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James Robert Atkinson, MA, FInstP, FRSE, FRMetS, radar pioneer 1938-45, reader in Natural Philosophy at Glasgow University 1945-58, deputy-director of research at the nuclear establishment at Dounreay 1958-66, deputy-director of the British Shipping Research Association 1966-76, and deputy-director of the Institute of Offshore Engineering at Heriot-Watt University 1976-9.〔(Times Online Obituary )〕 == Career == On graduating from St John's College, Cambridge in 1938 he took a research post at the Air Ministry Research Establishment in Bawdsey Manor〔Batt, Reg, "''The Radar Army: Winning the War of the Airwaves''", Robert Hale Ltd. 1991 ISBN 0-7090-4508-5〕 where he carried out research into ‘afterglow’ Cathode Ray Tubes, later taking on a special assignment to upgrade the Chain Home radar stations.〔(Bawdsey Radar audio archive – Jimmy Atkinson )〕 In 1940 he joined the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) where he worked on research into 10 cm, 3 cm and 1 cm wave radar〔 later going on to work on research into super-refraction phenomena and infra red detectors for scope guided missile weapons.〔(Purbeck Radar archive )〕 After the war he joined Glasgow University’s Natural Philosophy department under Professor Philip Dee and between 1945 and 1958 he worked on expansion, diffusion and bubble chambers investigating nuclear photodisintegration by gamma rays.〔(The Heritage of Particle Physics in Glasgow )〕 In 1958 he took up a post at UKAEA Dounreay where he took charge of the testing reactor.〔(NASA Technical Memorandum X-884 )〕 Moving on in 1966 he became Assistant Director at the British Ship Research Association working on research into ship architecture, vibration and noise. In 1976 he joined the Institute of Offshore Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh where he pursued research into wave energy before retiring in 1979.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Atkinson (physicist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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