Robert D. Richtmyer

Robert Davis Richtmyer
Richtmyer in 1946
Born(1910-10-10)October 10, 1910
DiedSeptember 24, 2003(2003-09-24) (aged 92)
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Cornell University
M.I.T.
Known forDielectric resonator antenna
Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code
Richtmyer method
Richtmyer–Meshkov instability
Lax–Richtmyer theorem
AwardsLeroy P. Steele Prize (1990)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1961)
Scientific career
InstitutionsStanford University
University of Colorado at Boulder
Thesis Quantum Mechanical Study of Multiple-Ionization Collisions of a Fast Electron with an Atom  (1935)
Doctoral advisorJohn C. Slater
Doctoral studentsGeorge Logemann

Robert Davis Richtmyer (October 10, 1910 – September 24, 2003) was an American physicist, mathematician, educator, author, and musician.