RIP Mildred Dresselhaus: Celebrating a Life of Scientific Achievement

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http://news.mit.edu/2017/institute-professor-emerita-mildred-dresselhaus-dies-86-0221
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article...meson-decay-antineutrino-detector-is-portable

I met her briefly when she visited our university a few years ago to give a seminar on her work in nanoscience.She was featured in a recent GE commercial
"What If Scientists Were Celebrities?"
Some interviews and lectures:
(2013)

(2008)

(2007)

(1987) See also this old post by @Astronuc
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/congratulations-prof-mildred-dresselhaus.790027/
 
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The wheel of life moves ever forward...

I hope there will be more like her...

Great video tributes! Thanks for getting these together.

Jedi
 
Again, another candidate for the Nobel Prize is taken away.

Zz.
 
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RIP Dr. Dresselhaus
 
ZapperZ said:
Again, another candidate for the Nobel Prize is taken away.

Zz.

Astronuc said:
RIP Dr. Dresselhaus

Nothing more can be said... she has the best set of notes out there on the MIT online courses...

The scientific world is better for her being here...
 
They showed the GE commercial last night during the Academy Awards show. It has turned into a tribute to her and her continuing legacy of encouraging women to go into science.

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