Biography:Joseph Eldrid Burke
Joseph Eldrid Burke | |
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| Born | 1 September 1914 Berkeley, California |
| Died | 29 February 2000 Schenectady, New York |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Materials Science |
| Institutions | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Joseph Eldrid Burke (1 September 1914 – 29 February 2000) was an American metallurgist and material scientist who specialized in ceramics.
Life
He was born on September 1, 1914 in Berkeley, California to Charles Eldrid and Ruth Enid Burke.[1] He was married two times, first to Kathleen Mary Wilson and for a second time to Marjorie Ridgway Burke.[1] He died in Schenectady, New York on February 29, 2000.[1]
Education
In 1938, he graduated from the Canadian McMaster University.[1] He completed his Phd in ceramic science from Cornell University in 1940.
Career
He worked for the International Nickel Company and the Norton Company.[1] During World War II, he worked at the Los Alamos, New Mexico, National Laboratory, where he helped design, build, and manage a new systematic process for the preparation of plutonium nitrate and its conversion to bomb cores.[1]
Awards and honours
He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1976.[1] He had been a member of the American Ceramic Society, of which he was a fellow, for many years, and became a distinguished lecturer in 1972.[1]
Bibliography
He is the author of a number of notable books:
- Grain Control in Industrial Metallurgy
- Procedures in Experimental Metallurgy
- Precipitation and Spontaneous Recrystallization in Tin-bismuth Alloys
- Recollections of Wartime Los Alamos
See also
References
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