Hubert Aaronson

Hubert Aaronson (1924–2005) was a R.F. Mehl University Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University.[1]

Biography

Hubert I. Aaronson was born on July 10, 1924, in New York City. In 1936, Aaronson moved to New Jersey and graduated high school. He graduated Carnegie Institute of Technology (CIT) which is currently known as Carnegie Mellon University, majoring in engineering.[2]

Aaronson went to the U.S. Army Air Corps and went on to fly many B-17 missions during World War II.

Career

Aaronson received a B.S. in 1948, M.S. in 1954, and a Ph.D. in 1954 at the Carnegie Institute of Technology for metallurgical engineering. In 1970, he served many TMS and ASM committees as a member and a chair such as the Phase Transformations Committee. Aaronson received a Honorary Membership of the Japan Institute of Metals in 1996, and was then elected for the National Academy of Engineering in 1997.[1]

Aaronson continued working as a R.F. Mehl Professor Emeritus at the Carnegie Mellon University before his death on December 13, 2005, after a lengthy illness.[1][3]

Awards

Aaronson received honors and awards such as the TMS C. H. Mathewson Gold Medal, TMS Educator Award, TMS Institute of Metals Lecture, R. F. Mehl Medal, and TMS Fellow.[1]

Works

Aaronson has published more than 300 scientific papers for teaching and supporting his young colleagues, and has organized conferences that influenced with the field. His well known major contributions is about diffusional nucleation and growth, and the mechanisms of phase transformations.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2004 William Hume-Rother Award". Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  2. ↑ America, National Academy of Engineering of the United States of (2007). Memorial tributes. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. ISBN 978-0-309-10337-4.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Hubert I. Aaronson". Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Aaronson Award". Retrieved 28 November 2014.
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