John Allen (engineer)

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John Edward Allen
Born (1928-12-06) 6 December 1928 (age 95)
CitizenshipBritish
Alma mater University of Liverpool
Known for Dusty plasmas, plasma boundaries and the Bohm criterion, plasmas created by ultra-violet light, magnetic confinement, propagation of strong collision-free magnetohydrodynamic waves
Awards IEE Achievement Medal for Science, Education and Technology (1998); Distinguished Scientist Award
Scientific career
Fields Engineering science, plasma physics
Institutions Atomic Energy Research Establishment; University of Rome; University of Cambridge; University of Oxford; Imperial College London
Website www.maths.ox.ac.uk/people/john.allen

John Edward Allen (born 6 December 1928, Devonport, England) is a British engineer and plasma physicist. [1] In particular, he has directly contributed to international dusty plasma experiments in space under microgravity conditions. [2]

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Education

Allen gained Bachelor of Engineering (1949), Doctor of Philosophy (1953), and Doctor of Engineering (1963) degrees from the University of Liverpool. His research included experiments with high-current spark discharges involving currents up to 265kA, the highest in any laboratory at the time. [3] He also gained a Master of Arts (1964) at the University of Cambridge, and Master of Arts (1965) and Doctor of Science (1975) at the University of Oxford. [1]

Career

During 1952–1958, Allen was a science officer and then senior science officer at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE, Harwell). From 1958–1964, he was a consultant and the Brazilian National Nuclear Energy Commission (CNEN) Laboratory and a professor at the University of Rome in Italy. During 1964–1965, he was an assistant director of research at the University of Cambridge at the invitation of the engineer W. R. Hawthorne. He spent the major portion of his career as a Fellow of University College, Oxford during 1965–1996 (31 years). [4] He was a Reader (1990–1996) and then Emeritus Professor of Engineering Science from 1996 in the Department of Engineering Science at Oxford, when he became an Emeritus Fellow of University College. In 1991, he was editor of the book Gas Discharge Physics with the theoretical physicist Yuri Raizer. [5] He has also been a Visiting Professor in Physics at Imperial College London. [1]

Fellowships and awards

Allen is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP), the former Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE, now part of the Institution of Engineering and Technology), and the American Physical Society (APS). He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Nuclear and Plasma Society. In 2013, a special issue of the Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics was produced in honour of his 75th birthday. [2] In 1998, Allen was awarded the IEE Achievement Medal for Science, Education and Technology. [6] [7] He was also awarded the Distinguished Scientist Award by the International Topical Conference on Plasma Science. [8]

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  2. 1 2 Franklin, R. N., ed. (2003). "Special issue in honour of J E Allen's 75th birthday". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics . 36 (22). IOP Publishing. doi:10.1088/0022-3727/36/22/e01. S2CID   250887458.
  3. "Professor John Edward Allen – Summary of Research Career" (PDF). UK: Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. January 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. "Celebrating John Allen". UK: University College, Oxford. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. Raizer, Yuri P. (1991). Allen, John E. (ed.). Gas Discharge Physics. Springer. ISBN   978-3642647604.
  6. "Emeritus Fellows: Professor J.E. Allen". University College Record . October 1998. p. 13.
  7. "The IET Achievement Medals – 1998" (PDF). Archive.org . Institution of Engineering and Technology. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  8. "Distinguished Scientist Award". UK: University College, Oxford. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2022.