Wolfgang Eisenmenger (11 February 1930 – 10 December 2016) was a German physicist.
Fields of investigation
His PhD thesis (1958) dealt with the
surface tension
Surface tension is the tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink into the minimum surface area possible. Surface tension is what allows objects with a higher density than water such as razor blades and insects (e.g. water striders) to f ...
of water and aqueous solutions.
In 1964 he defended his
habilitation
Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...
thesis concerning experimental investigations regarding shock waves in liquids in the acoustical frequency domain. He developed from these investigations an electromagnetic shock wave generator for
lithotripsy of kidney stones.
Awards and distinctions
* corresponding member of
Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, since 1988
* Robert-Wichard-Pohl Award of
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, 1995
* Honorary doctorate from
University of Oldenburg, 2002
uni-info: Ehrendoktorwürde für Physiker
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, retrieved 24 March 2010.
* Helmholtz Medal of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik, 2003
Notes
References
* M. Pilkuhn, M. Wagner
In: Stuttgarter unikurier Nr.79, 1998
External links
*
Universität Stuttgart
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eisenmenger, Wolfgang
1930 births
2016 deaths
20th-century German physicists
People from Gelsenkirchen