Thank you to Julia and Vishaka for your responses. Yes, Vishaka, it would be lovely to see the photos. But don't use days searching for it :-)
As Julia noted in a follow-up mail, the CV explicitly mentions Mooser's train. I only found the link when I explicitly searched for text from the CV. The link is here: https://www.epfl.ch/schools/sb/about/newsletter/sbepfl-13/ And it points to another link, https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=hpa-001:1985:58::1117#187 which has a full article on his achievements on occasion of his 60th birthday. In a couple of places the article mentions his origami achievements. Apparently he was doing bas-reliefs in origami, has anybody seen those or even pictures of them? From the article: "But this manual skill results in another achievement in which he became a master. In many occasions you will see Emanuel Mooser with a sheet of paper in the hands, folding and unfolding it until a structure is shaped. After a persistent training in Origami, he developed his own style consisting in folded paper bas-reliefs based on principles not far away from the symmetries encountered in the crystal lattices." And yes, I believe crystal lattices is an excellent background for doing origami. I once had a paper accepted for a symmetry conference and met several chemistry researchers interested in this kind of work. Best regards, Hans Hans Dybkjær http://papirfoldning.dk Society: http://foldning.dk > Den 26. okt. 2024 kl. 20.32 skrev Julia Palffy via Origami > <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com>: > > Hello, > > I googled and found this CV: > > Emanuel Mooser > > 5 June 1925, born in Thun > 1949, diploma in Mathematics and Physics, ETHZ > 1953, thesis at the Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETHZ under Prof. Dr. > Georg Busch > – his thesis: “Die magnetische Eigenschaften der Halbleiter mit > besonderer Berücksichtigung des grauen Zinns” wins the silver medal at ETHZ > – Postdoctoral fellowship at the National Research Council in Ottawa > – married to Margrit Hunkeler > 1959, publication of the Mooser-Pearson plots > 1961, Director of the physics laboratory at the Cyanamid European Research > Institute (the maker of “formica”), Cologny/Geneva > 1969, named Full Professor(EPUL-EPFL) > – Founder and head of the Institute of Applied Physics > – Founder and head of the Laboratoire de génie médical > 1972-1974 and 1986-1988, Head of the Physics Department (EPFL) > – President of the Research Commission(EPFL) > – Director of the the Division 2 of the Swiss National Science > Foundation (SNSF) > 1991, retires and is nominated Professor Emeritus > 26 January 2013, dies, Lavigny. > Professor Mooser had a very rich life successively as an academic scientist, > a researcher and manager of research of a major chemical company then back to > the academic world as a teacher and director of laboratories, which his > vision of the trends in science led him to create, and, lastly as an > exceptionally engaged person in the Swiss scientific politics. > > At the beginning of his career he engaged himself in the early studies on the > burgeoning field of semiconductors, his name is linked to a study of the > chemical binding and the crystalline structure in binary compounds: the now > called Mooser-Pearson plots clearly show the influence of the electronic > properties on the crystal structure. > > Back from a stint in the chemical industry, he was named professor at EPUL > (EPFL) where he founded the “Institute of Applied Physics”, which has been > now absorbed by the “Institute of Condensed Matter Physics”. His interests > for life sciences and clear vision of the future led him to create the > “Laboratoire de génie médical”, the seed of what is now the “Institute of the > Physics of Biological Systems”. > > As a manager of science he directed many research institutions, at the head > of SNSF he was instrumental in the foundation of a hub in Neuchâtel for micro > technology, which led to the creation of “Swiss Foundation for Research in > Microtechnology“ (FSRM) and “Swiss Center for Electronics and > Microtechnology” (CSEM). > In his spare time he liked to work on paper folding constructions, and he is > widely know in the origami community for the model now called Mooser’s train. > > See also his biography on Helvetica Physica Acta 58, 183 (1985). > > Source: > Newsletter FSB > SB@EPFL #13 > Mai 2013 > > FYI: ETHZ = Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (Federal Institute of > Technology in Zürich) > EPFL = Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (same institution, but in > Lausanne) > > No mention of his origami activities, but then they weren’t part of his > academic career… > > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On 26 Oct 2024, at 14:41, Papirfoldning.dk <h...@papirfoldning.dk> wrote: >>> >> >> I just refolded his famous, groundbreaking train from 1967, and then I >> wondered who he was, where he was born. what was he a doctor in, ...? >> >> As a child I folded his dragon from Eric Kenneway's diagrams, and later, >> when Lang's Origami Design Secrets came, I also folded his train. >> >> Even David Mitchell's extensive origami history only acknowledges he was >> born, not where and when: >> https://www.origamiheaven.com/historyemmanuelmooser.htm >> >> I'm going to mention him in a talk, and it would be nice to know a bit more >> about him but his name. >> >> Is he still alive? Being a "dr." 54 years ago, it is possible, though not >> too likely. >> >> Is he related to the German Mooser Schwingungstechnik GmbH? Or is he from >> the USA or Switzerland? According to this article, the diagrams were made in >> Switzerland, citing Nolan's booklet on the Mooser train. >> >> Best regards, >> Hans >> >> Hans Dybkjær >> Kløckersvej 24 >> 2820 Gentofte
