Renowned Scientist Visits HHS Classes
Renowned scientist Meyer Steinberg, who worked on the Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bomb that ended World War II, visited with Huntington High School science students last week during a session at the school.
Huntington's Science National Honor Society chapter hosted the visit. Mr. Steinberg, who resides in Huntington, spoke to Honors Chemistry and AP Chemistry classes in the School Heritage Museum room. He discussed his work on the Manhattan Project and global warming. Senior members of the SHS also attended the presentation.
"It was quite an honor to have Mr. Steinberg with us," teacher Dame Forbes said. "He is such a treasure and the students really enjoyed asking questions and listening to his presentation."
Mr. Steinberg worked on the Manhattan District's Atom Bomb Project, as it was formally called (eventually shortened to simply the Manhattan Project), at laboratories located at Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Los Alamos, New Mexico. He was later employed as a chemical engineer in the heavy metal and metallurgical industries.
An inventor and developer of concrete polymer materials, Mr. Steinberg conducted research in the fields of radiation chemical processing and chemo-nuclear reactors. While working as a senior chemical engineer, he headed the process sciences division of the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Department of Applied Science. He is currently a consultant to BNL's Department of Advanced Technology.
Mr. Steinberg is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He is credited with over 500 publications and he also holds 38 patents.