Otto Schaaber
Otto Schaaber (born November 30, 1913 ; died August 12, 1981 ) was a German physicist and professor of physics and worked in the field of heat treatment of steels, in particular he devoted himself to the thermodynamic transformation processes of iron in the bainite stage . From 1954 to 1981 he headed the Institute for Hardening Technology Bremen, today's Institute for Materials Technology , where important foundations for materials technology were laid. Together with Walter Stuhlmann, he was responsible for the establishment of the "International Association for Heat Treatment of Materials" (IVW) based in Zurich and developed the former hardening technology notices for the German-language scientific and technical journal for heat treatment and materials technology, and brought them to international rank.
Honors
- Adolf Martens Medal
- Senate Medal for Art and Science of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
- Federal Cross for Art and Science of Austria
- Honorary membership of the Société Francaise de Métallurgie
- Medal of the International Association for the Heat Treatment of Metals
Web links
- Frank Hengerer: The AWT and its institutions: a historical review. (PDF file; 288 kB)
- 50 years of the Institute for Materials Technology Foundation - IWT (PDF; 2.1 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Filip : Encyclopedic Handbook on Prehistory and Early History in Europe. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1966, Vol. 2, p. 1216.
- ^ Frank Hengerer: The AWT and its institutions: A historical review. (PDF file; 289 kB), p. 12.
- ↑ Obituary . In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Metallkunde (Hrsg.): The history of the DGM in the mirror of the magazine for Metallkunde . 1994.
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| SURNAME | Schaaber, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1913 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1981 |