In 1976 Joan Freeman became the first woman to be awarded the British Institute of Physics' Rutherford Medal. She began her career at CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory during World War II, working on the production of a 10cm microwave radar set, and spent most of her working life at the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell.
Freeman was educated at the University of Sydney, where she completed a Bachelor of Science in 1939 and Master of Science in 1943.
She worked with the CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory 1941-46; the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge 1946-51; and the Van de Graaff Accelerator Group, Harwell Nuclear Physics Division 1951-78.
Freeman was awarded the Rutherford Medal, British Institute of Physics, in 1976.
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Joan Freeman began her career at CSIR Radiophysics Laboratory during World War II, working on the production of a 10cm microwave radar set. She spent most of her working life at the British Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell.
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1939
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
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1941 - 1946
Career position - CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Radiophysics Laboratory
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1943
Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
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1946 - 1951
Career position - Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, UK
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1951 - 1978
Career position - Van de Graaff Accelerator Group at Harwell Nuclear Physics Division
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1976
Award - Rutherford Medal received from the British Institute of Physics
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