Paul Lavern Copeland (1905 - 19??)
Education
- 1927
- B.S., Physics, Nebraska Wesleyan University
- 1930
- M.S., Physics, State University of Iowa
- 1931
- Ph.D., Physics, State University of Iowa
Positions
- 1937 - 1944
- Associate Professor of Physics, Armour Institute of Technology
- 1944 - 1965
- Professor of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology
Biography
Paul Copeland's research focused on the secondary emission of electrons.
He also published extensively in the field of physics education, including a
textbook on modern physics for engineers.[1]
Paul Copeland served as the chairman of the Physics Department at Illinois
Institute of Technology from 1951 to 1965.
Notable Publications at IIT
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"Secondary Emission from Films of Platinum on Aluminum", P.L. Copeland,
Physical Review 58, 604 (1940).
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"Thin Electrostatic Lenses for Electrons", P.L. Copeland, American
Journal of Physics 10, 236 (1942).
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"Space Charge between Parallel Planes", P.L. Copeland and L.M. Sachs,
American Journal of Physics 22, 102 (1954).
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"Secondary Emission by Positive Ion Bombardment", M. Schwartz and
P.L. Copeland, Physical Review 96, 1466 (1954).
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"The Electric Field at a Thermionic Cathode as a Function of
Space Current", P.L. Copeland and D.N. Eggenberger, Physical Review
80, 298 (1950).
References
- [1] "Introduction to atomic physics for engineers: A course in those
aspects of modern physics that underline engineering developments",
Paul L. Copeland and William E. Bennett (1959).