Hubert M. Meingast

Who was Hubert M. Meingast?

Hubert Michael Meingast was an engineer and scientist who worked for the Borgward group, based in Bremen.

H.M. Meingast was born in the small town of Ebelsberg, Austria, in 1911. After intensive training to become an engineer, he eventually went to work in Bremen for Carl F. W. Borgward.

During and after World War 2, H.M. Meingast, in association with his mentor Professor Dr. Paul Riebensahm of the Technical University of Berlin, was involved in founding two research organizations concerning the heat treatment of metals: Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wärmebehandlung und Werkstofftechnik e. V. - AWT and Institut für Härterei-Technik. He taught at the Institute and wrote research papers. One research paper H.M. Meingast authored was described as containing ideas that were still being referred to by engineers 20 years later at the time of his death in 1961. His ideas have been described as being very advanced for their time, especially between 1942 and 1950 .