Biography of John Werner Cahn

Office:

Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
Materials Building, Room A153
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
(301) 975-5664; FAX (301) 975-4553; [email protected]

Education:

B.S. in Chemistry, 1949, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Ph.D in Physical Chemistry, 1953, University of California, Berkeley.
Thesis: "The Oxidation of Isotopically Labelled Hydrazine"
Thesis Professor: Richard E. Powell.
Sc.D (hon), Northwestern University, 1990.
D. Hon. Causis, Universit_ d'Evry, France, 1996.

Professional Employment:

1984 - present
Senior NIST Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD.
1977 - 1984
Center Scientist, Center for Materials Science, NBS.
1964 - 1978
Professor of Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
1954 - 1964
Research Associate, Metallurgy and Ceramics Department Research Laboratory, General Electric, Schenectady, NY.
1952 - 1954
Instructor, Institute for the Study of Metals, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1949 - 1952
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Berkeley.

Professional Memberships and Offices:

National Academy of Sciences
Section on Applied Physical Sciences.

National Academy of Engineering
Section on Materials Engineering

American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

American Institute of Metallurgical Engineers - TMS Fellow.
Heat Treatment Committee - Chairman 1981-83
Solidification Committee
Boston Section - Chairman 1968-69
Tri-City Section - Program Chairman 1962, Vice Chairman 1963.

ASM International, formerly American Society for Metals - Fellow
Thermodynamics Committee

International Council of Alloy Phase Diagrams.

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Gordon Conference on Physical Metallurgy - Chairman 1964,
Vice Chairman 1963.

Materials Research Society
MRS Councilor 1999-2001
MRS-India, Honorary Member.

Japan Institute of Metals, Honorary Member.

Publications and Lectures:

Approximately 250 papers and 400 invited lectures over the past 40 years.

Honors and Awards:

2002
Bower Prize, Franklin Institute
2001
Emil Heyn Medal, German Metallurgical Society
2001
Honorary Life Member, American Ceramic Society
1999
Bakhuys Roozeboon Lecturer and Gold medal, Netherlands Academy of Sciences
1999
Finalist, World Technology Award for Materials, The Economist
1999
Fellow, World Technology Network, National Museum of Science and Technology, London
1998
National Medal of Science
1998
Member, National Academy of Engineering
1998
Distinguished GE Lecturer in Materials Science at RPI
`69 & `98
MacDonald Lecturer, Canadian Metallurgical Society
1996
Doctor Honoris Causis, Universite d'Evry, France
1995
Harvey Prize, Israel Institute of Technology.
1994
Rockwell Medal; Hall of Fame for Engineering, Science and Technology, and Medal, International Technology Institute.
1994
Gold Medal, Honorary Member, Japan Institute of Metals.
1993
Inland Steel Lecture, Northwestern University.
1993
Hume-Rothery Award, TMS.
1993
Cyril Stanley Smith Lecturer, University of Chicago.
1992
Honorary member, MRS-India.
1991
Michelson and Morley Prize, Case Western University.
1990
Honorary Sc. D., Northwestern University; Hilliard Lecturer.
1989
Sauveur Award, ASM International.
1987
Distinguished Physics Lecturer, Boston University.
1986
Stratton Award, National Bureau of Standards.
1985
Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society.
1984
Gold Medal, US Department of Commerce.
1983
Distinguished Lecturer, University of Connecticut.
1982
Golick Lecturer, University of Missouri, Rolla, MO.
1981
Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
1981
Dickson Prize, Carnegie-Mellon University.
1980
Honorary Professor, Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
1979
Van Horn Lecturer, Case-Western University.
1978
Dorn Lecturer, Northwestern University.
1977
Acta Metallurgica Gold Medal.
1974
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
1973
Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1968
Institute of Metals Lecturer, AIME.
1966
S. B. Meyer Award, American Ceramic Society.
1960-61
Guggenheim Fellowship spent at the University of Cambridge, Goldsmith Laboratory.
1951
Allied Chemical and Dye Fellowship at University of California, Berkeley.

Visiting Appointments:

1999
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
1984
Affiliate Professor, Departments of Physics and Material Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; in residence fall 1991.
1983 (Winter)
IMA, University of Minnesota.
1979
Visiting Lecturer, MacMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
1975 (Winter)
Visiting Professor, Aryamehr University of Technology, Teheran, Iran
1975 (Summer)
Visiting Professor, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
1973 (Summer)
General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, NY.
1971-72 Sussman Professor; 1980, visiting Professor; 1995, Krengel Fellow
Israel Institute of Technology.
1963-68 (Summers)
Lawrence Radiation Laboratories,
1958-59
Adjunct Lecturer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY