Ulrich Reimers

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.[1]

Ulrich Reimers

Education

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 devices, he became technical director of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (North German Broadcasting). From 1993 to 2020, he was the director of the Institut für Nachrichtentechnik (Institute for Telecommunications Engineering) at the TU Braunschweig.[2][3] From 1990 to 2002 he was the president of the Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft (FKTG).

Reimers is a board member of the Deutsche TV-Plattform, president 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 broadcasting companies). In 2001 he was awarded with the Leibniz-Ring-Hannover[4] and obtained the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award.[5] In 2012 he obtained the Niedersächsischer Staatspreis (Lower Saxony State Prize).[6][7]

Works
  • DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting). Springer Verlag, Berlin September 2004; 2. Auflage, ISBN 3-540-43545-X.

References
  1. Thales, Gauß, Röntgen, Einstein … und Ulrich Reimers. auf uni-protokolle.de
  2. "Ruhestand von Professor Ulrich Reimers". vde.com (in German). 14 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. "Prof. a.D. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Reimers". Technische Universität Braunschweig. 14 June 2001. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  4. "5G wird zu sehr gehypt". Presse Club Hannover (in German). 22 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. "Professor Ulrich Reimers erhält internationale Auszeichnung in Los Angeles". Informationsdienst Wissenschaft – Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. "Auszeichnung: Staatspreis geht an Ingenieur Ulrich Reimers". NWZonline (in German). 22 November 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  7. "Professor Ulrich Reimers erhält den Niedersächsischen Staatspreis 2012". TU Braunschweig (in German). 4 January 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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