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This book fills a gap between many of the basic solid state physics and materials science books that are currently available. It is written for a mixed audience of electrical engineering and applied physics students who have some knowledge of elementary undergraduate quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. This book, based on a successful course taught at MIT, is divided pedagogically into three parts: (I) ElectronicStructure, (II) Transport Properties, and (III) Optical Properties. Each topic is explained in the context of bulk materials and then extended to low-dimensional materials where applicable. Problem sets review the content of each chapter to help students to understand the material described in each of the chapters more deeply and to prepare them to master the next chapters. This book fills a gap between many of the basic solid state physics and materials science books that are currently available. It is written for a mixed audience of electrical engineering and applied physics students who have some knowledge of elementary undergraduate quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics. This book, based on a successful course taught at MIT, is divided pedagogically into three parts: (I) Electronic in the context of bulk materials and then extended to low-dimensional materials where applicable. Problem sets review the content of each chapter to help students to understand the material described in each of the chapters more deeply and to prepare them to master the next chapters.
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Born Mildred Spiewak, Mildred Dresselhaus was the daughter of Meyer and Ethel (Teichteil) Spiewak. She was born on November 11, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Born during the Depression to a poor immigrant family, she possessed a natural intelligence.
As a child, Dresselhaus worked in sweatshops and factories to help with family expenses. At age eleven, she spent one year teaching a mentally retarded child how to read and write. In helping the child, she found her first insight into her future-in education. Dresselhaus’ ambition then was to become an elementary school teacher. So she finished Hunter College with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1951.
Also Mildred had a big amount of honorary degrees from different universities, such as: Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Chicago, 1958; Honorary Doctor of Science, University Connecticut, 1992; Honorary Doctor of Science, University Massachusetts, Boston, 1992; Honorary Doctor of Science, Princeton University, 1992; Honorary Doctor of Science, Harvard University, 1995; Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, University Paris, Sorbonne, 1999; Honorary Doctor of Science, Columbia University, 1999; Honorary Doctor of Science, George Washington University, 2005.
Dresselhaus had contributed a great deal of new knowledge about the electronic properties of many materials, particularly semi-metals such as graphite, and was the recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1990. Her public service included work on behalf of the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation.
While at Lincoln Laboratory, where she remained until 1967, Dresselhaus resumed her study of low temperature superconductors. She researched the behavior of various materials at temperatures as low as negative 250 degrees Celsiu—the point at which hydrogen gas liquifies. She inquired into why semi-conductors carry electrical current at room temperature, and applied what she discovered to further study. Dresselhaus also embarked on a study of semi-metals—materials such as arsenic and graphite. These semimetals were shown to have properties in common with semiconductors and even superconductors. Dresselhaus’ work was extremely original and earned her the respect of her colleagues.
In 1968 Mildred worked as a professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She served as associate department head of electrical science and engineering during two years from 1972, and director of the Center of Material Science and Engineering from 1977 to 1983. In 1973, she became holder of the Abby Rockefeller Mauze Chair, and in 1983, she was named professor of physics. Two years later, she was named institute professor.
Beginning in the 1980s she and her associates investigated the properties of carbon, finding it to harbor hollow clusters, each containing sixty atoms. She also began a Women’s Forum to explore solutions for difficulties faced by working women. Her initiative in this forum led to her appointment to the Committee on the Education and Employment of Women in Science and Engineering, part of the National Research Council’s Commission on Human Resources.
Concurrent with her work at M.I.T., Dresselhaus has held numerous advisory and service positions. She also was Hund-Klemm Lecturer at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart, Germany.
The challenges Dresselhaus faced as a prominent physicist and mother of four children caused her to become an advocate of women scientists.
Dresselhaus was named Abby Rockefeller Mauze Visiting Professor in 1967.
In 1977, she received the Society of Women Engineers Annual Achievement Award “for significant contributions in teaching and research in solid state electronics and materials engineering.”
She received the Annual Achievement Award from the English Societies of New England, both in 1988.
In 1990, Dresselhaus was awarded the prestigious National Medal of Science.
In 2009 Dresselhaus won Vannevar Bush Award.
In 2012 Dresselhaus was co-recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award, along with Burton Richter. On May 31, 2012, Dresselhaus won the Kavli Prize "for her pioneering contributions to the study of phonons, electron-phonon interactions, and thermal transport in nanostructures."
In 2014, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Mildred Dresselhaus's love was music, and she and her talented brother received free violin lessons from philanthropic organizations which served as an introduction to the world of education.
Mildred married Gene F. Dresselhaus on May 25, 1958, they had 4 children: Marianne Dresselhaus Cooper, Carl Eric, Paul David and Eliot Michael.
