Ulrich Reimers (born 23 March 1952 in

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) is an electrical engineer and is regarded as a pioneer of

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. The

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(IEC) elected him for its

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of most important personalities.

Career

Reimers studied

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

with specialization on

telecommunications Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

and

radio-frequency engineering Radio-frequency (RF) engineering is a subset of electrical engineering involving the application of transmission line, Waveguide (electromagnetism), waveguide, Antenna (radio), antenna, radar, and Electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic fiel ...

and obtained his

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

at the

Technische Universität Braunschweig TU Braunschweig (, unofficially ''University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology'') is the oldest ' (comparable to an institute of technology in the American system) in Germany. It was founded in 1745 as Collegium Carolinum and is a membe ...

. After seven years at the

Robert Bosch GmbH Robert Bosch GmbH (; ), commonly known as Bosch (styled BOSCH), is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 188 ...

where Reimers worked in the area of television studio equipment, he became Technical Director of

Norddeutscher Rundfunk (; "North German Broadcasting"), commonly shortened to NDR (), is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, ...

(North German Broadcasting). From 1993 to 2020, he was the director of the ''Institut für Nachrichtentechnik'' (Institute for Telecommunications Engineering) at

. From 1990 to 2002 he was the president of Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft (FKTG), the German equivalent of

SMPTE The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) (, rarely ), founded by Charles Francis Jenkins in 1916 as the Society of Motion Picture Engineers or SMPE, is a global professional association of engineers, technologists, and e ...

. Reimers was a board member of the

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, chairman of the "Technical Module" in the " DVB Project" and a member of the Kommission zur Ermittlung des Finanzbedarfs der Rundfunkanstalten (KEF) (commission for determining the financial requirements of the public broadcasting companies). In 2001 he was awarded the and obtained the

IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award The IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award is a Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers#Technical field awards, Technical Field Award of the IEEE given for outstanding contributions to Consumer electronics, consumer electronic ...

. In 2012 he was granted the Niedersächsischer Staatspreis (

Lower Saxony State Prize The Lower Saxony State Prize () has been awarded by the State of Lower Saxony since 2002. From 1978 to 1999 it was called the Lower Saxony Prize (). The award is presented by the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony. The prize has been awarded to persona ...

). Reimers is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (

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) for contributions to the development of Digital Video Broadcasting ( DVB) and the holder of the Ehrenring (ring of honour) of VDE Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e. V..

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reimers, Ulrich Living people 1952 births German electrical engineers TU Braunschweig alumni People from Hildesheim Engineers from Lower Saxony Members of German Academy of Science and Engineering Acatech