In Memoriam

Professor Carl J. McHargue passed away on February 27, 2022


Carl J. McHargue, age 96 of Knoxville, TN (USA), passed away at his home on February 27, 2022. He was Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville at the time of his death. Carl was a long-time, active member of the ion-beam modification, ion-beam analysis and radiation effects communities, both domestically and internationally. Many of us knew him as a mentor, research colleague and gifted orator. A native of Corbin, Kentucky, Carl served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Following his discharge in 1946, he entered the University of Kentucky, receiving a Bachelor of Science in metallurgical engineering (with honors) in 1949, and a Master of Science in metallurgical engineering in 1951. He remained at the University of Kentucky to earn the first doctorate awarded by the College of Engineering in 1953. Full Document







Professor Joseph Gyulai passed away on February 12, 2021

Following a period of severe illness the member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences died at the age of 88. He was, professor emeritus both of the Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA) and of Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He was very active both domestically and internationally in different scientific and engineering boards. Most of us know him worldwide as an originally thinking, bright researcher maintaining good, even friendly relations with scientists, people in industry, and with students. Not only in the field of physics or materials characterization, but e.g. in the world of music, as well. Full Document