Cohen, Morris
COHEN, MORRIS
COHEN, MORRIS (1911– ), U.S. metallurgist. Born in Chelsea, Mass., Cohen received his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1936. He then joined the staff at mit as an assistant professor, becoming an associate professor in 1941. He became professor of physical metallurgy in 1946 and professor of materials science and engineering in 1962. In 1975 he was nominated as Institute Professor at mit and in 1982 Institute Professor Emeritus. During World War ii he was associate director of the Manhattan Project investigating atomic fission. Among his many awards he received the National Medal of Science and Presidential Award in 1977. He wrote Heat Treatment of High Speed Steel (1946) and Titanium in Steel (1949). Cohen's major works were published from 1962 to 1983 in the fields of phase transformations, metallography, heat treatment of metals, diffusion in the solid state, thermodynamics of metal systems, mechanical behavior, tool steels, age-hardening of metals, and dimensional stability. In 1994 he published Societal Issues in Materials Science and Technology, followed in 1995 by Societal Implications of Microalloying Steels.
[Gali Rotstein (2nd ed.)]