David Turnbull (physicist)

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David Turnbull (born February 18, 1915 near Kewanee in Illinois , USA , † April 28, 2007 in Cambridge in Massachusetts , USA ) was an American physicist and materials scientist . He is known for his pioneering work on the kinetics of phase transitions in solids , nucleation in melts and the growth of crystals , diffusion in metals and glass formation .

Life

David Turnbull was born on his parents' farm in Illinois . In 1936 he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Monmouth College and completed his studies in physical chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1939 with a PhD . After several years at the Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland Ohio , he worked at the General Electric Research Institute in Schenectady from 1946 to 1962 , where he headed the Chemical Metallurgy Department. In 1953 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . In 1962 he became Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard University in Cambridge , where he retired in 1985. David Turnbull died on April 28, 2007 at his Cambridge home.

Honors

David Turnbull was one of the earliest recipients of the Von Hippel Awards from the American Materials Research Society and has been a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences since 1968 . Other prices:

The Materials Research Society awards the David Turnbull Lectureship each year at its fall meeting, an award “to recognize the career of a scientist who has made exceptional contributions to the understanding of material properties and phenomena - through research, publication and teaching, according to which Model of the life's work of David Turnbull. "

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SURNAME Turnbull, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physicist and materials scientist, recipient of the Japan Prize
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH near Kewanee , Illinois , USA
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 2007
Place of death Cambridge , Massachusetts , USA