 There, he studied at the "Technische Hochschule", which is today the "Technische Universität München" (TUM), and began his career as "Wissenschaftlicher Assistant" (Scientific Assistant), which corresponds to a "professor" at US universities.Following that, he was a researcher in German industry for ten years.During the Second World War, he worked for the company Rosental Selb in Bavaria on high tension porcelain.