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Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille

Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille rather than just read about it. In short: The Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille is an award by the German Institute for Inventions (Deutsches Institut für Erfindungswesen, D.I.E.) in memory of Rudolf Diesel for inventions and the entrepreneurial and economical implications accounting to the laureate. Since 1953 the award has been presented yearly until 1969 and then irregularly every two or three years.

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Reference excerpt

The Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille is an award by the German Institute for Inventions (Deutsches Institut für Erfindungswesen, D.I.E.) in memory of Rudolf Diesel for inventions and the entrepreneurial and economical implications accounting to the laureate. Since 1953 the award has been presented yearly until 1969 and then irregularly every two or three years.

Laureates 1953 to 1959

1953 Eugen Diesel Hermann Röchling Christoph Wirth 1954:

Ernst Heinkel Viktor Kaplan Paul Nipkow Hermann Oberth Wolfgang Putlitz Julius Schierenbeck Joseph Vollmer 1955:

Herrmann Amme Carl Friedrich Benz Hans Bredow Heinrich Buschmann Ella Conradty Hans Daams Wilhelm Geldermann Alexander Meißner Ernst Neumann-Neander Walter Poller Hans Rukop Max Schimmel Hans Vogt Magokichi Yamaoka Ferdinand Zeppelin Berthold Zunckel 1956:

Friedrich Dessauer Roland Faber-Castell Siegfried Meurer 1959:

Thorsten Althin Franz Maria Feldhaus Paul Kleinewefers F. Lindenmaier Alex Lonsinger Johann Mangold Auguste Piccard Karl Röder Herbert Storek Herbert Venediger

Laureates 1960 to 1969 1961:

Claudius Dornier Arthur Göhlert Alfred Horn Georg Hufnagel Hanns Klemm Carl Graf von Klinckowström Carl Rudolf Paul Klingspor Hans Ledwinka Arthur Mainka Hans Rhode Karl Heinz Schmidt 1962:

Hans Baier Walter Bauer Albert Bettag Ernst Cvikl J. Helmut Danzer Frank James Elvy John Franklin Enders Artur Ermert Igo Etrich Ernst Fuchs Konrad Grebe Reinhold Hagmann Theodor Hahn Walter Hebel Erich Hensel Maximilian Hornsteiner Josef Kainz Rudolf Kaiser Gustav Kammerer Heinz Kemper Richard Langer C. Walter Leupold Wilhelm Loges Walter Meining Hermann Michael Hermann Mücher Walter J. Noske Walter Philipp Robert Rahner Ernst Reichelt Josef Roiser Friedrich Schildberger F. W. Schlegel Hans Schleicher Wilhelm Schmidt Hermann Staudinger Hugo Tafelmaier 1963:

Erwin Baas Gottlob Bauknecht Ludwig Baumann Otto Alfred Becker Horst-Dieter Bohne Heinrich Brandhoff Hugo Bremer Erich Döring Ernst Giller Richard Glimpel Wilhelm Hessenstein Carl Hermann Heise Ernst Khuon-Wildegg (Ernst von Khuon) Max Heinrich Kress Heinrich Kukuck Egon Larsen Otto Lilienthal Willi Lippert Friedrich Maier Christian Meyer Willi Müller Adolf Nowak Erich Olschowski Erich Rabe Walter Reppe Josef Wilhelm Risse Hans Rössner Paul Schlack Otto Siemen Fritz Tolkien Ulrich Tuchel Hellmuth Walter Peter Weber 1964:

Heinrich Ballhof Otto P. Bühler Gustav Erhart Rudolf Fitzke Paul F. Forbach Gerhard Frank Willy O. Herrmann Fritz John Jacobsen Richard Jahre Hans Klaas Hans-Ulrich Klein Alfred Kretzschmar Hans Lindemann Ernst Linden Wolfram Lindner Wilhelm Nikolaus Moers Josef Nagler Herbert Neuhaus Horst Pasternack Kurt Pentzlin Ernst Sachs Rolf Sander Franz Schmid Alois Schmitt Eugen Heinrich Fritz Soeding Walter Storz Fritz Walther Willy Wolf Frotz Zoder 1965:

Apollinaris-Brunnen AG August Arnold Paul Baumann Wernher von Braun Hermann Buchholz José de Soto Burgos Curt Eichler Wilhelm Ernst Alfred Eschebach Franz Ferrari Albin Johansson Kurt Kaschke Ottmar Kasparowski Fritz Kauer Hans Kestler Kurt A. Körber Paul Krauß Friedrich Nallinger (Fritz Nallinger) Udo Passavant Alfred Pierburg Robert Richter Georg Rieper Rudolf Rzehulka Erhard Sattmann Erwin Schwarz Karl Sprenger Wilhelm Stürmer Hans Thoma Edith Weyde Matheus Wiest Johannes Wisser Anton Wörner Hans Ziller Hans Zöllner 1966:

Hans Beck Herbert Berg Paul Dannemann Alfons Drittenthaler Karl Eichstädt Edgar Frank Johann Rudolf Glauber Franz R. Habicht Karl Harraeus Günter Hasenbäumer Walter Heimann Josef Hoffmann Hans Kallas Peter Kisteneich Josef Kobold Fritz Kreis Curt Lommel Friedrich Martin Otto Meyer Karl Mienes Rolf Moroni Siegfried Nitzsche Gottfried Severin Paeffgen Moritz Pöhlmann Erwin Raulf Harald Romanus Ludwig Schanz 1967:

Richard Antretter Béla Barényi Walter Baur Hugo Brendel Alfred Buch Werner Fuhrmann Ernst Hatz Heinz Jäger Karl Jericke Willy Kraus Erich Kraut Ernst Mahle Alois Mengele Karl F. Nägele Robert Plagwitz Kurt Schönenberger Wilhelm Staffel 1968:

Georg Bergler Karl Breuer Franz Josef Fleißner Armin Heim Rudolf Kellermann Lorenz Anton Kersting Wilhelm Kölsch Karl Krauß Hellmut Kreß Alfred Krohe Harald Loebermann Herbert Matis Herbert Müller-Neuhaus Stanford R. Ovshinsky Carl Pieper Wunibald Puchner Eduard Reimer Karlheinz Roth Ernst Ruska Helmut Sallinger René Schubert 1969:

Ludwig Bölkow Kurt Friedrich Arnold Giller Max Koehler Friedrich Krauss Karl Kroyer Manfred R. Kühnle Wolfgang Ritter Konrad Zuse

Laureates 1970 to 1979

1972 Walter Baier, Stockdorf Herbert Haas, Oberstenfeld Edmund Munk, Oberstenfeld Hermann Renner, Magstadt Karl Heinz Vahlbrauk, Bad Gandersheim

1975 Fritz Bauer, Altdorf Kurt Becker, Obernkirchen Hermann Burkhard, Reutlingen Friedrich Burmester, Reutlingen Otto Oeckl, Munich Gottfried Piekarski, Burghausen Ewald Pirson, Burghausen Ulrich Poppe, Falkenstein / Oberpfalz Georg-Gerd Richter, Darmstadt Franz Rudolf, Schwäbisch Gmünd

1977 Josef Berg, Heidelberg Wolfgang Bogen, Berlin Hans Eckstaedt, Wuppertal Kurt Eichweber, Hamburg Rudolf Gäth, Limburgerhof Siegfried Lehsten, Eßlingen Julius Lidenmayer, Augsburg Walter Mayer, Zirndorf Klaudius Patzelt, Welzheim Hilmar Vits, Leichlingen H. Ch. Roy, Planegg Kurt Schade, Fürth Karl-Heinz Steigerwald, Puchheim Max Mengeringhausen, Würzburg

Laureates 1980 to 1989

1980 Uwe Classen, Zirndorf Wilhelm Hegler, Bad Kissingen Manfred Helfrecht, Poppenreuth Engelbert Krempl, Burgkirchen Alfred Meier, Nellingen Heinz Müller, Burgkirchen Ernst Schulze, Hamburg Hans Viessman, Battenberg Manfred Wick, München Heinrich Welke, Erlangen Walther Zarges, Murnau am Staffelsee

1982 Armin Bauder, Neckarsulm Ernst Christian, Nürnberg Heinz Hölter, Gladbeck Alexander Kückens, Reinfeld (Holstein) Xaver Lipp, Ellwangen Josef W. Manger, Arnstein Hannes Marker, Garmisch-Partenkirchen Julius Maus von Resch, Stuttgart Hans Sauer, Deisenhofen Wolfgang Seikritt, Usingen Erwin Sick, Waldkirch Rolf Susemihl, Bad Homburg Friedrich Stastny, Ludwigshafen Johannes Steinwart, Obersulm Herbert Zimmermann, Hagen Rudolf Zinsser, Kelheim

1984 Alfred Börner, Niederkail/Eifel Volker Dolch, Dietzenbach Ludwig Elsbett, Hilpoltstein Kurt Fickelscher, Frankenthal Gerhard W Goetze, Wuppertal Berthold Leibinger, Gerlingen Adolf Michel, Seeshaupt Peter Pfleiderer, München Heinz Süllhöfer, Düsseldorf Maximilian Wächtler, Hamburg

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille

In research: Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Awards established in 1953, German awards, Invention awards, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille in simple terms?

Why does Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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