Abdul Qadeer Khan

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Abdul Qadeer Khan

Engineering

#50

World Rank

#103

Historical Rank

Nuclear Engineering

#5

World Rank

#5

Historical Rank

Applied Physics

#1679

World Rank

#1711

Historical Rank

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Abdul Qadeer Khan's Degrees

• PhD Metallurgical Engineering Université catholique de Louvain
• Bachelors Metallurgy University of Karachi

Why Is Abdul Qadeer Khan Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Abdul Qadeer Khan, , known as A. Q. Khan, was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer who is colloquially known as the "father of Pakistan's atomic weapons program". An émigré from India who migrated to Pakistan in 1952, Khan was educated in the metallurgical engineering departments of Western European technical universities where he pioneered studies in phase transitions of metallic alloys, uranium metallurgy, and isotope separation based on gas centrifuges. After learning of India's "Smiling Buddha" nuclear test in 1974, Khan joined his nation's clandestine efforts to develop atomic weapons when he founded the Khan Research Laboratories in 1976 and was both its chief scientist and director for many years.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Abdul Qadeer Khan?

Abdul Qadeer Khan is affiliated with the following schools:

• Université catholique de Louvain
• KU Leuven
• Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
• Delft University of Technology
• University of Karachi