Walter F. Cammerer
Walter Friedrich Cammerer (born March 26, 1920 in Munich ; † September 27, 2013 in Tutzing ) was a German physicist.
Career
Cammerer graduated from high school in Landshut in 1938. He did military service and military service and experienced the end of World War II in captivity. After returning home, in 1946 he began studying technical physics at the Technical University of Munich . In 1950 he passed the main diploma examination, in 1962 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the capillary fluid movement in porous bodies .
From 1950 to 1958 he was a research assistant at the Research Home for Thermal Insulation in Graefelfing and from 1959 to 1985 scientific director of the institute, where his uncle Joseph Sebastian Cammerer had been an assistant since the institute was founded.
The scientific focus of his work was the research of the thermal, hygric and mechanical properties of foam plastics . He was a member of several national and international bodies on heat and cold protection in the building industry.
Fonts (selection)
Heat and cold protection: in construction and in industry. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1995
Honors
- 1985: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1978: Medal of Honor of the Foamed Plastics and Polyurethane Association (FSK)
Web links
- The FSK honors Dr. rer. nat. Walter F. Cammerer for his research. Fachverband Schaumkunststoffe und Polyurethane eV, May 24, 1978.
- Obituary notice. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erwin Raisch, Joseph Sebastian Cammerer: Heat and cold protection - calculations, guarantees, measurement methods and delivery conditions for heat and cold insulation , white print of VDI 2055 (1958)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cammerer, Walter F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cammerer, Walter Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 2013 |
| Place of death | Tutzing |