Kossuth Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1951) Winner
László Heller
ラースロー・ヘラー
Rāsurō Herā
Aliases:
Heller László
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1907-00-00 （Nagyvárad (now Oradea, Romania)）
- Died
- 1980-00-00 （Budapest） age 73
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Languages
- Hungarian
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Nagyvárad (now Oradea) → Zürich → Budapest
Career
- Occupations
- mechanical engineer, professor
- Active Years
- 1931-1980
- Affiliations
- Budapest University of Technology and Economics
- Memberships
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich | — | mechanical engineering | Dipl. Ing. | — | Switzerland |
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
mechanical engineering
Degree:
Dipl. Ing.
Year of Graduation:
1931
Country:
Switzerland
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Kossuth Prize | — | — | Hungarian Government | 受賞 |
Kossuth Prize
1951
Organization:
Hungarian Government
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Legacy
Hungarian mechanical engineer and professor credited with inventing the Heller–Forgó dry cooling tower system for power stations. He made significant contributions to energetics, statics, and engineering applications of entropy, and became a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Asteroid 276975 Heller is named in his honor.
Academic Societies
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
In Popular Culture
- Asteroid 276975 Heller, discovered in 2004, is named in his honor
Trivia
- Hungarian naming convention places the family name first: Heller László
- Buried in Kozma Street Cemetery, the largest Jewish cemetery in Budapest