Robert Kupp

Chemical EngineerOak Ridge, TN

K-25 Plant

EngineerManhattan Project Veteran

Listen to Robert Kupp’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Robert Kupp joined the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge in January 1945. Kupp was a supervisor in the Line Recorder Department at K-25, where he monitored a mass spectrometer that determined the concentration of various material in the cascade while it was being processed. After the war, Kupp went on to a prestigious career as a nuclear engineer and published a book about his work experiences, A Nuclear Engineer in the Twentieth Century.

Robert Kupp’s Timeline

1945 Jan Joined the Manhattan Project

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