Background
Mueller, Erwin Wilhelm was born on June 13, 1911 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Wilhelm M. and Kathe (Teipelke) Mueller.
Mueller, Erwin Wilhelm was born on June 13, 1911 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Wilhelm M. and Kathe (Teipelke) Mueller.
Diploma engineering Technology University, Berlin, 1935, Doctor Ing., 1936, Doctor Ing. habilitatus, 1950, Doctor rerum naturalium honorary, 1968, Doctor honorary, 1975.
Came to the United States, 1952, naturalized in 1962. Research physicist Siemens Research Laboratory, Berlin, 1935-1937. Head development laboratory Stabilovolt, Berlin, 1937-1946.
Division chief Kaiser Wilhelm Institute Physical Chemistry, Berlin, 1948-1952.
Ausser ordentlicher, professor physics Free U. Berlin, 1951-1952. Professor physics Pennsylvania State University, 1952-1955, research professor physics, 1955-1968, Evan-Pugh research professor physics, after 1968, then professor emeritus.
Science member-at-large Max Planck Gesellschaft.
Fellow American Physical Society (chairman division electron physics 1962, Davisson-Germer prize 1972). Royal Micros. Society London (honorary), Academy Deutscher Naturforscher (Leopoldina). Member National Academy Engineering, National Academy Science.
Married Klara Thussing, February 13, 1939.