engineer and inventor of the electret microphone
• Thomas Sieverts (* 1934), architect and urban planner ( Zwischenstadt )
• Ernst Söllinger (1896–1985), sports teacher, track and field athlete
• Wolfgang H. Staehle (1938–1992), business economist
• Michael Stahl (* 1948), ancient historian
• Ralf Steinmetz (* 1956), electrical engineer and computer scientist
• Karl Thürnau (1877–1944), civil engineer and university professor
• Ernst Vetterlein (1873–1950), architect
• Philipp Waibler (1824–1902), professor of mechanical engineering
• Alwin Walther (1898–1967), mathematician
• Karsten Weihe (* 1967), professor of computer science
• Thomas Weiland (* 1951), physicist and electrical engineer
• Karsten Wendland (* 1972), computer scientist
• Rudolf Wille (1937–2017), mathematician
• Axel Wirth (* 1951), lawyer
• Karl Wirtz (1861–1928), electrical engineer
• Hermann Zapf (1918–2015), typographer
• Hubert Ziegler (1924–2009), plant physiologist
• Eduard Zintl (1898–1941), chemist ( Zintl phases )

Graduates

• Georg Cantor , founder of set theory and changed the concept of infinity
• Rainer Waser , physical chemist and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winner (2014)
• Andreas Dreizler (* 1966), mechanical engineer and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winner (2014)
• Felix von Borck, co-founder of Akasol
• Björn Eberleh, co-founder of Akasol
• Ernst Achilles (1929–1999), chief fire director and head of the professional fire brigade in Frankfurt am Main
• Dietrich Bangert (* 1942), architect (Schirn, Maritime Museum)
• Theodor Becher (1876–1948), engineer
• Friedrich Berentzen (1928–2009), chemist and spirits manufacturer (Berentzen apple grain)
• Wolfgang Bernhard (* 1960), manager
• Jovanka Bontschits (1887–1966), first female engineer in Germany
• Albrecht Broemme (* 1953), electrical engineer and president of the technical relief organization
• Wolfgang Coy (* 1947), computer scientist, mathematician and electrical engineer
• Ulrich Craemer (1919–2009), architect
• Kurt Heinrich Debus (1908–1983), mechanical engineer, electrical engineer and rocket pioneer
• Nicole Deitelhoff (* 1974), political scientist and university lecturer
• Hans Demant (* 1950), mechanical engineer and CEO of Adam Opel GmbH
• Michael Evenari (1904-1989), botanist
• Wolf von Fabeck (* 1935), mechanical engineer and solar activist
• Gisela Färber (* 1955), finance scientist and member of the Rürup Commission
• Christoph Franz (* 1960), industrial engineer and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa
• Petra Fuhrmann (1955–2019), chemist, political scientist and MdL Hessen
• Edmund Gassner (1908–2004), urban planner
• Andreas Georgi (* 1957), member of the Dresdner Bank Management Board
• Jürgen Gerlach (* 1938), chairman of the animal protection party
• Eveline Gottzein (* 1931), control engineer, Werner von Siemens ring bearer
• Moniko Greif (* 1952), professor and dean of the engineering department at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences
• Walter Greiner (1935–2016), physicist
• Peter Grünberg (1939–2018), physicist, discoverer of the GMR effect, recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Peter Gruss (* 1949), biologist, President of the Max Planck Society
• Herbert Hax (1933–2005), economist
• Walter Heimann (1908–1981), pioneer of German television technology
• Helmut Hölzer (1912–1996), computer and rocket pioneer, collaboration on the control of the A4 (V2) and in the Apollo program
• Ot Hoffmann (1930–2017), architect
• Ulrich Lehner (* 1946), Manager, until April 2008 Chairman of the Board of Management of Henkel KGaA
• Kuno Kamphausen (1900–1934), architect, central politician and victim of the Nazi regime
• Kurt Katzenstein (1895–1984), engineer, entrepreneur, flight instructor, military and traffic pilot
• Franz-Josef Kemper (* 1945), sociologist and athlete
• Erich Kirste (1927–2002), physicist
• Heinrich Kleyer (1853–1932), mechanical engineer and entrepreneur (Adlerwerke)
• Heinrich Leonhard Kolb (* 1956), industrial engineer and politician (FDP)
• Carsten Kratz (approx. * 1967), Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group for Germany and Austria
• Bernd Lehmann (1951–2018), geodesist and dean in Trier
• Siegfried Linkwitz (1935–2018), pioneer in loudspeaker construction
• El Lissitzky (1890–1941), architect, painter and designer
• Tim Lüth (* 1965), engineer and computer scientist
• Ernst May (1886–1970), architect and urban planner (Neues Frankfurt)
• Peter Mertens (* 1937), industrial engineer and founding father of business informatics
• Wolfgang Müller-Wiener (1923–1991), architectural historian
• Fritz von Opel (1899–1971), rocket pioneer, 1961 Honorary Senator TU Darmstadt
• Peter Pagé (* 1939), electrical engineer and software pioneer
• Karl Plagge (1897–1957), mechanical engineer
• Karl Plauth (1896–1927), mechanical engineer and pilot
• Hans Dieter Pötsch (* 1951), Board Member for Finance and Controlling at Volkswagen AG
• Karl-Friedrich Rausch (* 1951), Head of Passenger Transport at Deutsche Bahn AG
• Edmone Roffael (* 1939), chemist and forest and wood scientist
• Klaus Sander (1929–2015), developmental biologist, professor of zoology at the University of Freiburg
• Leopold Sautter (1897–1979), architect, building specialist in sound and heat insulation
• Alois M. Schader (* 1928), civil engineer and founder
• Fritz Schilgen (1906–2005), communications engineer, track and field athlete (final runner in the 1936 torch relay)
• Jürgen Schneider (* 1934), civil engineer and real estate bankrupt
• Peter Schnell (* 1938), computer scientist, founder of Software AG and benefactor
• Joachim Schürmann (* 1926), architect ( Schürmannbau )
• Wilhelm Schütte (1900–1968), architect
• Franz-Josef Spalthoff (1923–2004), electrical engineer, manager in the energy industry and local politician
• Kira Stein (* 1952), mechanical engineer , board member of the German Women's Council
• Volkmar Stein (1943), Chairman of the Board of Management of Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG
• Paul Ludwig Troost (1878–1934), architect
• John Tu , founder of Kingston Technology
• Chaim Weizmann (1874–1952), chemist and first President of Israel
• Heinrich Winter (1898–1964), civil engineer, historian and local researcher
• Rainer Winz (* 1950), electrical engineer and professor
• Eduard Wolfskehl (1874–1943), government architect
• Hans Zacher (1912–2003), glider pioneer
• Andreas Zeller (* 1965), computer scientist
• Oliver Zipse (* 1964), mechanical engineer , board member for production at BMW AG

source

• Personnel and course directory / TH Darmstadt 1858-1971

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ceremonial handover of the rectorate. Technical University of Darmstadt, accessed on October 4, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Prisca Jourdan: Darmstädter Echo, Thursday, March 7, 2019, p. 9.
3. ↑ ^{a b} RSM: Andreas Dreizler. Retrieved September 9, 2019 . 
4. ↑ heise online: 100th anniversary of the death of Georg Cantor: The master of quantities. Retrieved September 14, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Echo Newspapers GmbH: Akasol company founder Felix von Borck about the alternatives of the electric bus in public transport - Echo online. Retrieved September 9, 2019 . 
6. ^ ^{A b} Jan Schiefenhövel: Akasol AG: With the E-Bus to the stock exchange . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed September 9, 2019]).
7. ↑ Daimler subsidiary EvoBus selects battery systems from Akasol for Citaro electric bus (press release). Retrieved September 9, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Prof. Dr.-Ing. Moniko Greif - Top 25th German Association of Female Engineers, accessed on February 22, 2015 .