Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf was a German metallurgist.
13 Facts About Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf
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Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf was born in Bremen, Germany on February 15,1922, to Adolph Friedrich and Elsa Kuhlmann.
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Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf attended the University of Gottingen from 1942 where she received her doctorate in materials science in 1947.
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Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf was the first woman to join the standing faculty of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the university.
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Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf was therefore the first woman to earn tenure in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf was therefore the first woman to hold a senior professorship at the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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In 1963 Professor Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf left Penn to accept an appointment as professor of engineering physics at the University of Virginia as a professor in the Physics and Materials Science departments.
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Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf was named university professor of applied science in 1966; she was the first woman named as a full professor at the University of Virginia outside the schools of Medicine and Nursing.
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Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf retired in 2005 and died after a short illness on March 25,2010, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf's papers are held at the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.
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Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf published over 250 papers and has been a consultant to a number of corporations.
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Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf's research was primarily in metallurgy and materials science, known for her design of electrical metalfiber brushes used as sliding electrical contacts.
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Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf was a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Society of Metals.