Simha, Robert, 1912-2008 (original) (raw)
Dates
August 4, 1912 – June 5, 2008
Authorized Form of Name
Simha, Robert, 1912-2008
Biography
Abstract
Robert Simha was awarded the Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology in 1973. Throughout his career, he held positions at Columbia University, the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Howard University, the National Bureau of Standards, New York University, University of Southern California, and Case Western Reserve University.
Important Dates
August 4, 1912Birth, Vienna (Austria).
1935Ph.D in Theoretical Physics, University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria).
1938 – 1942Postdoctoral research associate, Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1941Research fellow, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).
1942 – 1945Research faculty, Howard University, Washington (D.C.).
1945Consultant and Coordinator of Polymer Research, National Bureau of Standards (now NIST).
1951 – 1958Faculty, Chemical engineering department, New York University, New York (N.Y.).
1958 – 1968Professor of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1968 – 2008Faculty, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (Ohio).
1973Awarded the Bingham Medal, Society of Rheology.
1981Awarded the Polymer Physics Prize, American Physical Society.
June 5, 2008Death, Cleveland (Ohio).
Occupation
Polymer physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Branson, Herman R. (Herman Russell), 1914-1995
Collaborated on research of kinetics and statics of copolymerization chain reactions.
Consolati, Giovanni
Collaborated on research of hole fraction and positronium annihilation lifetime spectroscopy.
Ehrenhaft, Felix, 1879-1952
Advisor, University of Vienna.
Jain, Rakesh K.
Collaborated on the apllicaton of the theory to multicomponent systems.
Jamieson, Alexander M.
Collaborated on research of hole fraction and positronium annihilation lifetime spectroscopy.
La Mer, Victor K. (Victor Kuhn), 1895-1966
Collaborated on development of depolymerization theory.
Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992
Advisor, University of Vienna.
McGervey, John D., 1931-
Collaborated on research of hole fraction and positronium annihilation lifetime spectroscopy.
Papazoglou, Elisabeth S.
Collaborated on theory of elastic constants of polymer glasses.
Silberberg, Alexander 1923-
Collaborated on research on kinetics of cooperative processes.
Thirring, Hans, 1888-1976
Advisor, University of Vienna.
Utracki, L. A., 1931-
Collaborated on research of hole fraction and viscous flow.
Additional
Boyer, Raymond F.,
Eirich, F. R. (Frederick Roland), 1905-
Collaborated on research of kinetic theory of chain degradation processes.
Institutions
Major Positions
Case Western Reserve University
Faculty, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering.
Howard University
Research faculty.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Consultant and Coordinator of Polymer Research (then called the National Bureau of Standards).
New York University
Faculty, Chemical Engineering department.
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
Research Fellow.
University of Southern California. College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Professor of Chemistry.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Awarded the Polymer Physics Prize (1981).
Recipient of the Bingham Medal (1973).
Universität Wien
Ph.D in Theoretical Physics (1935).
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Macromulecules article, "Robert Simha on his 80th Birthday."
Physics Today Robert Simha obituary.
Polymer and Engineering Science, In Memory of Prof. Robert Simha (1912–2008).