Pol Duwez

Pol Duwez (11 December 1907 – 31 December 1984) was a Belgian-born materials scientist. While working at Caltech in 1960, he first introduced metallic glasses made through rapid liquid cooling using a technique known as splat quenching.^[1]

Pol Duwez
Born	11 December 1907
Died	31 December 1984 (1985-01-01) (aged 77)
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	University of Brussels
Awards	James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials (1980)
Scientific career
Fields	Materials Science
Institutions	California Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor	Émile Henriot
Doctoral students	William Andrew Goddard III