Background
Egolf, Peter William was born on August 26, 1953 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Willi Arnold and Eileen Jean (Pickford) Egolf.
Egolf, Peter William was born on August 26, 1953 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Willi Arnold and Eileen Jean (Pickford) Egolf.
Ing. Höhere Technology Lehranstalt, Lucerne State College Engineering, Switzerland, 1977. Diploma in Physics Eidgenössische Technology Hochschule, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1984. Doctor Natural Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1990.
Apprentice Sulzer AG, Aarau, Switzerland, 1969-1973, heating designer Switzerland, 1973-1974, research fellow Winterthur, Switzerland, 1985-1987. Head laboratory Hesco Procter and Gamble, Rüti, Switzerland, 1977-1978. Assistant Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1984-1985, 87-90.
Research fellow Swiss Federal Laboratories Materials Testing and Research, Dubendorf, Switzerland, 1990-2000. Leader numerics division Institute Génie Thermique, University Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland, Yverdon-les-Bains, since 2000.
With Swiss Army, 1973. Member International Institute Refrigeration (president working party on "magnetic refrigeration"), Swiss Physical Society, Swiss Society Refrigeration, International Institute Refrigeration (committee B2 mem).
Married Hildegard Klara Zett, September 9, 1983. Children: Seraina Patricia, Aaron Peter.