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Morris Cohen
Morris Cohen
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Norton, and his early work on improving the strength and toughness of metals was quickly connected to investigations of the causes of dangerous cracking in all-welded ships during World War II. As associate director of the Manhattan Project at MIT, Morris worked on the development of processes to convert uranium powder into solid uranium metal; the resultant castings were used for the famous "pile" built in Chicago.
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Over a period of 50 years, Morris and his students created a body of basic knowledge on strengthening steel and made practical the ultrahigh-strength steels used today. Morris's many seminal contributions to the mechanisms and kinetics of the martensitic transformation, tempering phenomena, strengthening mechanisms, age hardening of alloys, strain-induced transformations, and rapid solidification of alloys were milestones in the emerging field of materials science.
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He had season tickets to the Boston Symphony Orchestra from the time he was a freshman at MIT and frequently provided his staff and students with tickets to musical and theatrical performances. He was an ardent collector of American impressionist paintings, particularly the works of John Joseph Enneking and Joseph Eliot Enneking; his collection was bequeathed to the Cape Cod Museum of Art.
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