Umberto Puppini
Umberto Puppini (born August 16, 1884 in Bologna ; † May 21, 1946 there ) was an Italian minister and professor of hydraulics .
Life
Puppini grew up as an orphan in poverty and was only able to study engineering there thanks to public support from the city of Bologna , with the Laurea degree with distinction in 1908. He was then assistant at the university in hydraulics and from 1912 lecturer . During the First World War he was an officer in the artillery . In 1920 he became associate professor and in 1923 professor of hydraulics in Bologna. He was the last freely elected mayor of Bologna before the fascists abolished eligibility in 1926 and appointed the mayor ( Podestà ) himself . From 1927 to 1932 he headed the Faculty of Engineering (Scuola di Applicazione). He was close to the fascists and became Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance , in 1934/35 a few months post or communications minister and also president of the Agip . Because of his moral rigor and intransigence, he made himself unpopular and made enemies. During the Second World War he moved away from the fascists and devoted himself to research. He died of a heart attack on his way to university in 1946.
He is best known for his hydraulic studies, which were used directly in the construction of drainage projects. At the International Congress of Mathematicians in Bologna in 1928 , he gave one of the plenary lectures ( Le bonifiche in Italia , About the recovery of usable soils through drainage measures in Italy).
He studied groundwater flow theoretically and with electrical models and developed the method of the penetration volume for the calculation of flood relief via drainage ditches. In hydraulic engineering, he studied the effects of heat on dams and pressure pipes.
Fonts
- I fondamenti scientifici dell'idraulica, 1912
- Idraulica, 1947 (published posthumously)
Web links
- Italian biography on the site of the city of Bologna
- Entry in the Portale storico of the Camera dei Deputati
- Entries in Storia amministrativa in Iperbole
Individual evidence
- ^ According to the Encyclopedia Italiana
- ↑ Mussolini's cabinet on the website of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
- ^ Based on Encyclopedia Italiana, 1949
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Puppini, Umberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian politician and professor of hydraulics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1946 |
| Place of death | Bologna |