T. Kenneth Fowler
Thomas Kenneth Fowler (born March 27, 1931 in Thomaston , Georgia ) is an American physicist . He deals with plasma physics and magnetic nuclear fusion . He was a professor of nuclear engineering at the University of California, Berkeley .
Fowler graduated from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's degree in 1953 and a master's degree in 1955, and received a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Wisconsin in 1957 . From 1957 to 1965 he was at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and from 1965 to 1967 at General Atomics . In 1967 he went to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as head of the plasma theory group and plasma physics. From 1970 to 1987 he was the laboratory's Associate Director for Controlled Fusion. Between 1988 and 1994 he headed Berkeley's nuclear engineering department and helped found the university's multidisciplinary center for toxic and radioactive waste. From 1995 he was Professor Emeritus in Berkeley.
In the 2000s he worked on Spheromak's magnetic fusion experiments at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. From 1998 to 2001 and 2003 to 2005 he was a member of the Review Panel of the Public Interest Energy Research Program (PIER) of California.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Physical Society . In 1995 he received the Berkeley Citation and the Fusion Power Associates Distinguished Career Award .
Fonts
- The fusion quest, Johns Hopkins University Press 2007
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fowler, T. Kenneth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fowler, Thomas Kenneth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thomaston , Georgia |