Gernot Zippe

Gernot Zippe
Gernot Zippe
Born	November 1917; Warnsdorf, Austria-Hungary; (Present day, Varnsdorf in Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic)
Died	7 May 2008 (aged 90); Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany
Nationality	German
Citizenship	Austria
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Known for	Zippe-type centrifuge; Soviet program of nuclear weapons
Awards	Wilhelm Exner Medal (1990)
	Scientific career
Fields	Mechanical engineering
Institutions	Luftwaffe; Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt; Tomsk-7; University of Virginia; Urenco Group
Theses	Varies on topics of mechanical engineering (1939); Potential of Short bowl gas centrifuge for the enrichment of U-235 Isotope as compared to published gaseous diffusion (1960);

Gernot Zippe (November 1917 – 7 May 2008) was an Austrian mechanical engineer and a nuclear physicist of German origin who is widely credited with leading the team which developed the Zippe-type centrifuge– a centrifuge machine for the enrichment and collection of uranium-235, during his time in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.^: 47

Gernot Zippe
Born	November 1917 Warnsdorf, Austria-Hungary (Present day, Varnsdorf in Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic)
Died	7 May 2008 (2008-05-08) (aged 90) Bad Tölz, Bavaria, Germany
Nationality	German
Citizenship	Austria
Alma mater	University of Vienna
Known for	Zippe-type centrifuge Soviet program of nuclear weapons
Awards	Wilhelm Exner Medal (1990)
Scientific career
Fields	Mechanical engineering
Institutions	Luftwaffe Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Tomsk-7 University of Virginia Urenco Group
Theses	Varies on topics of mechanical engineering (1939) Potential of Short bowl gas centrifuge for the enrichment of U-235 Isotope as compared to published gaseous diffusion (1960)