Background
Hillert, Mats was born on November 28, 1924 in Goteborg, Sweden. Son of Hilding and Anna (Jonsson) Hillert.
Hillert, Mats was born on November 28, 1924 in Goteborg, Sweden. Son of Hilding and Anna (Jonsson) Hillert.
Chemical engineer, C.T.H. Goteborg, 1947. Dr honorary, C.T.H. Goteborg, 1979. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956.
Dr honorary, University Grenoble, 1987. Dr honorary, University Trondheim, 1994.
After military service he joined the Swedish Institute for Metals Research in 1948. He investigated his options for postgraduate studies related to his new area, and took additional physics courses at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan. In 1953 he moved to the United States for postgraduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned an Doctor of Science. in 1956, after which he returned to Sweden. He was made a professor at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan in 1961.
Hillert has made contribution to many areas of metals research, including thermodynamics and phase transitions.
In 1979 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Chalmers University of Technology.
Fellow American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (R.F. Mehl award 1974), Royal Academy Sciences. Member Institute Metals Japan (honorary. Murakami gold medal 1982), Foreign Association National Academy Engineering, 1997.
Married Gerd Hagberg. Children: Jan, Lena, Sven, Nils.