Natura nihil est callidius
(M. Tullius Cicero)
Natura non vincitur nisi parendo
Bénard (square shaped) cells in silicon oil
The shape of the inner cells is strongly influenced by the geometry of the boundary of the vessel
Instead of hexagonal cells (Bénard cells) in the case of a circular boundary
here the fluid
organizes in form of square cells.
| Date of birth: | January 16th, 1935 |
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| Place of birth: | Beuthen/Upper Silesia |
| married, three children | |
| Private address: | Heinrichstraße 152 |
| D-64287 Darmstadt |
| 1962: | Diploma in Physics (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) |
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| Subject: The Three-Dimensional, Time-Dependent Flow Field of an Unsteady Rarifaction Flow (Das dreidimensionale, instationäre Strömungsfeld einer stetigen Verdünnungsströmung) | |
| 1967: | Ph.D. (Promotion), Dr.rer.nat. (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) |
| Subject: The Computation of Three-Dimensional, Time-Dependent Flow Fields of Compressible Media (Die Berechnung dreidimensionaler, instationärer Strömungsfelder kompressibler Medien) | |
| 1975: | Habilitation, Privatdozent, venia legendi (Universität Karlsruhe) |
| Subject: The Flow of Gas Mixtures in Channels With Moving Walls (Strömung von Gasgemischen in Kanälen mit bewegten Wänden) | |
| 1978: | Professor (Universität Karlsruhe) |
| 1980: | Professor (THD, now: TUD - Darmstadt University of Technology) |
| 2000: | Professor em. |
| 1962-1970: | Scientific assistent at the Max-Planck-Institut |
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| für Strömungsforschung Göttingen | |
| Director:
W. Tollmien
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| 1970-1976: | Assistent at the Institut für Angewandte Mathematik |
| of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg | |
| Director:
H. Görtler
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| 1976-1978: | Privatdozent at the Universität Karlsruhe |
| Institut für Strömungslehre und Strömungsmaschinen | |
| Director:
J. Zierep
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| 1978-1980: | Professor at the Institut für Strömungslehre und Strömungsmaschinen |
| of the Universität Karlsruhe
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| 1980-2000: | Professor at the Institut für Mechanik der TUD |
| Leading the Fluid Dynamics Group.
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| 2000-2010: | Professor (em.) at the Institut für Strömungslehre und Aerodynamik (Prof. C. Tropea) at TUD. |
| (devoted only to research work and consulting, no teaching duties).
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| 2010-.....: | Professor (em.) at home. Coming back to open questions in Fluid Mechanics besides activities in many other fields of interest. |
| Direct numerical simulation of compressible flows |
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| Experimental investigation of flow visualization by photochromic reaction |
| Instabilities of rotating fluids |
| Mathematical modelling |
| Computer algebra methods in fluid dynamics |
| Nonlinear dynamics |
| Parallel computing |
| Computer Algebra Group |
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| Deutsche Mathematikervereinigung (DMV) |
| European Mechanics Society |
| Japan Society of Promotion of Sciences (JSPS-Stipendiates) |
| Technion Gesellschaft |
(Gay-Lussac/Alexander-von-Humboldt-Preis 1997)
2. Academic Excellence Award (by: Study Web Editing Team)