Norbert W. Luft
Norbert W. Luft (born September 8, 1919 in Emmendingen , † January 15, 1997 in Kreuzlingen ) was a German chemist . From 1977 to 1980 he was rector of the Konstanz University of Applied Sciences , today's Konstanz University of Technology, Economics and Design .
Life
Norbert Luft studied chemistry at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt , where he graduated in 1941 as a chemist. From 1943 to 1953 he was responsible for rocket research, and from 1952 to 1963 he was head of industrial research and development institutes in England and Germany. Even during this time he was in 1959 with the work to kinetics of heterogeneous polymerization of olefins in Frankfurt to Dr. phil. nat. PhD . In 1963 he became a lecturer at the Konstanz University of Applied Sciences and in 1974 a professor there.
In 1977, Luft succeeded Georg Schug as Rector of the University of Konstanz. Its main task was the implementation of the new Fachhochschulgesetz with the award of the new diploma degrees. 1980 Luft gave the official business to Olaf Harder .
His research areas were physical chemistry and chemical process engineering, in particular hydroxylamine decomposition flames as well as the kinetics and mechanism of diazotization. He published several scientific papers on the subject. Some work has been patented by Shell (CIPO patents 843928, 818655).
He belonged to the Johannis Masonic Lodge Tor zum Süd in Konstanz on Lake Constance.
literature
- Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 1992, p. 2252
Web links
- Literature by and about Norbert W. Luft in the catalog of the German National Library
- Bibliography by Norbert W. Luft (Bibliotheca Masonica August Belz)
Individual evidence
- ↑ patent CA843928 : Polymerization Catalyst. Published June 9, 1970 , Inventors: Norbert W. Luft, Dhafir Y. Waddan.
- ↑ Patent US2981725 : Process for polymerizing olefins. Published April 25, 1961 , Inventors: Norbert W. Luft, Dhafir Y. Waddan.
- ↑ Bibliotheca Masonica August Belz: Subject: Germany: Konstanz .
Alfred Wachtel (1906–1938) | Gerhart Wachtel (1938–1939) | Werner Schloemann (1939–1945) | Johann Venger (1945) | Otto Tolle (1945–1946) | Alwin Albrecht (1946–1958) | Werner Schloemann (1958–1966) | Adolf Habermann (1967–1973) | Georg Schug (1973–1977) | Norbert Luft (1977–1980) | Olaf Harder (1980-2006) | Kai Handel (2006–2014) | Carsten Manz (since 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luft, Norbert W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Air, Norbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist, rector of the University of Konstanz (1977–1980) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Emmendingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1997 |
| Place of death | Kreuzlingen |