Em.O.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Dr.h.c. Wilhelm Schneider

Getreidemarkt 9

1060 Wien

Tel.: +43 1 58801 32230; Fax: +43 1 58801 32299

Curriculum vitae

Born in Vienna, Austria, on May 3, 1938. Citizenship: Austria.
Married (to Sonja, since 1965), two sons (Wolfgang *1966, Peter *1970).

Academic Career

1961

Dipl.-Ing. (mechanical engineering), T.H.Wien, Vienna, Austria

1961 - 1963

Research Assistant, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, T.H.Wien, Vienna, Austria

1963

Dr. techn., T.H.Wien, Vienna, Austria

1964 - 1968

Research Associate, Institute of Theoretical Gas Dynamics, DVL, Aachen, Germany

1968/1969

Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, U.S.A.

1969 - 1973

Head, Hypersonics and Radiation Gas Dynamics Section, Institute of Theoretical Gas Dynamics, DFVLR, Aachen, Germany

1970

Habilitation (venia legendi), RWTH Aachen, Germany

1973 - 2006

Professor of Gas Dynamics and Thermodynamics, Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Technical University (T.U.), Vienna , Austria

1973 - 1979

Head, Institute of Gas Dynamics and Thermodynamics, T.U. Vienna

1976 - 1982

Chairman, 1st Diploma Examination Committee, T.U. Vienna

1980 - 1982

Head, Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, T.U. Vienna

1986 - 1990

Head, Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, T.U. Vienna

1999 - 2002

Head, Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, T.U. Vienna

1985

Visiting Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, U.S.A.

1994 - 2001

Head, Christian Doppler Laboratory of Continuous Casting Processes, Vienna.

1993 - 2008

Rector, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Udine, Italy

2006 -

Emeritus Professor, T.U. Vienna

Awards, honours, named lectures

1966

Ernst Mach Prize, awarded by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flugwissenschaften (German Society of Aeronautical Sciences)

1989

Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences

1990

Ludwig Prandtl Memorial Lecture, Hannover, Germany

1991

Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

1995

Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences (2002-2006, Chairman, 2006- Vice Chairman, Engineering Section)

1999

Chemical Engineering Button, T. U. Vienna

1999

Faxén Lecture, Stockholm, Sweden

2003

Dr.h.c., Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy

2005

Ludwig Prandtl Ring, awarded by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Society of Aeronautics and Astronautics)

2008

Corresponding Member, Accademia Udinese di Scienze Letteri e Arti

2008

Honorary Rector, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Udine, Italy

2011

Member, European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Dedications

A.KLUWICK (Ed.): Recent Advances in Boundary Layer Theory. Dedicated to Prof. W. Schneider on the occasion of his 60th birthday. CISM Courses and Lectures No. 390, SpringerWienNewYork 1998.

N. AKSEL, A. SOLDATI and H. STEINRÜCK (Eds.): Acta mechanica, Vol.201(2008), Nos. 1-4. 23 papers. Dedicated to Prof. W. Schneider on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

H. JANESCHITZ-KRIEGL: Crystallization Modalities in Polymer Melt Processing. Dedicated to Prof. Wilhelm Schneider, Technical University Vienna, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, and also for his essential contributions to the correct description of the course of crystallization under processing conditions.SpringerWienNewYork 2010

Scientific councils and committees

Scientific journals

Teaching experiences

Regularly given courses (T.U. Vienna, 1974- 2006)

Other courses (advanced)

Invited teaching

Invited lectures at scientific conferences

Doctoral dissertations (supervised by W. Schneider): 37 (cf. below).

RWTH Aachen:

TU Wien:

RESEARCH AREAS (PREVIOUS & PRESENT)