Harald A. Enge
Harald Anton Enge (born September 28, 1920 in Fauske , Norway ; † April 14, 2008 ) was a Norwegian-American physicist who deals with experimental nuclear physics and measuring instruments of nuclear physics.
Enge studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Trondheim with a degree in engineering in 1947 and received his doctorate in physics from the University of Bergen in 1954 , with work on nuclear physics which he undertook at MIT in 1950/51. During the German occupation of Norway in World War II, he worked for the Norwegian Resistance for a year repairing radio and radio equipment. In 1955 he became an instructor and in 1959 a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 1986 he retired.
For many years he was director of the Van de Graaf research group at MIT and an internationally recognized expert in the design of magnetic spectrometers for nuclear physics. He built his first beta spectrometer in Bergen.
He held more than twenty patents in magnetic and electron optics, mass separators, accelerator technology, and power supplies. In 1967 he was co-founder and chairman of Deuteron Inc. He was also associated with Deltaray Corporation (1969 to 1973) and Gammaray Corporation (1981).
In 1984 he received the Tom W. Bonner Prize for Nuclear Physics . He is a fellow of the American Physical Society . In 1985 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bergen.
He is a US citizen.
Enge was married twice (his first wife Grete died in 1988) and had three children.
Fonts
- Introduction to nuclear physics , Addison-Wesley 1966
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life and Career Data, American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Enge, Harald A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Enge, Harald Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fauske |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 2008 |