Klaus Riedle (born(1941-08-12)12 August 1941,Innsbruck,Nazi Germany) is a Germanpower engineering scientist who has contributed to the development of more efficientgas turbines forpower generation.[1] Since 1986, Riedle is anhonorary professor at theUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg institute of engineering thermodynamics.
Riedle graduated from theTechnical University of Munich in 1964. Following two years as visitingassistant professor atCarnegie Mellon University, he joinedSiemens in 1971, specializing innuclear reactor security. In the mid 1980s, Riedle changed his focus tofossil fuel power plants and eventually became president of the Siemens gas turbines division. He retired from that position in 2006. As of 2010, he headed the Siemens scientific developments department for high-temperature turbines. Riedle’s approach to research and development has been described as characterized by patience and ability to divide the improvement of complex systems into separate tasks, while always monitoring the combined effects on performance and reliability.[1][2][3][4][5]
Since 1986, Riedle is anhonorary professor at theUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg institute of engineering thermodynamics, where he has been teachingthermodynamics,power transmission and other subjects. He has also, until 2015, served on the governing board of the energy and environment society of theAssociation of German Engineers.[4][5][6]
In 2005, along with theRussian scientistZhores Alferov, Riedle was awarded theGlobal Energy Prize for his development of high-temperature gas turbines with improved efficiency and capacity.[1][3][4][7][8]
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