Michael Pohl (Metallurgist)

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Michael Pohl (* 1943 in Bochum ) is a German metallurgical expert and emeritus professor for materials testing at the Ruhr University Bochum .

Life and career

Michael Pohl studied metallurgy at RWTH Aachen University . In 1965 he became a member of the Corps Marko-Guestphalia Aachen . After completing his studies as a Dipl.-Ing. from 1970 to 1985 he was a research assistant and deputy head of the community laboratory for electron microscopy. In 1977 he was unstabilized Electron microscopic studies on the precipitation behavior fully austenitic stainless steels in the temperature range of 500 to 800 ° C . to Dr.-Ing. PhD . In 1985 Pohl moved to the Ruhr University in Bochum, where he held the chair for materials testing at the Institute for Materials until his retirement in 2011. He was also a member of the Senate for 14 years, in the meantime as its chairman.

Awards (selection)

  • Henry Clifton Sorby Award from the International Metallographic Society (2012)
  • Honorary membership of the VDI (2011)
  • Roland Mitsche Prize (2000)

Publications (selection)

  • Cathodic stress corrosion cracking. Investigation and Analytics , In: Advances in materials testing for research and practice. Use of materials, quality assurance and damage analysis, ed. by Wolfgang Grellmann and Holger Frenz, Berlin 2014. pp. 49–58.
  • Broken Car Steering Rack - The Embrittlement Mechanisms of Steels , In: Praktische Metallographie 50 (2013) 615–630.
  • with S. Kühn, F. Unterumsberger, T.Suter: New methods for the integral and local analysis of diffusible hydrogen in high-strength steels , In: Proceedings Material Testing 2012, 6. – 7. December 2012 in Bad Neuenahr, pp. 153–159.
  • with L. Gerke, J. Stella, J.-C. Schauer, J. Winter: Cavitation erosion of DLC coatings produced by PECVD on stainless steel and NiTi substrates , In: Surface & Coatings Technology, 2010, pp. 3418-3424.
  • Introduction to damage analysis: The updated VDI guideline 3822 , In: VDI reports No. 2079, 2009, pp. 3–11.
  • with N. Lindner: Structure and properties of Damascus steels , In: Practical Metallography, special volume 25 (1994), pp. 519-530.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Rosenbach, Harald Ortwig, Christian Vogel; History of the Corps Marko-Guestphalia at RWTH Aachen University from 1871 to 2001 . ISBN 3-00-011065-8 ; Aachen 2003, p. 280
  2. ↑ Michael Pohl's dissertation in the German National Library
  3. ↑ Senate approves Prof. Pohl , notification of the Ruhr University Bochum from July 14, 2011, accessed on April 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ Awarded for a lifetime achievement: International Metallographic Society honors RUB researchers, Henry Clifton Sorby Award 2012 given to Prof. Michael Pohl , press release 258 of the Ruhr University Bochum of July 31, 2012, accessed on April 11, 2015.
  5. ^ Winner of the IMS Henry Clifton Sorby Award from 1976 to 2014 (English, PDF), website of the International Metallographic Society, accessed April 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ VDI honors outstanding engineers / Highest awards from VDI to Prof. Bullinger and Dr. Krone awarded / Prof. Pohl receives honorary membership , press release of the VDI Association of German Engineers from May 26, 2011, accessed on April 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ Roland Mitsche Prize - Prize Winner ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the German Society for Material Science, accessed on April 11, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dgm.de
personal data
SURNAME Pohl, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German metallurgist and professor emeritus for materials testing
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum