Elmar Schrüfer

Elmar Schrüfer (23 May 1931 – 22. May 2022) was a German physicist and professor for measurement technology. He was known for his contributions to university education in electrical measurement technology, the related fields of reliability of measurement and automation equipment and signal processing, as well as radiation and its measurement in nuclear power plants.

Early life and education Elmar Schrüfer was born in Edelbach in Spessart in 1931

Industrial activities After completing his PhD, he began working in industry, first at Allgemeine Elektricitätsgesellschaft (AEG), and later at Kraftwerk Union (KWU). Journalist Katarina Bader remarked in 2006: As soon as one enters the office of Prof. Elmar Schrüfer in the "Technische Universität München" (TUM) one knows: this is not only the working place of a very well respected expert on Metrology but also room of a cosmopolitan in the very best sense of word: Prof. Schrüfer is obviously interested in all kinds of cultures and it is evident that he has friends all over the world. On the walls there are pictures from Kiev, Beijing and Petersburg and on the top of the cupboard there is hardly any free space due to all these beautiful handmade matroshkas, Chinese vases and framed little pictures which are standing up there very accurately lined up.

Cooperation with foreign universities, especially those in Eastern Europe and China, was a particular concern of Schrüfer. In this, he was supported by his wife, Anna. Early on, he made efforts to establish contact with colleagues in the GDR.

Schrüfer was a Consult. Prof. at both Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1983 and Northwestern Polytechnical University in 1993, and he was a guest professor at Peking University in 1993. 1992 Honorary doctorate from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute 2000 Honorary doctorate from the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași 2004 Honorary doctorate from the National Aviation University in Kyiv 2013 Honorary Senator of the Chinese-German University College (CDHK) at Tongji University Shanghai.