Robert F. Singer

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Robert F. Singer

Robert Friedrich Singer (born April 17, 1950 in Jena ; † January 26, 2019 ) was a German materials scientist . As a professor, he held the chair “Materials Science and Technology of Metals” at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg .

Life

Robert F. Singer studied materials science in Erlangen. After doing his doctorate and working as an assistant to Bernhard Ilschner in 1979, moved to Stanford University (Ca., USA), then worked for ABB in Baden (Switzerland), most recently as head of the ceramics department in group research and coordinator of the group's international fuel cell activities. Since 1991 Singer has been professor for materials science and metal technology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He was also the spokesman for the board of the Central Institute for New Materials and Process Technology, managing partner of New Materials Fürth GmbH, member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Visiting Professor Department of Aeronautics Imperial College London. In 2006/2007 he was President of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS) in London.

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Singer's research focus was the relationship between microstructure and properties of metallic materials. His work can essentially be divided into three areas:

  • Development of new manufacturing processes for materials and molded parts (casting, powder metallurgy and coating processes)
  • Modeling these processes
  • Alloy development: high-temperature structural materials (superalloys), light metals (aluminum, magnesium, composites, metal foams)

Together with Bernhard Ilschner , Singer is the author of the textbook “Material Science and Manufacturing Technology” ( ISBN 978-3-642-01733-9 ).

Awards

  • 1985: Georg-Sachs Prize of the German Society for Material Science
  • 1994: Fellow Institute of Materials
  • 2002: Admission to the Scientific and Technical Advisory Board of the Bavarian State Government
  • 2004: Lee Xun Award, Chinese Academy of Science
  • 2005: Admission to the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2010: Heyn commemorative coin of the German Society for Material Science
  • 2014: Max Grundig Memorial Prize

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Department of Materials Science: In memory of Robert F. Singer . Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, January 30, 2019. Accessed April 12, 2019
  2. ↑ Member entry of Robert F. Singer at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on February 1, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Singer, Robert F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Singer, Robert Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German materials scientist
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Jena
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2019