Physicist. He was a recognized American inventor and physicist who worked in the areas of plasma physics, astrophysics, and geophysics, among others. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin with a master's degree in science in 1926 and Ohio State University in Columbus with a Ph.D. in 1928, he the faculty of Ohio State in 1931 for eight years. He was a pioneering researcher in plasma physics and in 1934, he discovered the pinch effect in how it relates to plasma physics, known as the Bennett Pinch. During World War II, he was a U.S. Army officer from 1941 to 1945, working on aircraft equipment development. In 1955, he invented radio frequency mass spectrometry. He proposed the tandem van de Graaff accelerator that was used in nuclear research. He also developed a radio frequency mass spectrometer used in Sputnik III. During his career, he worked as a consultant for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards, was the Burlington professorship from 1961 to 1976 of physics at North Carolina State University, and held 67 patents. In 1991 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Physicist. He was a recognized American inventor and physicist who worked in the areas of plasma physics, astrophysics, and geophysics, among others. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin with a master's degree in science in 1926 and Ohio State University in Columbus with a Ph.D. in 1928, he the faculty of Ohio State in 1931 for eight years. He was a pioneering researcher in plasma physics and in 1934, he discovered the pinch effect in how it relates to plasma physics, known as the Bennett Pinch. During World War II, he was a U.S. Army officer from 1941 to 1945, working on aircraft equipment development. In 1955, he invented radio frequency mass spectrometry. He proposed the tandem van de Graaff accelerator that was used in nuclear research. He also developed a radio frequency mass spectrometer used in Sputnik III. During his career, he worked as a consultant for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, National Bureau of Standards, was the Burlington professorship from 1961 to 1976 of physics at North Carolina State University, and held 67 patents. In 1991 he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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