Norbert Peters

Background

Peters, Norbert was born on July 10, 1942 in Linz, Austria. Son of Friedrich and Margarete (Sieber) Peters.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Karlsruhe, Germany, 1965. Master of Science Technology University, Berlin, 1968, Doctor of Philosophy, 1971, Habilitation, 1974.

Career

He headed the Institut für Technische Verbrennung (Institute for Combustion Technology). Peters"s primary research interest was in the field of combustion engineering, especially turbulent flames. The interaction between turbulence and combustion constituted an important part of his research.

He was author of the book titled Turbulent Combustion, a monograph with excellent but challenging insights on the advances, problems, and active research in the field of combustion in turbulent flow media.

He was well known for his ideas on the Flamelet Model in turbulent combustion as well as for the systematic generation of reduced reaction mechanisms from detailed reaction mechanisms. He had received numerous recognitions for his contributions, including:

Honorary Doctorate degrees from University of Brussels (1994), Technical University of Darmstadt (2002) and Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich (2010)

Zeldovich Medal of Combustion Institute (2002)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (1990).

Achievements

• Norbert Peters has been listed as a noteworthy mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts. German Academy of Science and Engineering]

Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering (since 2002).

Connections

Married Francoise Kaeppelin, October 6, 1969. Children– Dominique, Frederic, Jean Mathias.

Father:

Friedrich Peters

Mother:

Margarete (Sieber) Peters

Spouse:

Francoise Kaeppelin

child:

Dominique Peters

child:

Frederic Peters

child:

Jean Mathias Peters