John P. Hirth
John Price Hirth (born December 16, 1930 in Cincinnati , United States ) is an American engineer, metallurgist and materials scientist. He was a professor at Washington State University and known for contributions to the theory of dislocations in materials science.
Hirth studied metallurgy at Ohio State University with bachelor's and master's degrees in 1953 and received his doctorate in 1958 from the Carnegie Institute of Technology . 1957/58 he was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Bristol. In 1958 he was Assistant Professor of Metallurgy at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1961 Associate Professor and 1964 Professor of Physical Metallurgy at Ohio State University. In 1988 he became professor of materials science at Washington State University.
He deals with the theory of dislocations and crystal growth.
In 1996 he received the Dickson Prize in Science . In 1974 he became a member of the National Academy of Engineering for his leadership role in applying dislocation theory to the understanding of materials (laudation). He has also been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1994 and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2005 . Hirth is a Fellow of the American Society for Metals (now ASM International ), whose Stoughton Award he received in 1964. In 1999 he received the Nadai Medal .
Fonts
- with Jens Lothe: Theory of dislocations, Krieger, 2nd edition, Wiley 1982, 3rd edition Peter M. Anderson, Jens Lothe, Cambridge UP 2017
He was the editor of the Dislocations in Solids series at Elsevier.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth and career data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ^ Entry at the National Academy of Engineering , with photo
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirth, John P. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hirth, John Price (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American metallurgist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cincinnati |