Ulrich Reimers
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Ulrich Reimers (born 23 March 1952 in Hildesheim) is an electrical engineer and is regarded as a pioneer of digital television. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) elected him for its Hall of Fame of most important personalities.{{Cite web |title=Thales, Gauß, Röntgen, Einstein ... und Ulrich Reimers |url=https://idw-online.de/de/news149916 |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=idw-online.de |language=de}}
Career
Reimers studied electrical engineering with specialization on telecommunications and radio-frequency engineering and obtained his doctoral degree at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. After seven years at the Robert Bosch GmbH where Reimers worked in the area of television studio equipment, he became Technical Director of Norddeutscher Rundfunk (North German Broadcasting). From 1993 to 2020, he was the director of the Institut für Nachrichtentechnik (Institute for Telecommunications Engineering) at Technische Universität Braunschweig.{{cite web | title=Ruhestand von Professor Ulrich Reimers | website=vde.com | date=14 April 2020 | url=https://www.vde.com/de/itg/aktuelles/2020-04-14-ruhestand-ulrich-reimers | language=de | access-date=22 March 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Braunschweig |first=Technische Universität |title=Former Vice Presidents |url=https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/en/organisation/presidency/translate-to-english-ehemalige-vizepraesidentinnen |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=www.tu-braunschweig.de |language=en}}
From 1990 to 2002 he was the president of Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft (FKTG), the German equivalent of SMPTE. Reimers was a board member of the Deutsche TV-Plattform, chairman of the "Technical Module" in the "DVB Project" and a member of the Kommission zur Ermittlung des Finanzbedarfs der Rundfunkanstalten (KEF) (commission for determining the financial requirements of the public broadcasting companies). In 2001 he was awarded the {{ill|Leibniz-Ring-Hannover|de}}{{Cite web |title=Die Preisträger {{!}} Presse Club Hannover |url=https://presse-club-hannover.de/preistraeger |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=presse-club-hannover.de |language=de}} and obtained the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award.{{cite web | title=Professor Ulrich Reimers erhält internationale Auszeichnung in Los Angeles | website=Informationsdienst Wissenschaft – Nachrichten | url=https://idw-online.de/en/news36051 | language=de | access-date=22 March 2022}}{{Cite web |title=IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award Recipients |url=https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/awards/recipients/ibuka-rl.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216193817/https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/awards/recipients/ibuka-rl.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 December 2021 |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=IEEE}} In 2012 he was granted the Niedersächsischer Staatspreis (Lower Saxony State Prize).{{Cite web |title=Niedersächsischer Staatspreis {{!}} Portal Niedersachsen |url=https://www.niedersachsen.de/startseite/land_leute/die_menschen/sehr_geehrte_niedersachsen/der-niedersaechsische-staatspreis-20065.html |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=www.niedersachsen.de |language=de}}{{cite web | title=Auszeichnung: Staatspreis geht an Ingenieur Ulrich Reimers | website=NWZonline | date=22 November 2012 | url=https://www.nwzonline.de/politik/niedersachsen/staatspreis-geht-an-ingenieur-ulrich-reimers_a_1,0,2606055382.html | language=de | access-date=22 March 2022}}{{cite web | title=Professor Ulrich Reimers erhält den Niedersächsischen Staatspreis 2012 | website=TU Braunschweig | date=4 January 2017 | url=https://magazin.tu-braunschweig.de/m-post/professor-ulrich-reimers-erhalt-den-niedersachsischen-staatspreis-2012/ | language=de | access-date=22 March 2022}}
Reimers is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE){{Cite web |title=IEEE Fellows Directory – Alphabetical Listing |url=https://services27.ieee.org/fellowsdirectory/home.html#results_table |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=IEEE}} for contributions to the development of Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)
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and the holder of the Ehrenring (ring of honour) of VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e. V..{{Cite web |title=Ehrenring – VDE |url=https://www.vde.com/ehrenring |access-date=19 May 2023 |website=www.vde.com |language=de}}
Works
- {{cite book | last=Reimers | first=Ulrich | title=DVB | publisher=Springer Science & Business Media | date=2005 | isbn=3-540-43545-X}}
- {{Cite web | title=Articles | website=Google Scholar|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22ulrich+reimers%22 | access-date=28 May 2023}}
References
External links
- {{cite web | title=Prof. a.D. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Reimers | website=Technische Universität Braunschweig | date=14 June 2001 | url=https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/en/ifn/institute/team/iuk/reimers | access-date=21 May 2023}}
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Category:German electrical engineers
Category:Technical University of Braunschweig alumni