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'''Bruce William Hapke''' (born February 17, 1931) is a noted American [[planetary science|planetary scientist]], currently a professor [[emeritus]] at the [[University of Pittsburgh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geology.pitt.edu/people/emeriti.html|title=Emeritus Faculty|work=Department of Geology and Planetary Science - University of Pittsburgh|accessdate=6 December 2010}}</ref> and a |
'''Bruce William Hapke''' (born February 17, 1931) is a noted American [[planetary science|planetary scientist]], currently a professor [[emeritus]] at the [[University of Pittsburgh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geology.pitt.edu/people/emeriti.html|title=Emeritus Faculty|work=Department of Geology and Planetary Science - University of Pittsburgh|accessdate=6 December 2010}}</ref> and a specialist in bidirectional reflectance spectroscopy. <ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinfrontie0000unse|url-access=registration|quote=Hapke, bruce william 1931.|title=Who's who in Frontiers of Science and Technology|date=22 May 1985|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|isbn=9780837957029|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
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Bruce William Hapke (born February 17, 1931) is a noted American planetary scientist, currently a professor emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh[1] and a specialist in bidirectional reflectance spectroscopy. [2]
Career
Born in Racine, Wisconsin, Hapke earned a B.S. in physics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1953. He was awarded his Ph.D. in engineering physics from Cornell University in 1962.[3] Hapke was a Research Associate at the Center for Radiophysics and Space Research at Cornell University[3] from 1960-1967. In 1967, he became a professor in the Department of Geology and Planetary Science at the University of Pittsburgh. In the course of his long and distinguished career, Hapke has taken part in Mariner 10, Viking and Apollo missions.[3]
He is a past Chairman of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society.[4] Dr. Hapke is currently a professor emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh.[5]
Awards and honors
- Elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020. [6]
- Hapkeite, a lunar mineral, was named in his honor[7][8]
- Asteroid 3549 Hapke
- Awarded the Kuiper Prize in 2001, the most distinguished award given by the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences[3]
- Fellow of the American Geophysical Union[3]
References
- ^ "Emeritus Faculty". Department of Geology and Planetary Science - University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ Who's who in Frontiers of Science and Technology. Marquis Who's Who. 22 May 1985. ISBN 9780837957029 – via Internet Archive.
Hapke, bruce william 1931.
- ^ a b c d e "2001 Prize Winners - DPS". Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Department of Geology and Planetary Science". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "Emeritus Faculty". Department of Geology and Planetary Science - University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- ^ "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ Anand, Mahesh; Lawrence A. Taylor; Mikhail A. Nazarov; J. Shu; H.-K. Mao; Russell J. Hemley (May 4, 2004). "Space Weathering on Airless Planetary Bodies: Clues from the Lunar Mineral Hapkeite". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 101 (18). National Academy of Sciences: 6847–6851. Bibcode:2004PNAS..101.6847A. doi:10.1073/pnas.0401565101. JSTOR 3372016. PMC 406430. PMID 15118081.
- ^ "PSRD:: Discovery of hapkeite". Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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