Walter Boas | |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1904 |
Birth Place: | Berlin |
Death Date: | 12 May 1982 |
Death Place: | Prahran (Melbourne) |
Nationality: | Australian German |
Fields: | Metallurgy |
Workplaces: | University of Melbourne |
Alma Mater: | Technische Universität Berlin |
Awards: | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science |
Walter Moritz Boas FAA (10 February 1904 – 12 May 1982) was a German-Australian metallurgist.[1] [2]
Boas was born in Berlin, Germany and was educated at the Technische Hochschule in Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin; Dip. Engin. 1928, Dr.-Ing. 1930). After several positions at German and Swiss institutions, Boas became a lecturer in metallurgy at University of Melbourne in 1938; then from 1940 to 1947, senior lecturer. From 1947 to 1949, Boas was principal research officer, CSIR Division of Tribophysics; and from 1949 to 1969 chief of the division.[1]
The Walter Boas Medal of the Australian Institute of Physics is named in his honour.[3]