Rolf Thiele (engineering scientist)
Rolf Thiele (born July 1, 1935 in Lübben (Spreewald) ; † May 11, 2019 in Leipzig ) was a German engineering scientist and university professor for statics and dynamics of supporting structures and the last rector of the Leipzig University of Technology from 1990 to 1992 .
Life
Rolf Thiele graduated from Paul-Gerhardt-Gymnasium in Lübben (Spreewald) in 1953 . He studied at the Leipzig University of Civil Engineering and graduated in 1959 with a degree in engineering . He then here was a research assistant and in 1970 Doktoringenieur (Dr.-Ing.) PhD .
From 1972 to 1976 Thiele was a structural engineer in a steel construction company. In 1977 he was appointed university lecturer at the Technical University of Leipzig. After his habilitation in 1985 , he was appointed full professor here in 1986 .
In 1990 Thiele was elected rector of the Leipzig University of Technology . This extraordinary election took place at the beginning of July, and the current incumbent Dietrich Balzer and Werner Kriesel , both from the automation systems section , continued to run for office ; the decision for Thiele was made in a third ballot.
1992 received Thiele a reputation as a university professor at the University of Leipzig . His previous position as the last rector of the TH Leipzig was held in a double function by Klaus Steinbock, the founding rector of the University of Technology, Economics and Culture Leipzig (HTWK), and it ended with the dissolution of the TH Leipzig at the end of 1996. Thiele taught at the university Leipzig introduced the two courses in industrial engineering and civil engineering .
Thiele was elected to the technical science class of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig in 1996 and was deputy secretary of this class from 1996 to 2000. He was also an elected member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering .
On December 2, 2002 he received the Caspar Borner Medal for his services to the renewal of the University of Leipzig.
Thiele was married and had a son and a daughter. His hobbies were traveling and hiking, as well as modern history.
Works
- Rolf Thiele: Contribution to the assessment of the buckling loads of two-legged frame bars. Engineering dissertation, University of Civil Engineering Leipzig, December 18, 1970
- Rolf Thiele: Construction-mechanical simulation of torsionally elastic effects and their influence on the state of stress of rod and surface structures. Dissertation B (habilitation thesis), Technical University Leipzig, 1986
literature
- Ralph Hübner (editor): Who is Who in the Federal Republic of Germany. 7th edition, Who is Who Verlag für Personalenzyklopädien, Zug 2000, Volume 3, p. 3542
- Michael Kaliske (Editor): Strength and Usefulness. Festschrift for the 70th birthday of Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Rolf Thiele. Shaker, Aachen 2005, ISBN 3-83224081-0
Web links
- Rolf Thiele , Rolf Thiele on the website of the Saxon Academy of Sciences
- Mourning for Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Rolf Thiele. uni-leipzig.de, May 17, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thiele, Rolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thiele, Rolf Eberhard Fedor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luebben (Spreewald) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 2019 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |