David
Mintzer
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering
Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy
Depts.
of Mechanical Engineering and Physics and Astronomy
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road, AG28
Evanston, IL 60208-3111, USA
TEL:
847-491-7166
dmin@northwestern.edu
S.B., Physics, MIT (1945)
Ph.D., Physics, MIT (1949)
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Research
- Theoretical research on acoustic wave propagation in the ocean;
underwater sound; waves in randomly inhomogeneous media
- Kinetic theory of rarified gases; solutions of the Boltzman
equation
- Thermodynamics; statistical mechanics
Appointments and Memberships
- Associate Dean for Graduate Study and Research, Technological
Institute*, Northwestern University, 1970-1973
- Acting Dean, Technological Institute, Northwestern University
1971-73
- Vice President for Research and Dean of Science, Northwestern
University 1973-86
- Special Assistant to the President, Northwestern University,
1986-87
- (Technological Institute is the former name for the Robert R.
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science)
- Member, Board of Trustees, Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL (1976
- 1992) Life trustee (1992 -)
- Member, Board of Directors, Northwestern University/Evanston
Research Park, Evanston, IL (1986-1992); Treasurer (1986-1991)
- Member, mine Advisory Committee, National Academy of Sciences
– National Research Council (1963-1973);
- Member, Board of Trustees, Illinois Mathematics and Science
Academy, Aurora, IL (1987- 1997); Executive committee (1989 -95);
Chairman, IMSA Alliance Council (1991-93)
- Chairman, Board of Trustees, Heartland Venture Capital Network,
Inc., Evanston, IL (1987-1990);
- Member, Board of Directors, Technology Innovation Center, Inc.,
Evanston, IL (1990-1992); Treasurer (1990-1992)
- Member, Illinois Governor’s Commission on Science and
Technology (1987-89)
- Member, Advisory Board, Ordnance Research Laboratories, Pennsylvania
State University; (1976-1982); Chairman (1980 -1982);
- Member, Board of Trustees, EDUCOM (Interuniversity Communications
Council, Inc.) Princeton, NJ (1975-1983); Chairman (1978-1981);
- Fellow, American Physical Society; Fellow, Acoustical Society
of America; Member; American Society of Mechanical Engineers;
American Society for Engineering Education; American Astronomical
Society; Sigma Xi; Tau Beta Pi; Pi Tau Sigma
Selected Publications
- “Wave Propagation in a Randomly Inhomogeneous Medium”,
J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 25, 922 (1953); II, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 25,
1107 (1953) III, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 26, 186 (1954)
- “Energy Transfer in a Turbulent Fluid:, Phys. Fluids,
3, 529 (1960) (with B. S. Tanenbaum).
- “Wave Propagation in a Partly Ionized Gas”, Phys.
Fluids 5, 1226 (1962) (with B. S. Tanenbaum).
- Chap. 1, “Transport Theory of Gases”, Math. of Phys.
And Chem. Vol. II, Ed. H. Margenau and G. M. Murphy (D. van Nostrand
and Co., Princeton, 1964) pp. 1-49.
- “Generalized Orthogonal Polynomial Solutions of the Boltzmann
Equation”, Phys. Fluids 8, 1076 (1965).
- “Orthogonal Polynomial Solution of the Boltzmann Equation
for a Strong Shock Wave”, Phys. Fluids 9, 1621 (1996) (with
S. H. Radin).
- “Electron Distribution Function is a Slightly Ionized
Moving Gas”, Phys. Fluids 11, 1042 (1969).
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