Anker Dolleris Engelund (30 May 1889 – 6 June 1961) was a

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and university professor.

Career

In 1928, he became professor of building statics at the

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. He became

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of the technical university (1941–1959), during the period of the university's expansion at Østervold. Despite restricted admissions, the university still did not have sufficient space and Engelund was responsible for developing plans for further expansion. This resulted in a decision in 1958 to move the university to

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. ''Anker Engelunds Vej'' at the university Lyngby campus is named after him. Engelund developed the idea of creating the Danish Ingeniørakademi - The Engineering Academy, where there would be less emphasis on the theoretical aspects of engineering, and shorter courses. He was responsible for setting up a Danish inspection body to inspect welds in load-bearing structures and pressure vessels (1940). Engelund was responsible for the design work on: *

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Bridge (1930) *

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(1937) * Vilsund Bridge *

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(1943).

External links

Biography and photograph at PASTFurther photograph
* 20th-century Danish engineers People from Randers 1889 births 1961 deaths {{Denmark-engineer-stub