Hubert M. Meingast

Hubert Michael Meingast (June 28, 1911 – August 29, 1961) was an engineer and scientist who worked for the Borgward group, based in Bremen.

During and after WWII, Meingast, in association with mentor Dr. Paul Riebensahm of the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin), was involved in founding two research organizations concerning the heat treatment of metals: Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wärmebehandlung und Werkstofftechnik e. V. - AWT (Association for Heat Treatment and Material Science) and Institut für Härterei-Technik (Institute for Material Science).

One research paper Meingast authored was described as containing ideas that were being referenced by engineers 20 years later upon his death in 1961 ("Ein Vortrag, der ein aussergewohnliches Interesse fand und dessen Abdruck auch heute noch, fast 20 Jahre spater, fur viele Leser wichtige Hinweise enthalt.").

In 1958, he became an owning partner in the business and the company was renamed JMG (Jones, Meingast, Gardiner).

His eldest brother was the writer Fritz Meingast, who received the prestigious Bayerische Poetentaler award in 1984.

"Einfluß von Wärmebehandlung, Werkstoff- und Chargeneigenart auf die Festigkeitseigenschaften eines Zahnrades."