Hermann Engelhardt is an emeritus faculty member and senior research associate in geophysics in the Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology.
FROSTBURG, MD, January 04, 2019 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Hermann Engelhardt, Ph.D., with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dr. Engelhardt is an emeritus faculty member and senior research associate in geophysics in the Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, CA, since 1988. He is presently also an adjunct faculty member in the Appalachian Laboratory of the Center of Environmental Sciences at the University of Maryland.
He studied at Universities in Munich (Germany), Grenoble (France), Sevilla (Spain), and Uppsala (Sweden) physics languages and economy. In 1964, he got his Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in Physics with high honors at the Technische Universität in München, Germany. In 1986, he completed his habilitation with his degree of Dr. habil. in Geophysics from the University of Westfalia in Münster, Germany. Dr. Engelhardt was teaching courses in physics, geophysics, technical mechanics, and glaciology. A well-known physicist and glaciologist in his field, Dr. Engelhardt has conducted extensive research on the physics of ice, glaciology and ice dynamics. He covered a wide range from the electrical, mechanical and optical properties of ice single crystals to the dynamics of glaciers and large ice streams. As a postdoctoral fellow at the National Research Council in Ottawa, Canada, between 1969 and 1970, he discovered the highly elusive crystalline high-pressure phase of Ice IV. As a visiting professor at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Zürich, Switzerland, he taught courses in physics of ice and participated in fieldwork on Swiss glaciers. From 1974 to 1976, as an associate professor in physics, Dr. Engelhardt started a Physics Department at the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia, as an envoy of the German Academic Exchange Program. In 1988, Barclay Kamb, Provost at Caltech, invited him to lead his glaciological program in the Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, CA.
Dr. Engelhardt has studied glaciers in the European Alps, in Alaska, in Canada, in Greenland, and notably led 13 expeditions to Antarctica during his career. The "Engelhardt Ridge" in West Antarctica is named in his honor. His studies have resulted in the contribution of more than 80 scholarly articles in the Journal of Glaciology, the Annals of Glaciology and in Science among others. He coauthored and edited the book "Physics of Ice," just one year after organizing the First Symposium on the Physics of Ice in Munich, Germany, in 1968. His observations of fast moving glaciers rapidly melting and moving at an increasing speed, thus contributing to global sea-level rise, is the most direct result of Global Warming. These scientific facts are documented in numerous comprehensive international and national climate reports, and any denial of them is far removed from reality. Dr. Engelhardt is actively involved in informing the general public about his research, pleading for adequate actions to mitigate possible adverse effects of his findings.
Dr. Engelhardt also served as an investigator and consultant for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena from 1997 to 2010. He developed miniature ice drills for the Mars program. He continues to maintain membership with the International Glaciological Society, the American Geophysical Union, the American Polar Society, and the National Resources Defense Council.
Born in Augsburg, Germany, in 1936, Dr. Engelhardt grew up during a time when there were no textbooks. Lucky enough to have some great physics teachers in school, one in particular, Werner Heisenberg, who was the 1932 Nobel Prize recipient for his work in quantum mechanics. Dr. Heisenberg greatly influenced Dr. Engelhardt's decision to continue studying physics after high school. Later marrying his wife Luise Köhler, a linguist, musician and social worker, in 1963 and earning his degrees shortly thereafter. He eventually made his way to the United States in 1976, and in 1988, where he continued to progress in his field of ice physics. Dr. Engelhardt is the proud father of two children and grandfather of two grandchildren. Enjoying skiing and playing the trumpet and piano in his free time, he has also been a deacon at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America since 1996.
Dr. Engelhardt has been included in the fifth edition of Who's Who in Science and Engineering. In recognition of outstanding contributions to his profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Hermann Engelhardt, Ph.D., has been featured on the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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