Pichelmayer, Karl#

b. Berndorf/Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Aug. 6, 1868, d. Moedling, Lower Austria, Jan. 23, 1914, engineer. Studied mechanical engineering at Graz University of Technology. Assistant to A. von Ettingshausen, focused on electrical engineering and, from 1891, was employed by Siemens & Halske company, where he became one of the leading designers of electrotechnical machinery. In 1906 Professor of Electrotechnical Machinery Theory and Design at Vienna University of Technology. His formula for the circuit-changing voiltage in commutator motors is still valid today. Pichelmayer was also instrumental in pioneering reforms of teaching practice at the university.

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