Geoffrey G. Eichholz

Geoffrey Gunther Eichholz, an educational leader in health physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Eichholz played a key role in the successful establishment of the Department Of Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics. The Department has been a constant source of well-educated and well trained graduates in the field of nuclear engineering, health physics and medical physics. Professor Eichholz was involved at all levels of the educational ladder including leadership roles and participation in doctoral and masters committees.

Early life

Dr. Eichholz was born in 1920 and grew up in Hamburg, Germany. At the age of 18 during Kristallnacht the Nazis expelled him from Berlin Technical University and he was forced to leave his home country. Relatives in England offered him a place to stay.

Education and Training

David Eichholz, Professor in Classics at the University of Bristol set young Eichholz up with a position as an unpaid researcher for Professor Arthur Mannering Tyndall, Department of Physics. Eichholz worked for Cecil F. Powell scanning photographic emulsions.

Tyndall arranged for Eichholz to be admitted to Bristol as a first-year honours student with tuition fees waived. Eichholz was formally matriculated by Winston Churchill. At Bristol Eichholz had many noteworthy classmates, including Walter Heitler, Lorenz Frank, Klaus Fuchs, Herbert Fröhlich, Kurt Hoselitz and Hans Heitler.

Due to interruptions from WWII he could not graduate from Bristol and went on to attend the University of Leeds in England upon recommendation from Tyndall and completed an undergraduate degree in Physics in 1942 and PhD in Physics in 1947. During WWII he completed war-time research for his PhD working to develop microwave resonances in magnetic materials.

Educator and Profession

Eichholz next went to University of British Columbia in Vancouver as Assistant Professor of Physics.

From 1951 – 1963 Dr. Eichholz worked at the Canadian Bureau of Mines and Technical Surveys, head of Physics and Radiotracer subdivision.

In 1963 Eichholz went to the Georgia Institute of Technology to join the faculty. He helped develop the Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics degree programs as the first faculty member. In 1975 he was named Regents’ Professor of Nuclear Engineering.

Health Physics Society

• Associate Editor, Health Physics Journal
• National member and Fellow
• Dean of the 1993 Health Physics Society Summer School held at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, 5–9 July 1993.
• Atlanta chapter member
• Atlanta student chapter advisor

Patents

Patents held by Dr. Eichholz in each of these countries.

• England
• Canada
  • Method of making plastic scintillation, US 2733216 A, 31 January 1956
• United States

Awards and Honors

• Geoffrey G. Eichholz Outstanding Science Teacher Award, Health Physics Society
• Robley D. Evans Commemorative Medal, Health Physics Society
• Geoffrey G. Eichholz Faculty Teaching Award, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Fellow, Health Physics Society
• Fellow, American Nuclear Society

Publications and Selected Works

Books, etc

• Radioisotope Engineering, Geoffrey G. Eichholz, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1972.
• Evaluation of Treatment Plants by Tracer Methods, Geoffrey G. Eichholz, T.F. Craft, S.N. Millspaugh, US Atomic Energy, 1973.
• Environmental Aspects of Nuclear Power, Geoffrey G. Eichholz, Ann Arbor Science, 1976.
• Principles of Nuclear Radiation Detection, Geoffrey G. Eichholz, John W. Poston, Ann Arbor Science, 1979.
• Principles of Nuclear Radiation Detection Laboratory Manual, Geoffrey G. Eichholz, John W. Poston, Ann Arbor Science, 1980.
• Treatment of Gaseous Effluents at Nuclear Facilities, Walter Goossens, Geoffrey G. Eichholz, William Tedder, Harwood Academic, 1991.
• Hospital Health Physics, Geoffrey G. Eichholz, Joseph J. Shonka (eds.), Research Enterprises, 1993.

Citations

• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther, and A. H. Bettens. Conductimetric Measurement and Control of Acid Concentration in Leach Pulps. Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1960.
• Keys, J. D., and Geoffrey Gunther Eichholz. "Measurement of the wear rate of cast grinding balls using radioactive tracers." Radioisotopes in the Physical Sciences and Industry. Proceedings of the Conference on the Use of Radioisotopes in the Physical Sciences and Industry. V. 1. 1962.
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Spark counter neutron detector for high temperature applications." (1966).
• Craft, Thomas Fisher, and Geoffrey Gunther Eichholz. "Radiotracer studies on rapid sand filtration." (1967).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Radiation effects on textile waste solutions." (1970).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther, and Carlyle Jones Roberts. "Optimization of the design for environmental radiological surveillance systems for nuclear power plants." (1975).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Evaluation and design of low-level disposal sites." (1976).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Evaluation of decontamination methods for various surfaces." (1977).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther, and John W. Poston. "A cooperative effort in the field of health physics." (1978).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Mobility of radioactive waste materials in subsurface migration by particulate transport." (1979).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Radionuclide migration by colloidal particulate transport." (1980).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Fixation and remobilization of radioactive waste materials in near-surface repositories." (1980).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "An analysis of the fixation and remobilization of radioactive waste materials in near-surface repositories." (1982).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Develop transport model for radionuclide migration in the SRP lysimeters." (1983).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Sewage irradiation studies." (1983).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Transport model for radionuclide migration in the SRP lysimeters." (1984).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Environmental impact of buried metallic mercury." (1985).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Bioassay action levels for selected radionuclides." (1988).
• Eichholz, Geoffrey Gunther. "Dose-rate dependence of thermoluminescent dosimeters." (1988).