!!!Mengele, Benno b. Zwettl, Lower Austria, Dec. 11, 1898, d. Vienna, Sept. 15, 1971, electrical engineer. Studied at Vienna University of Technology from 1918 to 1923, on the staff of Oesterreichische Siemens-Schuckert-Werke from 1922, recognised for his expertise in dealing with electrotechnical phenomena and developments (protective earthing, fault currents), the development of bunch conductors for high-voltage and ultrahigh-voltage transmission (in cooperation with G. Markt); also built the first hydrogen-cooled three-phase motor in Austria. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Mengele,_Benno|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]