Collection inventory

Summary
Creator:	Weiss, Volker, 1930-2023.
Title:	Volker Weiss Papers
Dates:	1955-1979
Size:	2 boxes (2 linear feet)
Abstract:	Research, publications, and materials relating to the various educative and administrative positions Weiss held at Syracuse University
Language:	English
Repository:	University Archives, Special Collections Research Center Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Ave., Suite 600 Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center/university-archives

Biography

Volker Weiss (1930-2023) was an engineering professor and administrator at Syracuse University. Born in Rottenmann, Austria, he completed his undergraduate degree in engineering physics at Technical University in Vienna in 1955. Weiss moved on to the United States, earning both his M.A. (1955) and Ph.D. (1957) from Syracuse University, where he was then appointed associate professor in the University's Department of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy in 1960. By 1965, Weiss held a full professorship in the department. In 1972 he became Associate Dean of the L.C. Smith College of Engineering, a position he held until 1978. In 1976, Weiss became the director for the Syracuse University Institute of Energy Research. Weiss resigned from both of these positions in 1980, but continued to act as vice president for research and graduate affairs, a position he took in 1978, until 1986.

Upon retiring professor emeritus from the University in 1996, Weiss had over 70 publications to his name. During his career he was recognized by institutions such as the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the Fulbright Program. He was involved in a number of organizations, and he served as secretary of the Solid State Science and Technology Program Committee and chairman of the College Library Committee.

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Scope and Content Note

The Volker Weiss Papers contain research papers and reports he executed for the Syracuse University Research Institute and the Department of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy. The collection also includes research done for the U.S. military, NASA, and other corporations, as well as correspondence and meeting minutes from his various endeavors as a dean, professor, and researcher.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

More information on Volker Weiss can be found in the portrait and clippings files in the Syracuse University Archives.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Volker Weiss Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Volker Weiss and the L.C. Smith College of Engineering in 1988.

Processing Information

The Volker Weiss Papers were rehoused in archival materials.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: Erin Carter
Date: 2014
Revision history: Dec 2023 - style and name authority updates (MAM)

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Arrangement

The items are arranged in alphabetical order.

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Inventory

	Air Force research
		Materials laboratory
Box 1			Correspondence 1963-1966
Box 1			Application of Weibull's statistical theory of fracture to sheet specimens 1961
Box 1			The effect of testing system characteristics on fracture behavior 1965
Box 1			The effect of stress concentration on the fracture and deformation characteristics of ceramics and metals 1963
Box 1			The effect of testing system stiffness on fracture 1964
Box 1			Fracture of ceramics 1960s
Box 1			A study of the effect of superimposed stress concentrations April 1964-May 1965
Box 1			A study of the effects of superimposed stress concentrations December 1965-March 1966
		Wright Air Development Center
Box 1			Analysis of laboratory notch tensile data August 1959-April 1960
Box 1			Correspondence 1961-1962
Box 1			The effect of several geometrical variables on the notch tensile strength of 4340 steel sheet heat treated to three strength levels June 1960-September 1960
Box 1			The effect of stress gradient and stress biaxiality on the behavior of materials October 1960-October 1961

	American Iron and Steel Institute
Box 1		Application of fracture mechanics to low and medium strength constructional steels 1965-1966
Box 1		Correspondence 1964-1966

	American Society for Testing Materials
Box 1		Analysis of the effects of test temperature on the notch strength of high-strength sheet alloys 1961
Box 1		Thermal cycling under constant load to low temperatures of aluminum and magnesium alloys 1960

	Army research
		Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center
Box 1			Exploratory study of the dynamic fracture ductility of trip and 300M steels 1979
Box 1			The relationships between the transformation characteristics and the fracture and fatigue properties of trip steels and other metastable austenitic steels 1977
		Army Research Office
Box 1			Correspondence 1961
Box 1			Design around brittle fracture 1962
Box 1			Design around brittle fracture 1963
Box 1			Effect of section size on the notch bend strength 1963
Box 1			Effect of section size on notch strength 1964
Box 1			Effect of section size on notch tensile strength 1964

	City-wide retrofit demonstration (for energy conservation)
Box 1		Correspondence 1976-1977
Box 1		Retrofit request 1977

	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) research
Box 1		Further material evaluation for supersonic transport aircraft 1963
Box 1		Material evaluation for a Mach III transport plane July 1961-July 1962
Box 1		Material evaluation for a Mach III transport plane October 1962-April 1963
Box 1		Tension, compression, and fatigue properties of several SAE 52100 and tool steels used for ball bearings 1960

	Navy research
		Bureau of Naval Weapons
Box 1			Correspondence 1962
Box 1			Crack initiation in crystalline materials 1964
Box 1			Crack initiation in metallic materials August 1961-November 1962
Box 1			Crack initiation in metallic materials February 1963-January 1964
Box 1			Crack initiation in metallic materials April 1964-March 1965
		Naval Air Systems Command
Box 1			The significance of material ductility to the reliability and load carrying capacity of peak performance structures 1975
		Naval Ship Research and Development Laboratory
Box 1			Improvement in crack detection by ultrasonic pulse-echo with low frequency excitation 1970

	Sagamore conferences
Box 2		High temperature materials, their strength potentials and limitations 1957
Box 2		Materials in space environment 1958 (2 folders)
Box 2		Programs with notes 1955-1961
Box 2		Strength and limitations of metals 1956 (2 folders)

	Syracuse University Department of Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy
Box 2		Academic and administrative staff 1966-1967
Box 2		Correspondence 1968-1979
Box 2		Proposal for a Title II graduate academic facilities grant for engineering 1966
Box 2		Proposal for a science facilities grant for construction and renovation of an engineering graduate and research academic facility 1966
Box 2		Seminar on international cooperative research undated

	Syracuse University Institute for Energy Research
Box 2		Correspondence 1976-1979
Box 2		Institute information undated
Box 2		Meeting minutes 1977-1978
Box 2		Notes undated
Box 2		Seminar series 1977-1978
Box 2		Volker Weiss, director undated

	Syracuse University Research Institute
Box 2		Aerospace structural metals handbook - volume IIA, non-ferrous alloys 1966
Box 2		Materials data handbook: aluminum alloy 2219 1966
Box 2		Materials data handbook: aluminum alloy 5456 1966
Box 2		Materials data handbook: aluminum alloy 6061 1966
Box 2		Materials data handbook: Inconel alloy 718 1966
Box 2		Materials data handbook: type 301 stainless steel 1966

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