Robert Kraus (mechanical engineer)
Robert Adolf Kraus (born June 17, 1898 in Durlach , † June 20, 1970 in Steinau ) was a German mechanical engineer and professor .
Life
Robert Kraus interrupted school to volunteer in the First World War and received his Abitur in Bucharest after the war . He then studied mechanical engineering at the TH Karlsruhe . From 1921 to 1928 he worked as a designer . At the same time he was a research assistant in Karlsruhe and received his doctorate in 1926.
From 1928 to 1939 he was a professor at Tongji University in Wusong near Shanghai . In 1938, during a trip to Germany, he completed his habilitation at the TU Dresden . After the outbreak of war he was brought back to Berlin in April 1939, but returned to the university in April 1940, which was relocated to Kunming . From 1941 to 1945 Kraus was appointed professor at the TU Brno . He then returned to Schleswig-Holstein as a refugee .
Kraus initially worked in the Ministry of Supply and later became a professor at RWTH Aachen University . In May 1950 he moved to India and became a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology and dean of the faculty of mechanical engineering. In 1957 he returned to Germany and became a professor at the TH Braunschweig . He was commissioned by the federal government to help plan and build the new campus of the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras . He also coordinated the German aid programs for India.
literature
References
- Kraus, Robert Adolf in Europeana
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kraus, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kraus, Robert Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mechanical engineer and professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Durlach |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 20, 1970 |
| Place of death | Steinau |