Hans D. Baumann
Encyclopedia
Hans D. Baumann is a German-American inventor and engineer. He has registered over 200 patents and produced 105 publications. He is known internationally as a valve specialist and is an expert on aerodynamic noise of gases.
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Baumann has worked as Chief Engineer at W. & T. Co., a valve supplier in Germany; Manager of Research & Development at Worthington S/A in France; Director of Engineering at Cashco, Inc., in the U.S.; Vice President of Masoneilan International, Inc.; and Senior Vice President of Technology for Fisher Controls. In 1977, he founded H. D. Baumann Assoc., Ltd., manufacturing control valves; the company was subsequently acquired by Fisher Instruments, and is now part of Emerson Process Management
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In the field of engineering, Baumann has published manuals on valves and was a contributor to the Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Control Valves Handbook, Noise and Vibration Control Engineering Handbook, and Handbook of Noise and Vibration Control. He has also self-published several books on business management and German history. His book Hitler's Fate suggests that Adolf Hitler
did not commit suicide, but rather survived World War II
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Baumann is a licensed Professional Engineer in four states and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. He is an advisor to the dean of the University of New Hampshire
Business School, and presently resides in Palm Beach, Florida.
Life
Baumann came to the United States from Germany in 1953, as an exchange student. He holds degrees from Western Reserve University and Northeastern University, and earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia Pacific UniversityColumbia Pacific University
Columbia Pacific University was an unaccredited nontraditional distance learning school in California. It was founded in 1978 by Richard Crews, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, and Lester Carr, a former president of Lewis University, and operated with state approval...
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Baumann has worked as Chief Engineer at W. & T. Co., a valve supplier in Germany; Manager of Research & Development at Worthington S/A in France; Director of Engineering at Cashco, Inc., in the U.S.; Vice President of Masoneilan International, Inc.; and Senior Vice President of Technology for Fisher Controls. In 1977, he founded H. D. Baumann Assoc., Ltd., manufacturing control valves; the company was subsequently acquired by Fisher Instruments, and is now part of Emerson Process Management
Emerson Electric Company
Emerson Electric Company is a major multinational corporation headquartered in Ferguson, Missouri, United States. This Fortune 500 company manufactures products and provides engineering services for a wide range of industrial, commercial, and consumer markets.Emerson is one of the largest...
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In the field of engineering, Baumann has published manuals on valves and was a contributor to the Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Control Valves Handbook, Noise and Vibration Control Engineering Handbook, and Handbook of Noise and Vibration Control. He has also self-published several books on business management and German history. His book Hitler's Fate suggests that Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
did not commit suicide, but rather survived World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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Baumann is a licensed Professional Engineer in four states and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. He is an advisor to the dean of the University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire , United States. The main campus is in Durham, New Hampshire. An additional campus is located in Manchester. With over 15,000 students, UNH is the largest university in New Hampshire. The university is...
Business School, and presently resides in Palm Beach, Florida.
Awards
- 1989 "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the New Hampshire High Technology Council
- "One of fifty most important Industrial Innovators" by InTech Magazine, a publication of the International Society of Automation
- Fellow Member of the American Society of Mechanical EngineersAmerican Society of Mechanical EngineersThe American Society of Mechanical Engineers is a professional body, specifically an engineering society, focused on mechanical engineering....
- Honorary Member of the International Society of Automation
- Inductee "Process Automation Hall of Fame"
Publications
- "Top-heavy management drains companies", InTech, May 2008
- "Outsourcing—Good or Evil?", Mechanical Engineering
- Control Valve Primer: A User's Guide (ISBN 1556176406)
- The Ideal Enterprise (ISBN 0533141850).
- Hitler's Fate: The Final Story (ISBN 1847481353).
- Building Lean Companies: How To Keep Companies Profitable As They Grow (ISBN 978-1-60037-488-3)
- The Vanished Life of Eva Braun (ISBN 978-1-4489-5136-9)