Background
Nielsen, Jens Rud was born on September 22, 1894 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Son of Niels F. and Marie (Johansen) Nielsen. came to the United States, 1922, naturalized, 1930.
Nielsen, Jens Rud was born on September 22, 1894 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Son of Niels F. and Marie (Johansen) Nielsen. came to the United States, 1922, naturalized, 1930.
Magister scientiarum, University Copenhagen, 1919. Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute of Technology, 1924.
He immigrated to the United States in 1922. Nielsen entered the University of Copenhagen in the fall semester of 1913, where world-renowned physicist Niels Bohr was a professor Nielsen resigned from the University of Copenhagen in 1922 and was employed at the University of Oklahoma in 1924.
Eventually, in 1931, Nielsen went back to Copenhagen and spent two years at Bohr"s Institute.
At the University of Oklahoma he was told to create a research program for the University"s physics program Due to lack of space and financial problems, Nielsen was forced to use heat tunnels and old washrooms in the place of laboratories.
During his time at the University of Oklahoma, Nielsen supervised half of the physics Doctor of Philosophy students. Eventually, Nielsen"s research program became the center of the creation of the University of Oklahoma National Research Institute.
In 1943, while he was still working for the University of Oklahoma, Nielsen began building a large Raman infrared spectrometer for the Naval Research Laboratory.
lieutenant was completed several years later, and for a time was known as the most powerful prism infrared spectrometer. Nielsen stayed in contact with the Naval Research Laboratory for several years after this project Together they investigated the vibrational spectra of fluorocarbons and fluorinated hydrocarbons.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Optical Society American (associate editor journal 1950-1961). Member American Association Physics Teachers, American Association of University Professors (county 1948-1950), Phi BetaKappa, Sigma Xi. M C.
Married Gertrude Siegmund, October 19, 1923. Children: John Rud, Thomas Rud (deceased), Mary Ruth (Mistress Lejeune Wilson).