Last updated on 4/10/14


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(1963-2000) and Individual Pictures (1959-1994).           

CV Horst Meyer

Born :1926.

Education : Maturite classique, College Jean Calvin, Geneva, Switzerland ('44), BSc ('49) and PhD ('53) in Physics, University of Geneva.

Appointments: Swiss research fellow, then Nuffield fellow, Oxford University, England ('53-'57). Lecturer, Dept of Applied Physics, Harvard University ('57-59). Asst.- , Assoc.- , Prof., Duke University ('59-84), Fritz London Prof., Duke University ('84 - '04), Fritz London Prof. Emeritus('04 - )

Professional activities: Visiting Prof. Technical University Munich ('65).Visiting Prof. University of Tokyo ISSP (summers ('79-84).Visiting Prof. Toyota Technical Institute, Nagoya ('98). Chairman of several conferences on quantum solids. Editor, Journal of Low Temperatue Physics ('92 - '14 ). Honorary Editor JLTP (2014 - )

Military Service: Swiss Army : gunner heavy artillery, then physicist in special corps ('46-'57, part time).

Other activities: Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Member Advisory Board, ('90-'98, '00 -'06, '08-'12, '14 -  ), Member Executive Committee and Planning Committee ('04 - ); Duke Univ. Chamber Arts Society, Member Advisory Board ('81 - ), Acting director ( '89, '97).

Honors: A.P. Sloan Fellow ('61-'65). Fellow, Am. Phys. Soc ('70), Jesse Beams Prize of the Am. Phys. Soc. ('82). Fritz London Prize ('93) awarded at the LT20 Conference. Duke University Medal 2014.

Research : Experimental Low Temperature Physics : Magnetism, clathrate compounds, solid and liquid helium, solid hydrogens, phase transitions (order-disorder in solid hydrogens, superfluid in 4He and 3He-4He, liquid-vapor critical point). Rayleigh-Benard convection in a supercritical fluid (3He) 

 

I am particularly proud that among the former members of the LTM group who continued research in Physics, there are 12 Fellows of the American Physical Society, two members of the National Academy of Sciences and one Nobel Prize winner.

 

Ph.D STUDENTS

  • E. Dwight Adams 
  • John E. Rives 
  • A. Brooks Harris 
  • A. Low Thomson 
  • David C. Rorer 
  • Samuel A. Dickson 
  • Charles Boghosian 
  • Robert C. Richardson 
  • David G. Onn 
  • Roland G. Gonano 
  • David L. Elwell 
  • John F. Jarvis 
  • James R. Thompson 
  • Larry I. Amstutz 
  • Dietolf Ramm 
  • Samuel M. Myers 
  • A. James Henderson 
  • Barnie A. Wallace 
  • Gregory Goellner 
  • G. Raymond Brown 
  • Frederick Weinhaus 
  • Paul L. Pedroni 
  • Robert P. Behringer 
  • David G. Haase 
  • Robert F. Buzerak 
  • David B. Roe 
  • Theodore D. Doiron 
  • Michael Ryschkewitsch 
  • Rudolph Schweizer 
  • George Ruppeiner 
  • Charles Pittman 
  • Sean Washburn 
  • Lawrence H. Cohen 
  • David Gestrich 
  • Myron Calkins 
  • Charles Agosta 
  • Michael Dingus 
  • Richard Banke 
  • Suwen Wang 
  • Fang Zhong 
  • Xiaoyu Li 
  • James Tuttle 
  • Carl Howald 
  • David Clarkson 
  • Xi Qin 
  • Daniel Murphy 
  • Jeffrey Olafsen 
  • Andrei B. Kogan 

  • PAST UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS



    Michael Hamrick (Rice PhD 1990)


    Robert Dudley (U. of Cambridge PhD 1986)

    Ronald Walsworth (Harvard PhD 1990) 


    MASTERS STUDENTS (THESIS)

    Creston King (1962) PhD Rice U. 

    William Bendiner (1968) 

    Don Meyer (1962) 

    Hartmut Ramm (1970) 

    John Jones (1965) 

    Jerry Harris (1972) 


    LTM TECHNICIAN, LIQUID HELIUM SUPPLIER and FRIEND TO ALL OF US.

    W. Edgar Morgan, (1961- 1984)
    (deceased March 21, 2001)
    4007 Hillgrand Dr., Durham, N.C. 27705 , (919) 383-1461



    PAST POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES and RESEARCH SCIENTIST

    C.F. Keller (1960-61) 

    M. H.W. Chan (1973-76) 

    P.N. Dheer (1961-62) 

    D. B. Roe (1976-77) 

    J. E. Rives (1961-63) 

    T.D. Doiron (1977-78) 

    E.R. Hunt (1962-65) 

    R.C. Schweizer (1978-79) 

    R.C. Richardson (1965-66) 

    I. Yu (1980-82) 

    C. Boghosian (1965-67) 

    L. H.Cohen (1983-85) 

    J.F. Jarvis (1967-68) 

    S. Wang (1988-89) 

    R. Wanner (1970-72) 

    H.S. Nham (1989-90)

    F. Weinhaus (1972-73) 

    F. Zhong (Res. Scientist) (1991-96)

    B. Wallace (1972-73)

    D. Murphy (1994- 98)

    A. B. Kogan (2000)

     


    VISITING PROFESSORS

    Bruno Maraviglia
    NATO Fellow, Univ. of Rome (1969-1970) 

    Akira J. Ikushima
    Univ. of Tokyo (1974-1975 and Fall 1976) 


    Addresses


    E. Dwight Adams


    Ph.D. 1960
    supervised jointly with
    W.M. Fairbank 


    Professor of Physics (Emeritus)
    J.F. Keithley Award of the APS (2006)
    Dept. of Physics
    Univ. of Florida
    Gainesville, FL 32611-8440
    (904) 392-0485 (O)
    adams@phys.ufl.edu
    2507 NW 24th Ter
    Gainesville, FL 32605-2818
    (904) 378-5129 (H)

    John E. Rives


    Ph.D. 1961 

    Professor of Physics  (Emeritus)
    Dept. of Physics
    Univ. of Georgia
    Athens, GA 30601
    (706) 542-5755
    jrives@hal.physast.uga.edu

    A. Brooks Harris


    Ph.D. 1961
    (Harvard) 


    Professor of Physics (Emeritus)
    Onsager Prize of the APS, (2007)
    Dept. of Physics
    Univ. of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA 19104
    harris@physics.upenn.edu


    A. Low Thomson


    Ph.D. 1962 

    Senior Lecturer in Physics
    Univ. of Sussex
    Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QH
    ENGLAND
    ALThomson@sussex.ac.uk


    John "Roland" Gonano


    Ph.D. 1963 

    Senior Physicist and Division Head(Retired)
    Bldg. 750, Reactor Div.
    Brookhaven Natl. Lab
    Upton, NY 11973
    rorer@bnl.gov

    Samuel A. Dickson


    Ph.D. 1964 


    Died May 17, 2008 in Newton, NC
    Formerly Professor of Physics
    UNC Asheville, NC
     

    Charles Boghosian 


    Ph.D. 1966 

    Associate Director, Physics Div.
    (AROD (Retired)
    Secretary, Board of Directors
    Willowhaven Country Club
    Specialist, golf ball ballistics
    5110 Pine Way Drive
    Durham, NC 27712
    charlesboghosian@nc.rr.com

    Robert C. Richardson


    Ph.D. 1965 

    (June 26, 1937 - Feb. 19, 2013)
    Vice Provost for Research
    F.R. Newman Professor of Physics
    Nobel Prize, Physics (1996)
    Dept. of Physics
    Cornell Univ.
    Ithaca, NY 14850
    (607) 255-6428 (Fax)
    (607) 255-6423 (O)
    rcr2@cornell.edu>

    David G. Onn


    Ph.D. 1966 

    Professor of Physics (Retired)
    Dept. of Physics
    Univ. of Delaware
    Newark, DE 19716
    (302) 831-2680 (O)
    (302) 831-1637 (Fax)
    DGONN@UDEL.EDU

    John "Roland" Gonano


    Ph.D. 1966 

    Army Technology Transfer Manager (Retired)
    10401 Regina Court, Clarksburg MD 20871
    (301) 831-9791
    RolandGonano@Bigfoot.com

    David L. Elwell


    Ph.D. 1967 

    Senior Researcher
    Dept. of Agricultural Engineering
    Ohio State Univ.
    Wooster, OH 44691
    (330) 263-3862
    Elwell.1@osu.edu

    John F. Jarvis


    Ph.D. 1967 

    Professor, Computer Sciences (Emeritus)
    Dept. of Math/CS/Engr.
    USCA Box 36
    Univ. of South Carolina
    Aiken, SC 29801
    johnfjarvis@knology.net
    http://knology.net/johnfjarvis

    James R. Thompson 


    Ph.D. 1969 

    Professor of Physics (Emeritus)
    Dept. of Physics
    Univ. of Tennessee
    Knoxville, TN 37919
    (423) 974-7837
    Adjunct Staff member,
    Solid State Division, ORNL
    jrt@utk.edu

    Larry I. Amstutz 


    Ph.D. 1969 


    U.S. Army, Chief, Electr.
    Machine Branch (Retired).
    Principal owner, Sand Hill Pork Inc.
    home: 8054 N. Geyers Chapel Rd
    Smithville OH 44677-9744
    (330) 345-6703
    AmstutzKLM@bright.net

    Dietolf Ramm


    Ph.D. 1969 

    Research Professor
    Dept. of Computer Science
    Duke University
    Durham, NC 27708-0129
    (919) 660-6532 (O)
    (919) 660-6519 (Fax)
    ramm@cs.duke.edu

    Samuel M. Myers 


    Ph.D. 1970 

    Senior Scientist (Retired)
    Dept . 1112, Sandia National Labs
    Bldg. 884 Room 3
    P.O. Box 5800, Mail Stop 1056
    Albuquerque, NM 87185-1056
    (505) 883-1675 (w voice mail)
    smmyers@swcp.com

    A. James Henderson 


    Ph.D. 1970 


    Director, Technical Marketing
    Northern Technologies International Corp.
    4201 Woodland Rd. PO Box 69
    Circle Pines MN 55014
    Tel office: (763) 225-6619
    NTI : (800) 328-2433
    cell: (216) 210-4445
    jhenderson@ntic.com

    Barnie A. Wallace 


    Ph.D. 1971 

    Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs
    Pall Corporation
    San Diego Plant
    (h):15066 Huntington Gate Drive
    Poway, CA  92064-6706
    (858)-679-5881
    baw888@pacbell.net

    Gregory Goellner 


    Ph.D. 1972 

    Principal Engineer (retired)
    L3 Communications
    Space and Navigation Division
    699 Route 46 East
    Teterboro, NJ 07608-1173
    gregg4745@aol.com
    Work: (201) 393-3557
    Home: (201) 492-0558

    G. Raymond Brown


    Ph.D. 1972 


    Associate Professor (retired)
    Department of Physics
    Clark Atlanta University
    Adjunct Instructor of Physics and Mathematics
    Lone Star College and Houston Community College
    (home)12218 D Jones Road, #118
    Houston, TX 77070
    gbrown@runbox.com

    Frederick M. Weinhaus


    Ph.D. 1972 

    Sr. Scientist ESL/TRW Defense Systems (1978-1995)
    Internet Entrepreneur (1995-2003)
    Co-Founder: Realtyvision, SeeitBuyit, OmnivisionLive (1998-2003)
    Image Processing Scientist/Consultant
    925 Wolfe Rd. #52
    Sunnyvale, CA 94086
    (408) 733-5937
    fmw@alink.net

    Paul L. Pedroni 


    Ph.D. 1974 

    1886 Loomis Str.
    San Luis Obispo, CA 93405-2050
    Phone: (805) 543-3929
    ppedroni@aol.com

    Robert P. Behringer


    Ph.D. 1975 


    J.B. Duke Professor of Physics, Computer Sciences,
    Mechanical Engineering,      
    2013 Jesse Beams Prize of the APS.
    Dept. of Physics
    Duke University
    Durham, NC 27708-0305
    (919) 660-2550 (O)
    (919) 660-2525 (Fax)
    bob@phy.duke.edu

    David G. Haase


    Ph.D. 1975 

    Professor of Physics , (Emeritus)
    Director, The Science House
    Box 8211
    N.C. State University
    Raleigh, NC 27695-8202
    david_haase@ncsu.edu
    http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/

    Robert F. Buzerak 


    Ph.D. 1975 

    Senior Scientist
    Teledyne Imaging Sensors
    5212 Verdugo Way
    Camarillo CA 93012
    rbuzerak@cox.net

    David B. Roe 


    Ph.D. 1976 


    Principal  Engineer
    InTouch Health Inc.
    Santa Barbara, CA 93101
    (805) 564 3424
    david8roe@gmail.com

    Theodore D. Doiron


    Ph.D. 1977 

    Acting Leader, physicist
    National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Precision Engineering Division
    Metrology Bldg.,  Rm. B113 
    Gaithersburg,  MD   20899-8211
    (301) 975-3472  (W) 
    (301) 975-5360 (Fax)
    theodore.doiron@nist.gov

    Michael Ryschkewitsch


    Ph.D. 1978 


    Head, Space Sector,
    John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    Former NASA Chief Engineer
    NASA Exceptional Service Medal
    11100 John Hopkins Rd, Laurel, MD
    Michael.Ryschkewitsch@JHUAPL.edu
    (443) 778-2563

    Rudolph Schweizer 


    Ph.D. 1978 


    Supplier Technologist
    TriQuint Optoelectronics
    (Formerly Agere Optoelectronics Div.)
    9999 Hamilton Blvd
    Breinigsville, PA 18031-9359
    Tel(office) (484) 397-2426
    FAX (484) 387-3050
    Tel (home) (610)-395-4266
    rschweiz@ptdprolog.net

    George Ruppeiner


    Ph.D. 1980 

    Professor
    Div. Nat. Sci.
    New College of Florida
    5700 N Tamiami Trl
    Sarasota, FL 34243
    ruppeiner@ncf.edu

    Charles Pittman 


    Ph.D. 1981 


    Principal Member of Technical Staff
    AT&T
    C4-2W03
    200 S Laurel Ave
    Middletown, NJ 07748
    Tel 732-420-6900
    <Charles.Pittman@att.com>

    Sean Washburn


    Ph.D. 1982 

    C.C. Boshamer Professor of Physics
    Computer Science and Biomed. Engineering
    170 Phillips Hall, UNC
    Chapel Hill,NC 27599-3255
    (919) 962-9382 (off.)
    SEAN@PHYSICS.UNC.EDU
    http://www.physics.unc.edu/~sean

    Lawrence H. Cohen 


    Ph.D. 1983 


    Member of Tech. Staff
    Converse Technologies
    Room 2J-532
    101 Crawford Corner Rd.
    Holmdel NJ 07733-3030
    5 James Hollow Court
    Howell, NJ 07731
    lawhcohen@optonline.net

    David Gestrich 


    Ph.D. 1983 

    Management Consultant with Tekmark
    http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/212/2a9
    2 East Brook Dr.
    Holmdel, NJ 07733
    dgestrich@comcast.net

    Myron Calkins 


    Ph.D. 1985 


    Manager, Seeker Department
    Electro-Optical Center
    Raytheon Missile Systems
    Home: 6490 N. Abingdon Rd
    Tucson, AZ 85743
    mcalkins@raytheon.com
    iceman6@aol.com

    Charles Agosta


    Ph.D. 1986 

    Professor and Chair
    Dept. of Physics
    Clark University
    Worcester, MA 01610-1477
    (508) 793-7736 (O)
    (508) 793-7680 (L)
    cagosta@clarku.edu

    Michael Dingus


    Ph.D. 1986 

    Senior Scientist
    Texas Research Institute
    9063 Bee Caves Rd
    Austin, Texas 78733-6201
    (512) 263-2101
    mdingus@tri-austin.com
    mdingus@austin.rr.com

    Richard Banke 


    Ph.D. 1987 

    Engineer
    SoHaR Inc.
    2450 NASA Parkway
    Houston, TX 77058
    Tel: (281) 335-2292
    richard.t.banke@nasa.gov
    rtbanke@mac.com

    Suwen Wang


    Ph.D. 1988 

    Senior Research Scientist
    GP-B, HEPL
    Stanford University
    Stanford, CA 94395
    (650) 725-6380
    (650) 725-8312 (Fax)
    suwen@stanford.edu

    Fang Zhong


    Ph.D. 1989 

    Member of Technical Staff
    Jet Propulsion Lab.
    MS 79-24
    4800 Oak Grove Dr.
    Pasadena, CA 91009
    (818) 393-3605 (Office)
    (818) 354-2777 (Lab)
    (818) 393-4878 (Fax)
    fang.zhong@jpl.nasa.gov

    Xiaoyu Li 


    Ph.D. 1990 

    Senior Software Engineer
    Transplace
     5800 Granite Parkway, Suite 1000,
    Plano, TX 75024
    (972) 731-4671
    kelvinli828@yahoo.com

    James Tuttle


    Ph.D. 1991 

    Member Techn. Staff
    NASA Goddard Space Center
    Greenbelt, MD 20771
    james.g.tuttle@nasa.gov

    Carl Howald 


    Ph.D. 1991 


    Dean of Instructional Services
    Richmond Community College
    P.O. Box 1189
    Hamlet, NC 28345 (910) 410-1900
    carlh@richmondcc.edu

    David Clarkson


    Ph.D. 1992 

    Software Engineer
    NetCentrics Corp.
    220 Horizon Drive, Suite 117
    Raleigh, N.C. 27615
    clarksondave2003@yahoo.com

    Xi Qin


    Ph.D. 1993 

    Subsystem/software engineer
    Space Systems
    Bae Systems
    Stanford, CA 94395
    sean.qin@baesystems.com

    Daniel Murphy


    Ph.D. 1994 

    Research Scientist
    The CNA Corporation
    4825 Mark Center Drive
    Alexandria, VA 22311-1850
    dan.ctr.murphy@faa.gov

    Jeffrey Olafsen


    Ph.D. 1994
    (jointly supervised with
    R.P. Behringer)

    Associate Professor
    Department of Physics
    Baylor University
    Waco, TX 76798
    (254) 710-2280
    jeffrey_olafsen@baylor.edu

    Andrei Kogan


    Ph.D.2000

    Associate Professor
    Department of Physics
    University of Cincinnati
    Cincinnati, OH 45221
    akogan@physics.uc.edu


     


    ADDRESSES OF SOME FORMER MEMBERS OF LTM

    Creston King
    Chairman, Dept of Physics
    Loyola U.
    New Orleans LA 70118
    mking@beta.loyno.edu


    Moses H.W. Chan

    Distinguished Professor
    Fritz London Prize (1996)
    Dept. of Physics
    Pennsylvania State Univ.
    University Park, PA 16802
    chan@phys.psu.edu

     

    E.R. Hunt
    Professor of Physics (Emeritus)
    Dept. of Physics
    University of Ohio
    Athens, OH 45701
    hunt@helios.phy.ohiou.edu

    Akira J. Ikushima
    President (Emeritus),
    Toyota Technological Institute
    2-12-1 Hisakata, Tempaku-ku
    Nagoya 468 JAPAN
    aj-ikushima@toyota-ti.ac.jp
    FAX: 81-52-809 1884

     

    Bruno Maraviglia
    Professor of Physics (Emeritus)
    Istituto di Fisica , Gruppo G1
    Universita di Roma
    00185 Roma, Italy
    maraviglia@roma1.infn.it
    FAX: 39-6-49913484

     

    Hyun-Soo Nham
    Staff Member
    Korea Standards Research Institute
    Taedok Science Town
    Taejon, 305-606, South Korea
    nhsem1@krissol.kriss.re.kr 
    FAX: +82-42-861-1494

    Insuk Yu
    Professor of Physics
    College of Natural Sciences
    Seoul National University
    Seoul 152, South Korea
    isyu@phya.snu.ac.kr

     

    Rene Wanner
    Research Scientist
    Novartis Corp.(retired)
    Present activities described in
    Rene Wanner's Poster page
    13 Foehren weg
    4310 Rheinfelden, Switzerland
    wanner@data.comm.ch
    http://www.data.comm.ch/wanner/

    Ronald Walsworth
    Staff Physicist
    Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
    Lecturer, Harvard University
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    walsworth@cfa.harvard.edu
    http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/Walsworth/

    Michael Hamrick
    Member Tech. Staff
    Mitre Corp.
    mhamrick@mitre.org

     Hartmut Ramm
    Physics Teacher,
    Young Harris College
    P.O.Box 156
    Young Harris GA 30582-0156
    <hramm@yhc.edu>
    Tel : 706-896-3444