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Harry H. Landon
No full textHARRY H. LANDON
NBS: 1958 - 1972
Birth: May 11, 1923, Cleveland, Ohio
Education:
Case Institute of Technology, BS (Physics), 1944, MS (Physics), 1948
Yale University, PhD (Physics), 1951
Principal Fields:
Nuclear physics (neutron physics), reactor and accelerator sources, environmental science
Positions Held at NBS:
Nuclear Physicist, NBS Reactor Program
Chief, Neutron Nuclear Physics Section, Reactor Radiation Division
Chief, Nuclear Radiation Division, Center for Radiation Research
Honors:
U.S. Department of Commerce: Gold Medal, 1968
Department of Commerce Science and Technology Fellow, 1971
Memberships:
American Physical Society
American Nuclear Society
Sigma Xi
Publications:
25 publications on neutron cross sections and nuclear radiation widths, including:
“Radiation Widths in Slow Neutron Resonances,” Phys. Rev. 100 (1955) 1414
“Doppler Effect in the Slow Neutron Resonance in Rh,” Phys. Rev. 94 (1954) 1215
“Study of Some (p,n) Reactions by Neutron time-of-flight,” Phys. Rev. 112 (1958) 1200
“Present Status of Standards,” in Proc. of 3rd conference on Neutron Cross Sections and Technology (1972
John T. Yates Jr.
No full textJOHN T. YATES, JR.
NBS: 1963 - 1982
Birth: August 3, 1935, Winchester, Virginia
EDUCATION:
Juniata College, BS (Chemistry) 1956
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD (Chemistry) 1960
PRINCIPAL FIELDS:
Chemisorption and physical adsorption; electronic excitation of surface processes; vibrational and electronic spectroscopic studies of surfaces; scanning tunneling microscopy; experimental methods development in surface science
POSITIONS HELD AT NBS:
NRC-NBS Postdoctoral
Research Chemist
Chief, Surface Chemistry Section
HONORS:
U.S. Department of Commerce: Silver Medal, 1973; Gold Medal, 1981
NBS Stratton Award (joint with T.E. Madey), 1978
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Chemical Society
American Physical Society (Fellow)
American Vacuum society (Fellow)
PUBLICATIONS:
Over 600 papers on surface science and physical chemistr
Portrait of Thomas J. Murphy
No full textThomas J. Murphy was inducted into the NIST Gallery of Distinguished Scientists, Engineers, and Administrators in 2003 “For many publications concerned with atomic weights of the elements, high accuracy analysis, and trace element analysis for such important species as copper, lead, and chlorine. His tenure at NIST was from 1946-1986.
Education:
Franklin and Marshall University: BS (Chemistry), 1946.
George Washington University: (Chemistry), 1948.
Positions at NIST:
Deputy Chief, Inorganic Analytical Chemistry Division; Leader, Mass Spectrometry; Research Chemist
Jesse L. Hord
No full textJESSE L. HORD
Inducted: 2003
Citation:
For research in cryogenic engineering and science, thermophysical properties and processes
associated with chemical engineering, and research management as founding director of the
Center for Chemical Engineering.
Tenure: 1961-1992
Birth: 1934, Maysville, Kentucky
Education:
University of Kentucky, BS (Chemical Engineering), 1956
University of Colorado, MS (Chemical Engineering), 1963
Positions held:
Director of the Center for Chemical Engineering
Chief, Cryogenics Division
Leader, Cryogenics
Honors:
Department of Commerce: Silver Medal, 1981
Russell B. Scott Memorial Award, 1973
NASA Technical Brief Innovations Award, 1973, 1976
NIST Superior Accomplishment Award for Safety, 1989
Memberships:
University of Colorado Engineering Development Council
American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Research Committee (Chairman)
International Association for Hydrogen Energy, Committee on Hydrogen Safety (Chairman)
Tau Beta Pi (Lifetime Member)
New York Academy of Sciences (Lifetime Member)
Publications:
Author or coauthor of more than fifty technical publications while at NBS/NIST, including:
Efflux of Gaseous Hydrogen or Methane Fuels from the Interior of an Automobile (with coauthors),
NBS Technical Note 666 (1975)
Is Hydrogen Safe, NBS Technical Note 690 (1976)
Survey of Measurement Needs in the Chemical and Related Industries, NBS Technical Note (1985)
Selected Properties of Hydrogen (engineering design data) (with coauthors), NBS Monograph
(1981)
Engineering Design Data for Hydrogen, Treatise (1981)
Other:
NIST Chemical Inventory Database software development and implementation (1991)
NIST Color-Coded Chemical Labeling and Inventory Procedures development and implementation
(1992)
NIST Laboratory Safety Manual (1990
Robert S. Carter
No full textROBERT S. CARTER
Inducted: 2003
Citation:
For his leadership in bringing to NBS a 10MW research reactor, thus placing NBS in the forefront of research in neutron physics.
Tenure: 1958 - 1989
Birth: 1925, Poughkeepsie, New York
Education:
Princeton University, BA (Physics), 1948
Harvard University, MA (Physics), 1949; PhD (Physics), 1952
Positions held:
Nuclear Physicist, NBS Reactor Program
Chief, Neutron Solid State Physics Section
Chief, Reactor Radiation Division
Honors:
U.S. Department of Commerce: Gold Medal, 1968
Department of Commerce Science and Technology Fellow, 1976
Memberships:
American Nuclear Society (Fellow)
American Physical Society
New York Academy of Science (Fellow)
Sigma-Xi
American National Standards Committee N-17 (Research Reactors, Reactor Physics and Radiation Shielding), (Chairman)
American Nuclear Society Standards Steering Committee
Publications:
Over 30 publications on nuclear physics, reactor physics, nuclear engineering and solid state physics, including:
“Relative Specific Ionization of Fast Mesons,” (with W.L. Whittemore), Phys. Rev. (1952)
“Inelastic Scattering of Slow Neutrons by Lattice Vibrations in Al,” (with co-authors), Phys. Rev. (1957)
“A Study of Split Cores for Research Reactors,” (with F. E. Jablonski), Nucl. Sci. and Eng. (1959)
“Future Directions for Reactor Based Research,” Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. (1986
Richard J. Van Brunt
No full textRICHARD J. VAN BRUNT
NBS/NIST: 1978 - 1996
Birth: May 11, 1939, Jersey City, New Jersey
Death: May 9, 2002, Gaithersburg, Maryland
EDUCATION:
University of Florida, BS (Physics and Mathematics), 1961
University of Florida, MS (Physics and Mathematics), 1964
University of Colorado, PhD (Physics), 1969
PRINCIPAL FIELDS:
Gaseous dielectrics, electron interactions with atoms and molecules, ion transport, electrical breakdown in gases, plasma physics, the discharge of chemistry of SF6
POSITIONS HELD AT NBS/NIST:
Research Physicist, Electricity Division
NIST Fellow, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory
HONORS:
U.S. Department of Commerce: Silver Medal, 1991
NBS Bronze Medal, 1984
R&D 100 Award, 1990
IEEE Whitehead Memorial Lecturer, 1994
EEEL Best Paper Award, 1990, 1991, 1992
MEMBERSHIPS:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Fellow)
American Physical Society
American Association of Physics Teachers
American Association for the Advancement of Science
PUBLICATIONS:
Over 150 technical papers including:
Bibliography of Data on Electrical Breakdown in Gases, (with W. Anderson), NBS Tech. Note (1984) 1185
“Production Rates for Oxyfluorides SOF2, SO2F2, and SOF4 in SF6 Corona Discharges,” J. Res. NBS (1985)
“Electron Transport Ionization, Attachment, and Dissociation Coefficients in SF6 and Its Mixtures,” (with A. Phelps), J. Appl. Phys. (1988)
“Stochastic Properties of Partial-Discharge Phenomena,” IEEE Trans. Elec. Insul. (1991)
“Ion Kinetic Energy Distributions in Argon RF Glow Discharges,” (coauthor), J. Appl. Phys. (1992)
“Resonant Charge Exchange and the Transport of Ions at High Electric-Field to Gas-Density Ratios (E/N) in Argon, Neon, and Helium,” (coauthor), Phys. Rev. E (1996
(Audio Part 2 of 3) Oral history interview of Ruth M. Davis, May 6, 2003/ with Lisa Greenhouse.
No full textJames L. Thomas
No full textJAMES L. THOMAS
NBS: 1927 - 1962
Birth: September 5, 1894, Kenova, West Virginia
Death: September 12, 1972, Maryland
EDUCATION:
University of Texas, BA, 1917; MA, 1923; PhD, 1932
PRINCIPAL FIELDS:
Resistance standards and metrology, metallurgy, absolute resistance measurements (in terms of length, time, and permeability of free space)
POSITIONS HELD AT NBS:
Researcher, Electricity Division
Chief, Resistance Measurements Section, Electricity Division
Chief, Resistance and Reactance Section, Electricity Division
HONORS:
U.S. Department of Commerce: Silver Medal, 1949
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Physical Society (Fellow)
American Society for the Advancement of Science
Washington Academy of Sciences (Fellow)
International Electrotechnical Commission Committee T58, Methods of Measurements of Electrical Properties of Metallic Materials (Chair)
NBS representative on the CIPM Consultative Committee on Electricity
PATENTS:
#2 042 971 Electrical-resistance Alloys of Gold and Chromium
#2 163 316 Electrical-resistance Alloys of Copper, Aluminum and Manganese
PUBLICATIONS:
Fifteen publications on electrical metrology, including:
A New Design of Precision Resistance Standard, NBS RP201 (August 1930)
Stability of Double-walled Manganin Resistors, NBS RP1692 (January 1946)
Precision Resistors and Their Measurement, NBS Circular 470 (October 1948)
An Absolute Measurement of Resistance by the Wenner Method, (with C. Peterson, I. Cooter, and F. Kotter), NBS RP2029 (October 1949
Thomas J. Murphy
No full textTHOMAS J. MURPHY
NBS: 1946 - 1986
Birth: July 25, 1925, Washington, DC
Education:
Franklin and Marshall University, BS (Chemistry), 1946
George Washington University (Chemistry), 1948
Principal Fields:
Atomic weights of the elements, high accuracy analysis, trace element analysis
Positions held at NBS:
Deputy Chief, Inorganic Analytical Chemistry Division
Leader, Mass Spectrometry
Research Chemist
Honors:
U.S. Department of Commerce: Silver Medal, 1968
Gordon Award, Chemical Society of Washington, 1980
Memberships:
IUPAC: Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundance
American Chemical Society, ACS Committee on Analytical Reagents
American Chemical Society
Publications:
Authored or coauthored over 35 papers including:
Absolute Isotopic Abundance and the Atomic Weight of Chlorine, (with coauthors), J. Am. Chem. Soc. (1962)
Precise Assay of Copper Using Small Samples, (with J.K. Taylor), Analytical Chem. (1965)
The Role of the Analytical Blank in Accurate Trace Analysis, NBS Special Publication 422 (1976)
The Certification of Lead Concentrations in Standard Reference Materials by Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry, (with coauthors), Journal of AOAC (1982