Norbert Peters (engineer)

Norbert Peters
Born(1942-07-10)July 10, 1942
DiedJuly 4, 2015(2015-07-04) (aged 72)
Alma materKarlsruhe Institute of Technology
Technische Universität Berlin
Known forBorghi–Peters diagram
Laminar flamelet model
Peters four-step chemistry
Scientific career
FieldsCombustion
Aerospace Engineering
InstitutionsStanford University
RWTH Aachen University
Thesis Solving the boundary-layer equations for chemically reacting gases using a multigrid method  (1971)
Doctoral advisorAlfred Walz
Karl Stephan

Norbert Peters (10 July 1942 – 4 July 2015) was a professor at RWTH Aachen University, Germany and one of the world-wide authorities in the field of combustion engineering. He headed the Institut für Technische Verbrennung (Institute for Combustion Technology).