Nils Claussen

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Nils Claussen (born April 20, 1937 in Hamburg ) is a German materials scientist . He is professor emeritus at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH) and recipient of the Leibniz Research Prize for his work on ceramic materials .

Life

Nils Claussen, a grandson of the botanist and geneticist Erwin Baur , went to the Hebel-Gymnasium Lörrach and graduated from high school there in 1957 .

He then worked as an engineer in the Netherlands ( Philips ) and Israel (American-Israeli Paper Mills) in 1959 and 1960 . In 1963 he completed his studies at the University of Stuttgart with a degree in mechanical engineering , and in 1965 at the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in metallurgy .

In 1968 he took over the chairmanship of the ceramic group at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research . In 1971 he completed his chemical engineering studies at the University of Stuttgart as Dr.-Ing. and in 1985 took over a professorship for materials science and technical ceramics at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH).

In 2002 Claussen retired. He has been involved in over 270 publications and holds 35 patents .

Awards

His greatest award is the Leibniz Research Prize of the German Research Foundation for his work on ceramic materials.

In 1978 he received the Dechema Prize for “Work to improve the fracture resistance, strength and thermal shock resistance of ceramic materials through controlled phase changes of finely dispersed inclusions”. In May 1997 Claussen was the first non-Japanese to receive the Award for Academic Achievements in Ceramic Science and Technology from Ceramic Society of Japan.

Other awards:

  • 1996 International Prize of the Japanese Fine Ceramics Association
  • 1999 Stuijts Award from the European Ceramic Society
  • 2001 Engineering Ceramic Bridge Building Award from the American Ceramic Society
  • 2002 John Jeppson Award from the American Ceramic Society

Claussen is also a member of the World Academy of Ceramics and a Distinguished Life Member of the American Ceramic Society.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A grandson of the institute's founder, Prof. Erwin Baur, visits Müncheberg. City of Müncheberg, accessed on October 3, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Latin behind the cannon furnace. (No longer available online.) Badische Zeitung, June 6, 2012, archived from the original on October 26, 2014 ; Retrieved October 3, 2012 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hebel-gymnasium-loerrach.de
  3. ↑ The DECHEMA award winners since 1951. (No longer available online.) DECHEMA, archived from the original on October 26, 2014 ; Retrieved October 3, 2012 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dechema.de
  4. ^ Award for Nils Claussen. Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, accessed on October 3, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Claussen, Nils
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German materials scientist
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg