Reinhard Höpfl
Reinhard Höpfl (born January 21, 1947 in Cham , Upper Palatinate) is a German physicist .
Career
Höpfl studied physics at the University of Regensburg from 1971 to 1976 . From 1976 he prepared his doctorate at the University of Bayreuth , which he presented in 1981. He then worked for KWU in Erlangen. From 1982 to 1984 he was a research assistant at the Technical University of Munich , from 1985 a scientific adviser at the Institute for Applied Geodesy in Frankfurt am Main. In 1988 he came to the Regensburg University of Applied Sciences as a professor in the electrical engineering department and was head of the Regensburg Application Center there in 1995/96 .
In 1996 , just two years after the Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences was founded, he was appointed President . At that time there were just 286 students in eight courses. By the time he left, Höpfl turned this into a university with around 4,600 students in 17 Bachelor and 17 Master’s courses. In the summer semester of 2012 , Peter Sperber succeeded him after 16 years in this position .
Since January 1, 2009 he has been President of the VDI State Association of Bavaria.
Honors
- 2000: Golden Ring of Honor of the City of Deggendorf
- 2011: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2011: Honorary citizen of the city of Deggendorf
- 2012: Ring of Honor of the Deggendorf district
- July 22, 2019: Bavarian Order of Merit
literature
- Technology in Bavaria , issue 1/2009
Individual evidence
- ^ Deggendorfer Zeitung, December 13, 2011
- ↑ Honorary Ring Bearer | Deggendorf district
- ↑ lby: Merit for Prof. Höpfl. In: Deggendorfer local part of the Passauer Neue Presse from July 24, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Höpfl, Reinhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cham , Upper Palatinate |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Anton Baierer |
President of Deggendorf University from 1996 to 2012 |
Peter Sperber |