Background
Newman, John Scott was born on November 17, 1938 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Clarence William and Marjorie Lenore (Saucerman) Newman.
Newman, John Scott was born on November 17, 1938 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Clarence William and Marjorie Lenore (Saucerman) Newman.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1960; Master of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1963.
The university"s Department of Chemical Engineering"s Newman Research Group was founded by Newman and "interests of this research group include the investigation of efficient and economical methods for electrochemical energy conversion and storage, development of mathematical models to predict the behavior of electrochemical systems and to identify important process parameters, and experimental verification of the completeness and accuracy of the models". Newman also worked for the Electrochemical Technologies Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he was a Faculty Senior Scientist. He served as director of the Department of Energy’s Batteries for Advanced Transportation Technologies Program.
He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1999 and was an Onsager Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2002.
Venkat Srinivasan has called Newman "the father of electrochemical engineering."
A "numerical technique..developed for solving coupled electrochemical reaction–diffusion equations" by Newman is now known as The Newman Method. He is the author of Electrochemical Systems with Karen East. Thomas-Alyea which is "used throughout the world as a monograph and graduate text in electrochemical engineering.".
(The new edition of the cornerstone text on electrochemist...)
Fellow: Electrochemical Society (Young Author's prize 1966, 1969, David C. Grahame award 1985, Henry B. Linford award 1990, Olin Palladium medal 1991, Research award Battery Division 2004). Member: American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Excellence in Industrial Research award Northern California section 2000), National Academy of Engineering.
Married Nguyen Thanh Lan, June 30, 1973. Children— Natalie Diane, Michael Alexander.
