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Reupke, William Albert was born on January 22, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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William Albert Reupke
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William Albert Reupke, American Engineer. Achievements include development of method of adjusting neutron crosssections to improve fit of measured and calculated reaction rates innuclear fusion integral experiments and application of that method to show that a neutron cross section important for fusion energy production is significantly smaller than was previously believed.
Education
Bachelor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1961; AM, Indiana U., 1967; Master of Science, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1977.
Career
General physicist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, 1963-1964; staff physicist, Aerospace Research Applications Center, Bloomington, Indiana, 1965-1967; research engineer, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, California, 1967-1968; engineering physicist, Stanford (California) Linear Accelerator Center, 1968-1971; staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1977-1982; senior engineer, Computer Sciences Corporation, Lanham-Seabrook, Maryland., 1983-1995; senior engineer, General Sciences Corporation, Seabrook, Maryland., since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow British Interplanetary Society. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society.
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American
Awards
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Recipient Group Achievement award National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1987, 91, 93, Doctor Robert H. Goddard History Essay award National Space Club, 1991.Recipient Group Achievement award National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1987, 91, 93, Doctor Robert H. Goddard History Essay award National Space Club, 1991.