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Smith, John Robert was born on October 1, 1940 in Salt Lake City.
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John Robert Smith, American Physicist. Achievements include research in the theory and experiment of solid surfaces, electronic properties, magnetic properties and chemisorption, adhesion, metal contact electronic structure, defects and universalfeatures of bonding in solids, as well as the application of thermalspray coatings in automobile engines.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Toledo U., 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Ohio State University, 1968.
Career
Aerospace engineer surface physics Lewis Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1965-1968; senior research physicist, head surface and interface physics group, General Motors, Warren, Michigan, 1972-1980; senior staff scientist, head solid state physics group, General Motors, Warren, Michigan, 1980-1986; principal research scientist research laboratory, General Motors, Warren, Michigan, since 1986; head engineered surfaces program, General Motors, Warren, Michigan, since 1995. Adjunct Professor department physics University of Michigan, since 1983.
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Membership
Fellow American Physical Society (David Adler Lectureship award in field of materials science 1991). Member American Vacuum Society, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married; 2 children.
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American