Professor Dr.-Ing. E. h. Friedrich Wilhelm Neuffer
Prof. Neuffer during a lecture
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born 28 Oktober 1882 in Stuttgart
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degree programme Civil Engineering at Technische Hochschule (TH) Stuttgart
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from 1905 employee
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contribution to numerous constructions i.a. Rhine bridge Cologne, Tunnel Bleialf, suburban railway Berlin
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employment at Grün & Bilfinger A.G.; technical manager at branche in Cologne and later on technical director at Grün & Bilfinger A.G. in Mannheim
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1931 Professor for ''Concrete construction, Wooden construction, Foundations and construction site equipment'' at TH Dresden
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from 1939 simultanously to the management of the Department for Concrete construction and Foundations, employee at Institute for Earth work at TH Dresden (director: Prof. Solms Wittig, managing director: Dr. Walter Bernatzik)
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1945 director of the Institute for Earth work (managing director: Ing. Johann Ohde); initiation reconstruction of the institute building
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1951 retirement, continuing management of the Institute of Foundation Engineering and Soil Mechanics until summer 1960
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1953 laying of the foundation stone and 1954 moving in to the new institute building (today Neuffer-Bau)
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1956 awarding title ''Doktor-Ingenieurs Ehren halber (Dr.-Ing. E. h.)'' by TH Braunschweig (''...in recognition of his successful efforts on new design possibilities for concrete bridges and the support and further development of soil mechanics'')
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died 9 December 1960 in Dresden
Bibliography
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Ehrungen. In: Der Bauingenieur 31 (1956), Heft 8, S. 313
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Herberg A.: Professor Dr.-Ing. E. h. W. Neuffer 75 Jahre alt. Der Bauingenieur 32 (1957), Heft 12, S. 483
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Viering: Professor Dr.-Ing. E. h. Friedrich-Wilhelm Neuffer 75 Jahre. Die Bautechnik 34 (1957), Heft 12, S. 487
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Herberg, A.: Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. F. W. Neuffer . Der Bauingenieur 36 (1961), Heft 2, S. 76
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Herberg, A.: Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. h. F. W. Neuffer . Die Bautechnik 38 (1961), Heft 2, S. 70
- Franke, D.: Friedrich Wilhelm Neuffer. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie. Published by Historische Kommission bei der Bayrischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1996
composed by Uwe Bartl (2000)