Hans Baumann (inventor) explained

Hans D. Baumann
Birth Place:	Germany
Occupation:	Inventor, engineer, author

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 and he is a frequent contributor to the NEWSMAX Magazine INSIDERS website.

Life

Baumann came to the United States from Germany in 1953, as an exchange student.^[1] He holds degrees from [Case Institute of Technology (now part of Case Western Reserve University)]and Northeastern University, and earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia Pacific University.^[2]

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.

Baumann is a licensed Professional Engineer in four states and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.

Awards

• Honorary Member of the International Society of Automation
• Inductee "Process Automation Hall of Fame"^[3]
• Life Fellow Member of the American Society mechanical Engineers.

Publications

• "Top-heavy management drains companies", InTech, May 2008
• "Outsourcing—Good or Evil?", Mechanical Engineering
• Control Valve Primer: A User's Guide
• The Ideal Enterprise .
• Hitler's Fate: The Final Story .
• Building Lean Companies: How To Keep Companies Profitable As They Grow
• The Vanished Life of Eva Braun
• Atomic Irony, how German Uranium helped to defeat Japan

Significant scientific publications

• Source: INTERNATIONAL ELECTRICAL COIMMISSION, Geneva, Switzerland. IEC Standards: 60534-2-1, 60534-8-3, 60534-8-4.
• Baumann, H.D., "A unifying Method for Sizing Throttling Valves Under Laminar or Transitional Flow Conditions", Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 115, No. 1, March 1993, pp. 166–168
• Baumann, H. D., 'A Method for Predicting Aerodynamic Valve Noise Based on Modified Free Jet Noise Theories," ASME Paper 87-WA/NCA-728, December 1987.
• Baumann, H. D. and George W. Page Jr. 'A Method to Predict Sound Levels from Hydrodynamic Sources Associated with Flow through Throttling Valves,' Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 43, No. 5, September–October 1995 _pp. 145–158.
• Baumann, H. 0., "Determination of Peak internal Sound Frequency Generated by Throttling Valves for the Calculation of Pipe Transmission Losses,' Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 36, No. 2, March–April 1991, pp. 75–82.
• Contributing Author of I.I. NOISE AND VIBRATION ENGINEERING,
• Contributing Author to: PROCESS CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION, ([v.2])

External links

• Criticism of Hitler's fate: "Hitler’s Fate, according to Dr. Hans D. Baumann", Counterknowledge

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rethink e-mail, meetings, computers . SeacoastOnline.com . 2011-02-23.
2. Web site: Automation Founders Circle: Dr. Hans Baumann . ISA . 2011-02-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607230922/http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=%2FContentManagement%2FContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=74627 . 2011-06-07 .
3. Web site: Automation Leaders | Five of Automation's Biggest Hits . Control Global . 2011-02-23.