Background
Ahrens, Rudolf Martin Tino was born on February 6, 1928 in St. Louis. Son of Georg Franz and Hildegard (zur Nedden) Ahrens.
Ahrens, Rudolf Martin Tino was born on February 6, 1928 in St. Louis. Son of Georg Franz and Hildegard (zur Nedden) Ahrens.
AB, Washington University, St. Louis, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Washington University, St. Louis, 1952.
Senior engineer, Convair, Fort Worth, 1952-1954; staff specialist, Lockheed Aircraft, Marietta, Georgia, 1954; department manager, Lockheed Aircraft, Marietta, Georgia, 1956; staff scientist, Lockheed Aircraft, Burbank, California, 1955; associate professor physics, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1957-1966; professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1966-1991; professor emeritus, since 1992. Visiting scientist Max-Planck Institute, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, 1959-1960, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1967-1968, U. Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany, 1978.
Married Lexie Bjonness. Children: Hanno, Cristofer. Married Darlene Phipps.
1 child, Martin.