August F. Witt
August F. Witt (* 1931 in Innsbruck ; † October 7, 2002 in Winchester ) was an international researcher and worked for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for more than 40 years . He became known for his research in the field of electronic materials.
Live and act
From 1953 to 1954 August F. Witt carried out research in the field of nuclear chemistry with the 1935 Nobel Prize laureate Irène Joliot-Curie in Paris . In 1958 he worked at the atomic energy research facility in Harwell ( England ) in the field of radiation chemistry . He received his doctorate in physical chemistry from the University of Innsbruck in 1959 .
Witt worked from 1960 at MIT as a researcher in the Institute for Metallurgy and in 1965 switched to the Department of Metallurgy at MIT, where he studied crystal growth. In 1962 he was appointed assistant professor to the faculty, where his main research focus was the processing and characterization of electronic materials. In 1972 he was promoted to professor of materials science. From 1973 to 1974 Witt was involved in NASA's Skylab project .
Professor Witt was President of the American Association of Crystal Growth from 1975 to 1981 . He was also a member of the American Ceramic Society and Sigma Xi . From 1982 to 1989 Witt headed the working group for electronic materials at NASA . August F. Witt has an h-index of 9.
Awards
- 1993: Ford Professor of Engineering
- 1992: Space Processing Award ( American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics )
- 1990: Amar Bose Prize
- 1975: Wilhelm Exner Medal
- 1974: Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award ( NASA )
Web links
- Literature by and about August F. Witt in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ Professor August (Gus) F. Witt dies at 71; taught at MIT for 40 years on October 8, 2002 in News.mit.edu
- ↑ August F. Witt accessed on August 21, 2020 in Wilhelmexner.org
- ↑ History of Officers accessed August 21, 2020 at Crystalgrowth.org
- ↑ American Ceramic Society Fellow Members Retrieved August 21, 2020 from Bulletin-archive.ceramics.org
- ↑ AF Witt accessed on August 21, 2020 in Semanticscholar.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Witt, August F. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Witt, Gus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian researcher in the field of electronic materials |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 7, 2002 |
| Place of death | Winchester |