Oskar Mahrenholtz

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Oskar Mahrenholtz (born May 17, 1931 in Ostrhauderfehn ; † April 6, 2020 ) was a German engineer , scientist and university professor .

Career

Mahrenholtz initially completed an apprenticeship as a blacksmith and then from 1951 to 1954 trained as an engineer in mechanical engineering at the Hamburg School of Engineering . He then studied heat and process engineering from 1954 to 1958 in Göttingen and at the Technical University of Hanover . In Hanover he worked for the next eight years as a research assistant at the Institute for Mechanics, which was led by Eduard Pestel and where he worked with Horst Lippmann , among others ; In 1966 Mahrenholtz became full professor and at the same time director of the Institute for Mechanics, which now comprised two chairs. In 1982 he accepted a professorship for mechanics and marine technology at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg , where he took over the management of marine technology II ( structural mechanics ). In 1996 he retired, but held lectures until 2005.

The focus of his scientific work was plastomechanics, machine dynamics , aeroelasticity , ice mechanics, wave loading of marine structures and biomechanics . With visiting professorships at universities in India, Japan, Canada and Belgium, this work has also been recognized internationally. Mahrenholtz was co-editor of numerous scientific journals.

As a founding partner of Mahrenholtz + Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH and m + p international Mess- und Rechnertechnik GmbH, he actively promoted the transfer of the latest engineering findings into application-oriented practice.

In addition, Mahrenholtz held numerous leading positions in scientific committees. From 1973 to 1979 he was a member of the Science Council , from 1983 to 1989 Vice President of the German Research Foundation . From 1990 to 1992 he was at the head of the Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics ; from 1989 to 2001 he was also the delegate of the Federal Republic of Germany to the NATO Science Committee.

Honors

Web links

  • Oskar Mahrenholtz at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Production at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
  • Oskar Mahrenholtz on the website of the TU Hamburg

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung from April 18, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Mahrenholtz, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostrhauderfehn
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2020