Morris Cohen (scientist)

Morris Cohen ( born November 27, 1911 in Chelsea ( Massachusetts ), † 27 May 2005 in Swampscott ) was an American metallurgist and materials scientist, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Cohen became interested as a teenager Metallurgy - his family put lead-based alloys for pressure -Letter and Solders ago. He studied at MIT with a bachelor 's degree in 1933 and his doctorate in 1936. Starting from 1937 he was an assistant professor and in 1946 professor of metallurgy at MIT. In 1975 he became Professor Institute ( the highest honor of MIT) and in 1982 he retired.

In the Manhattan Project, he developed the fuel rods in Chicago for the first nuclear reactor ( led by Enrico Fermi ). He made important contributions to the metallurgy of iron and steel.

Awards

He was more honorary doctorates and after his first visit to China in 1980 honorary professor at the University of Science and Technology in Beijing and the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.