Edward John Kramer

Background

Kramer, Edward John was born on August 5, 1939 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Edward Noble and Irma (Nemetz) Kramer.

Education

Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1967.

Career

Assistant professor department materials science and engineering, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1967-1972; associate professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1972-1979; professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1979-1988; Samuel B. Eckert professor materials science and engineering, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1988-1997; professor department materials & chemical engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, since 1997. Visiting scientist Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1974-1975. Visiting professor Akademieder Wissenschaften Institute Metallphysik, Göttingen, Germany, 1979, Ecole Polytechnic Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, 1982, Johannes Gutenberg U., Mainz, Germany, 1987-1988.

Achievements

• Edward John Kramer has been listed as a noteworthy Materials science and engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (High Polymer Physics prize 1985). Member National Academy of Engineering, Materials Research Society, American Chemical Society, Böhmische Physical Society.

Interests

• Avocation: masters swimming.

Connections

Married Gail Allen Woodford, August 24, 1963. Children: Eric Woodford, Jeanne Noble.

Father:

Edward Noble Kramer

Mother:

Irma (Nemetz) Kramer

Spouse:

Gail Allen Woodford

child:

Eric Woodford Kramer

child:

Jeanne Noble Kramer