Howard Kent Birnbaum (18 October 1932 Brooklyn, New York – 23 January 2005 Urbana, Illinois) was an American

metallurgist Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the ...

who was well known due to his works on the interaction of point, linear and planar defects in

plastic deformation In engineering, deformation (the change in size or shape of an object) may be ''elastic'' or ''plastic''. If the deformation is negligible, the object is said to be ''rigid''. Main concepts Occurrence of deformation in engineering application ...

of materials. He received his BS in 1953 and MS in 1955 from

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

. In 1958 he received his PhD in metallurgy from

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States. Established in 1867, it is the f ...

. In 1958 he started teaching at the University of Chicago and joined University of Illinois in 1961.

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...

– 1967 *Robert Franklin Mehl Gold Medal – The Metallurgical Society, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers – 1986 *

Von Hippel Award The term () is used in German surnames either as a nobiliary particle indicating a noble patrilineality, or as a simple preposition used by commoners that means or . Nobility directories like the often abbreviate the noble term to ''v.'' I ...

–

Materials Research Society The Materials Research Society (MRS) is a non-profit, professional organization for materials researchers, scientists and engineers. Established in 1973, MRS is a member-driven organization of approximately 13,000 materials researchers from academi ...

– 2002

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References

*Karl A. Gschneider Jr., ''Howard K. Birnbaum'', Acta Materialia, Vol. 53 (2005), pp. 2545–2546 1932 births 2005 deaths Scientists from New York (state) American metallurgists Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni People from Brooklyn University of Chicago faculty University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty Fellows of the American Physical Society Fellows of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Grainger College of Engineering alumni {{US-scientist-stub