Ludwig Merz (electrical engineer)
Ludwig Merz (born January 25, 1905 in Pirmasens ; † March 18, 1992 in Munich ) was a German measurement and control technician and full professor and director of the Institute for Measurement and Control Engineering at the Technical University of Munich .
Life
From 1924 to 1929 he studied electrical engineering at the Technical University in Munich, where he was awarded a Dr.-Ing. PhD.
From 1945 he was head of the Wernerwerk for measurement technology at Siemens & Halske AG and from 1954 department director. In 1956 he became an adjunct professor for measuring instrument construction at the TH Munich. In the same year he became head of the measurement and control engineering department of the Kernreaktor Bau und Betriebs-GmbH in Karlsruhe, responsible for the instrumentation of the first German research reactor FR-2 and a pioneer in the field of reactor safety. In 1961 he was appointed to the newly founded chair for measurement and control technology in Munich and set up the laboratory for reactor control and plant safety in his institute. He had more than 50 publications in his field. In 1970 he retired.
Honors
- 1980: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
Works
- Basic course in control engineering . R. Oldenbourg, 1963
- Basic course in measurement technology . Oldenbourg, 1968
- Control and instrumentation of nuclear reactors . R. Oldenbourg, 1961
- Recognizing the dangers of small doses of ionizing radiation for the population. Lecture given at the Technical University of Munich on the occasion of the celebratory colloquium on his 85th birthday in January 1990. Munich 1990
literature
- Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 206 of September 6, 2004
- DECHEMA Monographs , editions 411–425, 1958, p. 23
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merz, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German measurement and control technician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pirmasens |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1992 |
| Place of death | Munich |