Clarence Zener 415428 221055700 2008-06-22T21:29:52Z Chemical Engineer 2015158 Bingham medal '''Clarence Melvin Zener''' ([[December 1]], [[1905]] – [[July 15]], [[1993]]) was the [[United States|American]] [[physicist]] who first described the electrical property exploited by the [[Zener diode]], which [[Bell Labs]] then named after him. Zener was a theoretical physicist with a background in mathematics who also wrote on a range of subjects including [[superconductivity]], [[metallurgy]], and [[geometric programming]]. Zener was born in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] and earned his PhD in physics from [[Harvard University|Harvard]] in 1930 with the thesis ''Quantum Mechanics of the Formation of Certain Types of Diatomic Molecules''. He taught at several American universities before working at the [[Watertown Arsenal]] during [[World War II]]. He taught at [[University of Chicago]] (1945–1951), worked at [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] (1951–1965) taught at [[Texas A&M University]] (1966–1968), and then at [[Carnegie Mellon University]] (1968–1993). In 1957 he received the [[Bingham Medal]] for his work in [[rheology]]. ==See also== *[[Zener pinning]] *[[Zener–Hollomon parameter]] *[[Landau–Zener formula]] ==External links== * [http://www.aip.org/history/esva/catalog/esva/Zener_Melvin.html Pictures of Zener] * [http://www.mpri.lsu.edu/textbook/Chapter3.htm Geometric programming] {{DEFAULTSORT:Zener, Clarence}} [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:1905 births]] [[Category:1993 deaths]] [[Category:Carnegie Mellon University faculty]] [[da:Clarence Melvin Zener]] [[de:Clarence Melvin Zener]] [[es:Clarence Melvin Zener]] [[eo:Clarence Melvin Zener]] [[fr:Clarence Zener]] [[nl:Clarence Melvin Zener]] [[pl:Clarence Zener]] [[ru:Зенер, Кларенс Мэлвин]] [[sr:Кларенс Зенер]] [[uk:Зенер Кларенс]]