Richard Teßmer

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Richard Teßmer at the conference '50 Years of Electrical Engineering at TH Magdeburg '(2008)

Richard Teßmer (born January 30, 1941 in Kolberg ) is a German engineer and professor of electrical engineering . He is one of the pioneers in the use of microcomputers for electric drive systems with innovative applications and promotes the founding of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems . He led the Technical University of Magdeburg in the years of political change since the beginning of 1990 as rector , the foundation of the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg was prepared during his term of office.

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Richard Teßmer was born in Kolberg in what is now the Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship with the administrative capital Szczecin . After the end of the Second World War, his family was " resettled " to Germany. From 1947 to 1955 he attended elementary school and then completed vocational training as an electrician until 1958 . He then went on to study at the engineering school for electrical engineering in Velten-Hohenschöpping near Berlin , which he completed in 1961 as an engineer for electrical engineering.

He then started his career at the University of Heavy Mechanical Engineering in Magdeburg, founded in 1953 (since 1961 Technical University of Magdeburg , since 1987 Technical University, since 1993 Otto von Guericke University ) as a laboratory engineer in the Institute for Electrical Engineering (Director: Ernst Stumpp ). Here he also took the opportunity and qualified as a qualified engineer (Dipl.-Ing.) For electrical engineering by means of a distance learning course in addition to his professional activity . He then worked as a scientific assistant, later as a senior assistant at the Institute for Electrical Engineering at the TH Magdeburg. In the course of the third university reform of 1968, the Technical Cybernetics and Electrical Engineering (TK / ET) section was founded at the TH Magdeburg (founding director: Heinz Töpfer ). The previous institute for electrical engineering was transferred to the electrical engineering science division , the management of which was transferred to Johannes Vogel .

Since the beginning of the 1970s, Teßmer's research work has been intensively concerned with the use of microcomputers for electric drive systems for innovative applications, e.g. B. for rotating shears for use in steel rolling mills. In this area, he completed his dissertation , which he defended in front of the Faculty of Sciences of the TH Magdeburg and thus 1973 Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) Doctorate .

Teßmer received an appointment as a university lecturer (equivalent to C3 professor ) for the field of electrical engineering at the then TH Otto von Guericke Magdeburg, Section TK / ET (Section Director: Reinhold Krampitz). In 1982 he defended his habilitation (PhD B) on automation with microcomputers for use in mechanical engineering.

After additional studies in the Soviet Union and after working in industry , Teßmer returned to the TH Magdeburg and was appointed full professor for electrical engineering . He has worked intensively and successfully to attract the next generation of scientists. As a university professor, he supervised over 20 doctoral students, more than 100 diploma students and many research students and research assistants. He was a reviewer for numerous dissertations and habilitation theses.

Teßmer was then appointed to succeed Reinhold Krampitz as director of the automation and electrical engineering section and held this position until the beginning of 1990. In January 1990 the Scientific Council elected him Rector of the TU Magdeburg to succeed Reinhard Probst , who had held this office since 1976.

Faculty of electrical engineering and information technology, as the gateway to Otto von Guericke University

In the course of German reunification , Teßmer, as rector, was committed to the restructuring of the academic institutions in Magdeburg. His objective was the establishment of a full university in Magdeburg , which was to be formed from the existing institutions of the Technical University of Magdeburg , the Medical Academy Magdeburg and the Magdeburg University of Education . To this end, he worked closely with the various academic bodies of these institutions. In particular, the faculties had to be newly formed and within them institutes had to be founded. The result was, among other things, a Faculty of Electrical Engineering , at its construction process Ulrich grain heavily involved, which then 1992/93 as Vice Dean and 1994/98 as Dean worked. These new faculties ensured the development and further development of their teaching and research profile. In particular, Teßmer, in close cooperation with Ulrich Korn , who later received sustained support from the Dean of Mechanical Engineering Wolfgang Poppy , also campaigned for a Max Planck Institute for the dynamics of complex technical systems to be founded in Magdeburg (founding director: Ernst Dieter Gilles , Institute Director for System Dynamics and Control Engineering at the University of Stuttgart ).

New interdisciplinary courses such as industrial engineering for electrical engineering, energy technology and information technology were designed and introduced during his rectorate in close cooperation with the new engineering-oriented Max Planck Institute that meet the requirements of the economy. The planning and start of construction of the faculty building for "Electrical Engineering and Information Technology" as the new gateway to the new university on Universitätsplatz / Walther-Rathenau-Strasse also fall within his term of office as Rector.

Institute for Automation and Communication (ifak), think tank in the Magdeburg Science Harbor, 2008

Furthermore, the establishment of an affiliated institute was prepared under the rectorate of Teßmer. In 1991, under the responsibility of Peter Neumann, the "Institute for Automation and Communication (ifak)" was founded as an independent engineering research institute in the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt and has since experienced constant development as well as spin-offs (head: Ulrich Jumar ). It is now a member of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Konrad Zuse e. V. with its more than 70 institutes across Germany. Ifak ​​has its main building in the “think tank” in the Magdeburg Science Harbor.

The Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg was officially founded on October 3, 1993. Preparations for the appointment of numerous new university professors to new chairs also began during Teßmer's tenure. The activities that Teßmer started with regard to university education were intensively continued by his successor Harald Böttger , who initially held this office from 1992 to 1993 and then again from 1996 to 1998.

After his tenure as rector from 1992, Teßmer was particularly concerned with establishing international educational and scientific relationships with the University of Donetsk . Together with the industrial partner Siemens in Germany, the aim was to train engineering students of automation technology / electrical engineering at this university on site in German in order to specifically train cooperation partners for the German electrical industry. For this purpose, a German-speaking faculty was founded at the University of Donetsk. The founding dean was the automation professor there, Alexander Chorchordin , a former doctoral candidate in automation technology with Werner Kriesel at the TH Magdeburg towards the end of the 1970s.

The European Education Center for Work and Society (EBG) eV in Magdeburg goes back to an initiative and the participation of Teßmer as a member of the board. As a member of the executive committee and vice-president, Teßmer also works in the European Association of Vocational Training Institutions (EVBB) , which has been committed to lifelong learning with its program since 1992. Richard Teßmer was honored with an honorary doctorate (Dr. hc) for his scientific organizational achievements . Renowned industrial experts, scientists and several professors have emerged from his academic environment.

literature

  • Adolf Leonhard : The automatic control in electrical engineering. J. Springer, Berlin 1940.
  • Winfried Oppelt : Small manual of technical control processes. Verlag Chemie, Weinheim 1954, 5th edition Verlag Chemie, Weinheim and Verlag Technik, Berlin 1972. ISBN 3-527-25347-5 .
  • Ernst Dieter Gilles : Systems with distributed parameters. Introduction to control theory. Oldenbourg, Munich; Vienna 1973, ISBN 3-486-33911-7 .
  • Manfred Thoma : Heinz Töpfer 60 years. In: Automation technology, Munich. Vol. 38, No. 7, 1990, pp. 245-246.
  • Ulrich Korn , Ulrich Jumar : PI multivariable controller - practical design, robustness, application. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich; Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-486-21720-8 .
  • Werner Kriesel ; Hans Rohr; AndreasKoch: History and future of measurement and automation technology. VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-18-150047-X .
  • Karl Heinz Fasol ; Rudolf Lauber; Franz Mesch; Heinrich Rake ; Manfred Thoma ; Heinz Töpfer : Great Names and the Early Days of Control in Germany. In: Automation technology, Munich. Vol. 54, No. 9, 2006, pp. 462-472.
  • Lothar Starke: From the hydraulic controller to the process control system. The success story of the Askania works in Berlin and the device and controller works in Teltow. 140 years of industrial history, tradition and future. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-8305-1715-3 .
  • Kurt J. Reinschke: Memory of Heinrich Kindler , first professor for control engineering at the TH Dresden. In: Automation technology, Munich. Vol. 58, H. 6, 2010, pp. 345-347.
  • Hans-Joachim Zander , Georg Bretthauer : Prof. Heinz Töpfer on his 80th birthday. In: Automation technology, Munich. Vol. 58, No. 7, 2010, pp. 413-415.
  • Eugen-Georg Woschni : Life in three German states - A Saxon reports. Tauchaer Verlag, Taucha / Leipzig 2012. ISBN 978-3897722156 .
  • Wolfgang Weller : Automation technology through the ages - development history of a fascinating subject. Verlag epubli, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-8442-5487-7 .
  • Peter Neumann : Automation technology at the Magdeburg alma mater. In: Mechanical and plant engineering in the Magdeburg region at the beginning of the 21st century. Future based on tradition. Delta-D publishing house, Axel Kühling, Magdeburg 2014, pp. 215-219, ISBN 978-3-935831-51-2 .
  • Tilo Heimbold : Introduction to automation technology. Automation systems, components, project planning and planning. Fachbuchverlag Leipzig in Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-446-42675-7 , e-book ISBN 978-3-446-43135-5 .
  • Werner Kriesel : Future models for computer science, automation and communication. In: Frank Fuchs-Kittowski; Werner Kriesel (Ed.): Computer science and society. Festschrift for the 80th birthday of Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski . Frankfurt a. M., Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Vienna: Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, PL Academic Research 2016, ISBN 978-3-631-66719-4 (print), E- ISBN 978-3-653 -06277-9 (e-book).
  • Peter Neumann (Hrsg.): Magdeburg's automation technology in transition - from industrial to research location. Authors: Christian Diedrich , Rolf Höltge, Ulrich Jumar , Achim Kienle, Reinhold Krampitz, Günter Müller, Peter Neumann, Konrad Pusch, Helga Rokosch, Barbara Schmidt, Ulrich Schmucker, Gerhard Unger, Günter Wolf. Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg ; Institute for Automation and Communication Magdeburg (ifak), Magdeburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-944722-75-7 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Teßmer: Design and investigations of a drive system for rotating shears that is regulated according to time-optimal criteria. Dissertation A, Magdeburg University of Technology, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Magdeburg 1973.
  2. ↑ Richard Teßmer: Automation of a telephone artery with microcomputers - a contribution to the preparation for use of microelectronics in mechanical engineering. Habilitation thesis (dissertation B, parts 1 and 2), Technical University of Magdeburg, Scientific Council, Magdeburg 1982.
personal data
SURNAME Teßmer, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German engineer and professor of electrical engineering
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Kolberg