Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Schönert was a scholar of Hans Rumpf, the founder of the Institute for Mechanical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe / Germany. He also supported the publishing of speeches and texts of Hans Rumpf. Citation of H.R.:

“In each technical process there are three dimensions which are involved: Material, energy and information.

When the prehistoric man made his hand-axe the stone was modified and transformed and energy was consumed for the breakage. But already at that time the most important was the information, the know-how: Which stone to take, where to find it, how to process it and what to do with the hand-axe.”

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Schönert

18th June 1927

Born in Döbeln in Saxonia / Germany

1946

Final high school examination

1946 / 1948

Training as technician in electronics

1948 / 1950

Technician with Siemens in Karlsruhe

1950 / 1957

Studies of physics at the University of Karlsruhe / Germany

1957 / 1966

Scientific assistent of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Rumpf, Institute for Mechanical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe

1966

Ph.D.-examination in chemical engineering (Dr.-Ing.), University of Karlsruhe

1966 / 1981

Chief engineer of the department comminution at the Institute for Mechanical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe

1969 / 1970

Visiting Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Department of Material Science and Engineering (six months)

1971

Habilitation in the field of chemical engineering, University of Karlsruhe

1972

Member of the board of directors of the Institute for Mechanical Engineering, University of Karlsruhe

1973

Associate professor

1977 / 1981

Speaker of the board of directors

1981 / 1992

Full professor for mineral engineering at the University of Clausthal / Germany

1992

Emeritus professor at the University of Clausthal

24th Sept. 2011

Deceased in Karlsruhe / Germany

1970

Arnold-Eucken-Award of the German Society of Chemical Engineering, GVC

1988

Gaudin Award of the MPD, Society of Mining Engineers AIME

1991

Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Engineers, USA

1991

Hans-Rumpf-Medal of the DVCV (German Association of Chemical and Process Technique)

1994

Distinguished Service Award of the International Comminution Research Association (ICRA)

1975 / 1993

Chairman of the German Working Party Comminution of the GVC

1977 / 1994

Chairman of the European Working Party Comminution, Agglomeration, Classification of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering

1996

Frank-Aplan-Award of the Engineering Foundation, USA