Phil Muntz

Phil Muntz
Date of birth c. 1934
Career information
Position(s) FB/HB
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg)
Career history
As player
1956 Calgary Stampeders
19581959 Toronto Argonauts

Eric Phillip Muntz (born c. 1934) is a prominent American scientist and a former Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders in 1956 and Toronto Argonauts from 1957 to 1960. He previously played at the University of Toronto[1] were he received a B.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1956 and a PhD in 1961 specializing in Aerophysics.

Since 1969 he has been a professor at University of Southern California[2] Phil Muntz made important contributions to the development of electron beam fluorescence technique as well as its applications for high-speed flow measurements. He is an inventor on over 25 patents.

In 1993 he was elected a member of US National Academy of Engineering with the citation "For technical and academic leadership in rarified-gas dynamics and non-equilibrium flow phenomena".[3]

In late 1990s and early 2000s he has introduced and developed the concept of Knudsen compressor, a multi-stage vacuum pump with no moving parts or fluids.

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