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Schaefer, Gustav Griffin (1913 - 2004) |
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| Physicist | |
| Born: 12 December 1913 Nambour, Queensland, Australia. Died: 15 September 2004 Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| Gustav Griffin Schaefer (Gus) founded the first Defence Operational Research Group at the Department of Supply in 1951. During World War II he worked for the Optical Munitions Panel. His area of interest at that time was optical design, using ray tracing analysis. |
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After completing his science degree at Queensland University, Gus Schaefer took up secondary teaching and taught science in Queensland for many years. In 1940 he moved to Melbourne and the next year began his career in scientific research. Schaefer’s first job was with the Munitions Supply Laboratories working on optical design and ray tracing analysis. In 1951 he moved to the Defence Operations Research Group, then to the Aeronautical Research Laboratory (ARL) in 1953. Gus Schaefer remained with ARL until 1977 making many major contributions to the aeronautical industry. His research included studying the aerodynamics of aircraft wings for Boeing 747 and other models.
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