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Biography
AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsPol Duwez
Dates
December 11, 1907 – December 31, 1984
Authorized Form of Name
Duwez, Pol
Biography
Abstract
Pol Duwez was Emeritus Professor of Materials Science at the California Institute of Technology (1941-1978). Other institutional affiliations included Jet Propulsion Laboratory and University of Mons, Belgium (School of Mines). His research interests included alloys and high-temperature oxides.
Important Dates
December 11, 1907Birth.
1932Obtained MetE, Mons School of Mines, Belgium (Université de Mons).
1933Obtained DSc in Physics and Mathematics, University of Brussels (Université libre de Bruxelles).
1933 – 1935Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1935 – 1940Professor, National Foundation for Scientific Research (1935-1938) and National Laboratory for Silicate (1938-1940), Mons School of Mines, Belgium, Mons (Belgium).
1941 – 1978Research Engineer (1941-1947); Associate Professor of Materials Science (1947-1952); Professor of Materials Science (1952-1978); and Emeritus Professor of Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1944 – 1954Head, Materials Section, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1945 – 1955Member, Scientific Advisory Board, United States Air Force.
1972Member, National Academy of Sciences.
December 31, 1984Death, Pasadena (Calif.).
1988Awarded International Prize for New Materials, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Applied physics and materials scientist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Applied physics and engineering.
Physics -- Industrial applications.
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Goddard, William A., 1937-
Advised by Duwez at California Institute of Technology, "An improved many-electron theory for atoms and molecules which uses eigenfunctions of total spin."
Henriot, Emile, 1885-1961
PhD advisor at Free University of Brussels.
Johnson, W. L. (William Lewis), 1948-
Advised by Duwez at California Institute of Technology, "Superconductivity in metal-semiconductor eutectic alloys."
Colleagues
Anderson, Carl D. (Carl David), 1905-1991
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Bonner, Tom Wilkerson, 1910-1961
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Crane, H. R. (Horace Richard), 1907-2007
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuBridge, Lee A. (Lee Alvin), 1901-1994
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
DuMond, Jesse W. M. (Jesse William Monroe), 1892-1976
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Epstein, Paul S. (Paul Sophus), 1883-1966
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Furry, W. H. (Wendell Hinkle), 1907-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Gould, Roy W. (Roy Walter), 1927-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Houston, W. V. (William Vermillion), 1900-
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Lauritsen, Charles Christian, 1892-1968
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Lin, C. C. (Chia-Chʻiao), 1916-2013
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Tolman, Richard C. (Richard Chace), 1881-1948
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Wu, Theodore Y.-T. (Theodore Yao-tsu)
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Both employed at California Institute of Technology.
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Engineering and Applied Science
Research Fellow, Research Engineer, Associate Professor of Materials Science, Professor of Materials Science, and Emeritus Professor of Materials Science.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Head, Materials Section.
Universite de Mons
Obtained MetE; National Foundation for Scientific Research; Professor, School for Mines; and National Laboratory for Silicates, Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received International Prize for New Materials.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
United States. Air Force
Member, Scientific Advisory Board.
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Obtained DSc in Physics and Mathematics (1933).