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Dutch physicist (1929–2024)
Anneke Levelt Sengers
Born (1929-03-04 ) 4 March 1929Died 28 February 2024(2024-02-28) (aged 94) Nationality Dutch Other names Johanna Levelt Sengers Alma mater University of Amsterdam Spouse
Jan Vincent Sengers
[1] Children four Scientific career Fields Physics Institutions NIST
Johanna Maria Henrica (Anneke) Levelt Sengers (4 March 1929 – 28 February 2024) was a Dutch physicist known for her work on
critical states of
fluids . She retired from the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1994, after a 31 year career there.
[2]
[3] In 2005 Levelt Sengers was co-chair (with
Dr Manju Sharma ) for the InterAcademy Council of the advisory report 'Women for Science' published June 2006. She co-chaired the
InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences women for science program.
[4]
Education and career
Levelt Sengers was born on 4 March 1929
[5] in Amsterdam,
[6] Netherlands.
[7] Her father was a chemist and her mother had studied physics. She was the eldest child and had nine siblings. During World War II her father spent time in
Buchenwald concentration camp .
[8]
Levelt Sengers started studying physics at the
University of Amsterdam in 1947.
[8] She earned her candidaats (Bachelor of Science)
[9] in physics and chemistry from the
University of Amsterdam in 1950, a Master of Science there in 1954 and completed her Ph.D. from the same university in 1958. Her dissertation, Measurements of the Compressibility of Argon in the Gaseous and Liquid Phase , was jointly promoted by
Antonius M. J. F. Michels [
nl ] and
Jan de Boer [
nl ] .
[10]
She emigrated to the United States in 1963 and joined the
National Bureau of Standards (later renamed to NIST).
[7]
Awards and honors
In 1990, Levelt Sengers became a corresponding member of the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences .
[11] In 1992,
Delft University of Technology gave her an honorary doctorate.
[12] She was a
fellow of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers , the
American Physical Society , and the
American Association for the Advancement of Science ,
[2] and a member of the
National Academy of Engineering and
National Academy of Sciences .
[13]
She was the
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science 2003 Laureate for North America,
[13] and the 2006 winner of the ASME
Yeram S. Touloukian Award.
[14] In 2015, the IANAS Women for Science Program announced an award for young women scientists would be named the Anneke Levelt-Senger Prize (sic) in her honor.
[15]
Personal life and death
Anneke Levelt Sengers married physicist
Jan V. Sengers in 1962; their four children include computer scientist and ethnographer
Phoebe Sengers .
[8]
[16] In 1975 she and her husband became naturalized US citizens.
[8]
Levelt Sengers died on 28 February 2024, a week shy of her 95th birthday.
[17]
References
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"Johanna Levelt Sengers Contributions Publications Honors" . cwp.library.ucla.edu . CWP and Regents of the University of California. 2001. Retrieved 10 March 2024 .
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"Johanna M.H. Anneke Levelt Sengers (Scientist Emeritus)" , Selected Employee Profiles ,
National Institute of Standards and Technology Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, Thermophysical Properties Division, archived from
the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 29 October 2015 .
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"Johanna M.H. Levelt Sengers Curriculum Vitae" . nist.gov . National Institute of Standards and Technology. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2024 .
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Women for Science , InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences, archived from
the original on 24 October 2015, retrieved 29 October 2015 .
^ Tiffany K. Wayne (2011).
American Women of Science Since 1900: Essays A-H . Vol. 1. Greenwood publishing group. p. 614.
ISBN
978-1-59884-158-9 .
^ Sengers, Chris.
"The Sengers Family Tree, Stamboom.Johanna Maria Henrica Levelt" (PDF) . www.stamboomplus.com . Chris Sengers. Retrieved 10 March 2024 .
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"20th Annual Shih-I Pai Lecture, Johanna M. H. (Anneke) Levelt Sengers, Scientist Emeritus National Institute of Standards and Technology, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014, "Pride and Prejudice in Science and Engineering" " (PDF) . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 21 November 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2024 .
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d van der Heijden, Margriet (5 March 2024).
"Anneke Levelt Sengers (1929–2024)" (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Retrieved 9 March 2024 .
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Johanna M. Levelt-Sengers [
permanent dead link ] The National Institute of Standards and Technology
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Anneke Levelt Sengers at the
Mathematics Genealogy Project
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"Johanna Levelt Sengers" . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from
the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2024 .
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"Eredoctoraten" (in Dutch). Delft University of Technology. Archived from
the original on 5 March 2024.
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"Levelt Sengers Garners L'Oréal UNESCO Award" , Chemical & Engineering News , vol. 81, no. 13,
American Chemical Society , p. 47, 31 March 2003 .
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"Yeram S. Touloukian Award" , International Journal of Thermophysics , 9 (5): 631–633, 1988,
Bibcode :
1988IJT.....9..631. ,
doi :
10.1007/BF00503231 ,
S2CID
189901752 , retrieved 29 October 2015 .
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"The University of Trinidad and Tobago - School of Postgraduate Studies, Research and Development" . The University of Trinidad and Tobago. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015 .
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"Forward thinking" (PDF) . Engineering @ Maryland . University of Maryland. Fall 2003. p. 31.
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"Obituary information for J.M.H. "Anneke" Levelt Sengers" . www.devolfuneralhome.com . Retrieved 5 March 2024 .
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