Walter Herrmann (physicist)

Walter Herrmann
Walter Herrmann (1910–1987) c. 1965
Born(1910-09-20)20 September 1910
Died11 August 1987(1987-08-11) (aged 76)
NationalityGerman
Citizenship Germany
Alma materDresden University of Technology
Known forSoviet program of nuclear weapons
AwardsNational Prize (1958)
Scientific career
FieldsMechanical engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Magdeburg
Laboratory V
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
Auergesellschaft AG

Walter Herrmann (20 September 1910 11 August 1987) was a German nuclear physicist and mechanical engineer who was one of many German nuclear scientists in Soviet program of nuclear weapons, mainly working on the power plant technology at the Laboratory V in Russia.

After his release from the Soviet custody, he returned to Germany after accepting the teaching position as professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Magdeburg.