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Archival as SubjectIra B. Bernstein
Dates
November 8, 1924 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Bernstein, Ira B.
Biography
Abstract
Ira Bernstein is an American physicist, who described the Bernstein wave in plasma physics. He researched magnetic fusion as a senior scientist for Project Matterhorn at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Important Dates
November 8, 1924Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1944Obtained BChE, City College of New York, New York (N.Y.).
1950Obtained PhD in Physics, New York University, New York (N.Y.).
1954 – 1964Senior Physicist, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1964 – presentProfessor of Applied Physics (1964-1988); Carl A. Morse Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics (1994-2004); and Carl A. Morse Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics (2004-present), Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1982Awarded James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, American Physical Society.
1984Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Occupation
Theoretical plasma physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Both employed at Yale University.
Bromley, D. Allan (David Allan), 1926-2005
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Dawson, J. M. (John Myrick), 1930-
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Yale University.
Greene, J. M. (John M.), 1928-
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Yale University.
Kruskal, Martin D. (Martin David), 1925-2006
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory and Yale University.
Both employed at Yale University.
Both employed at Princeton University, Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Both employed at Yale University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Princeton University. Plasma Physics Laboratory
Senior Physicist.
Yale University. School of Engineering & Applied Science
Professor of Applied Physics; Carl A. Morse Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics; and Carl A. Morse Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1982 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics.
City University of New York. City College. Department of Chemistry
Obtained BChE in Chemical Engineering (1944).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
New York University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD (1950).
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Fusion: past, present, and future [videorecording].
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA