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It had an initial endowment of over $70 million, a significant amount, particularly when placed in the context of Department of Energy funding for high-energy physics. [3] [4] It is named after Walter Burke, a trustee of Caltech and president of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation. [5] Its inaugural director is Hirosi Ooguri, a string theorist.
Paul Dimotakis, BS 1968, PhD 1973; faculty; John K. Northrop Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Applied Physics at Caltech and senior research scientist at JPL; former chief technologist at JPL; known for contributions to the fluid mechanics of jet propulsion and other processes involving turbulence, mixing, and transport; member of ...
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) [a] is a private research university in Pasadena, California, United States.The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes of technology in the United States that are devoted to the instruction of pure and applied sciences.
Steven C. Frautschi (/ ˈ f r aʊ tʃ i /; born December 6, 1933) is an American theoretical physicist, currently professor of physics emeritus at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He is known principally for his contributions to the bootstrap theory of the strong interactions and for his contribution to the resolution of the ...
David Louis Goodstein (April 5, 1939 – April 10, 2024) was an American physicist and educator. From 1988 to 2007 he served as Vice-provost of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he was also a professor of physics and applied physics, as well as (since 1995) the Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor.
Thomas Felix Rosenbaum (born February 20, 1955) is an American condensed matter physicist, professor of physics, and the current president of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). [1] Previously, Rosenbaum served as a faculty member and Provost of the University of Chicago.
He then received his doctorate in physics at Washington University in St. Louis in 1989. He was a professor at Brown University [when?] and has been a professor at Caltech since 2000. He enjoys surfing. [3]
Barry Martin Simon (born 16 April 1946) is an American mathematical physicist and was the IBM professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Caltech, [1] known for his prolific contributions in spectral theory, functional analysis, and nonrelativistic quantum mechanics (particularly Schrödinger operators), including the connections to atomic and molecular physics.