Ludwig Gauckler

When in early 1988, an impatient student of materials science wanted to do his diploma work on a hot topic, i. e. high-tech ceramics, in an industrial laboratory (the ETH Materials Department had no facilities, had only a few months earlier decided to have a new chair in the field of Nonmetallic Ino...

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Published inInternational journal of materials research Vol. 104; no. 9; pp. 920 - 921
Main Author Kostorz, Gernot
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published De Gruyter 12.09.2013
Subjects
Ceramics
Confidence
Industrial research
Inorganic materials
Laboratories
Linguistics
Materials science
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Students
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Summary:When in early 1988, an impatient student of materials science wanted to do his diploma work on a hot topic, i. e. high-tech ceramics, in an industrial laboratory (the ETH Materials Department had no facilities, had only a few months earlier decided to have a new chair in the field of Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials, but not yet made a choice), I first met a dynamic young industrial research leader named Ludwig Gauckler. He visited me with a bag of grey-black sintered objects of presumably considerable promise, since he showed great (self-) confidence and enthusiasm. We were able to jointly coach our first ceramics student, with my contribution mostly reduced to some linguistic details (subject-object relationships) unknown to the young student. It was by no means obvious at the time that Ludwig Gauckler was to take care of the "missing" class of materials in the Materials Science curriculum and in research at the leading Technical University of Switzerland (ETH Zurich), but this became soon thereafter and for a long time his major occupation - as a Full Professor of Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials. Now, a quarter of a century later, Ludwig Gauckler is Professor Emeritus and celebrates his 65th birthday, a welcome occasion to look back and to congratulate him upon his achievements.
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ISSN:1862-5282
2195-8556
DOI:10.3139/146.610014