Rod Boswell

Roderick William Boswell (an haife shi a shekara ta 1932) masanin kimiyyar Australiya ne. Shi farfesa ne a Jami'ar Kasa ta Australia da ke Canberra, a cikin Space Plasma, Power and Propulsion na Plasma Research Laboratory. Ya kirkiro wata fasaha wacce ta zama tushen ci gaban sabon nau'in rocket thruster, Helicon Double Layer Thruster: ci gaban ci gaba na Australian Plasma Thruster yana tallafawa ta Hukumar sararin samaniya ta Turai.

 Tarihin rayuwa 
An haifi Rod Boswell a Yackandandah a cikin 1932.

Bayan ya dauki B.Sc. a Jami'ar Adelaide, ya kammala Ph.D. a Jami'an Flinders a Kudancin Australia.  A can, a shekara ta 1969, ya taimaka wajen kafa jaridar dalibai mai tsattsauran ra'ayi Empire Times ta hanyar sayen da gudu, a cikin dakin zama na gidansa, da jarida mai tsauraran ra'ayi, ta haka ne ya 'yantar da sabuwar jaridar daga halin da ake ciki na masu buga littattafai.

Darajarsa da kyaututtuka sun hada da:

 A shekara ta 2000, ya sami lambar yabo ta Plasma Science & Technology Division Plasma daga American Vacuum Society "don kyawawan gudummawar kimiyya da fasaha ga fannonin kimiyyar plasma da fasaha".
 A shekara ta 2001 an ba shi lambar yabo ta Centenary "don hidimar da ya yi wa al'ummar Australiya a fannin kimiyyar lissafi".
 A shekara ta 2008 an zabe shi Fellow na Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Australiya 
 A shekara ta 2012 an nada shi memba na Order of Australia (AM) "don hidima ga kimiyya a fagen kimiyyar plasma a matsayin masanin kimiyya da mai bincike kuma ta hanyar gudummawa ga al'ummar kimiyya ta duniya".

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1932