Winfried Dahl
Winfried Dahl (born August 13, 1928 in Elberfeld ; † July 12, 2019 in Aachen ) was a German university professor and materials scientist .
Life
Winfried Dahl studied at the University of Göttingen Physics and Metallurgy and a doctorate in 1953 at Georg Masing Dr. rer. nat. After working at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research in Düsseldorf , at the Institute for Metallurgy at the Technical University of Berlin and at the Mannesmann Research Institute in Duisburg , Dahl accepted an appointment at RWTH Aachen University in 1969 as the successor to Hermann Schenck , where he remained until his retirement in 1993 as a full professor for ferrous metallurgy with a focus on materials science of steels and until the appointment of his successor in 1994 as director of the institute for ferrous metallurgy.
Even after his retirement, Dahl remained connected to his institute and supported it in research and development projects. He was a co-initiator of the interdisciplinary center for metallic construction at RWTH Aachen University.
Winfried Dahl died on July 12, 2019. He found his final resting place in the Aachen forest cemetery .
Honors
- 1980: Honorary professor at the University of Science and Technology in Beijing
- 1990: Honorary doctorate from the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg
- 1993: Erich Siebel commemorative coin from the German Association for Materials Research and Testing (DVM) and the European Research Society for Sheet Metal Processing
- 1995: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2007: Galileo Prize for Materials Testing from the VDEh Steel Institute
- 2010: Carl Lueg medal from the VDEh steel institute
literature
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary by RWTH Aachen University on aachen-gedenken.de of July 20, 2019
- ↑ Wolfgang Bleck: Obituary. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
- ^ Winner of the Erich Siebel commemorative coin
- ↑ Galileo Prize for Winfried Dahl ( Memento from February 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Carl Lueg memorial coin for Winfried Dahl
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dahl, Winfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German materials scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elberfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | 12th July 2019 |
| Place of death | Aachen |