Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor,
Acting Dean of Engineering &
Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Colleges Attended and Degrees Earned
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken,NJ 9/62-6/66
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering with Highest Honors
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 9/66-9/70
Doctor of Philosophy, Field of Materials Science
University of Oxford, Department of Metallurgy, Post-Doctoral Fulbright Scholar with
P.B. Hirsch, 9/70-7/71
Thesis Titles and Advisors
"An X-ray Study of the Influence of Stacking Fault energy on the Fatigue Behavior of
Ni-Co-Alloys," B.E.,
"Production and Recovery of Defects after Unidirectional and Cyclical Deformation
at 4.2 K, " Ph.D., Dr. M. Meshii
Fellowships and Awards
1994 Columbus Quincentennial Award (State of Massachusetts)
Gillette Award, 1986-1989
Graduate Teaching Award, M.I.T., 1978
Fulbright Scholar, University of Oxford, 9/70-9/71
Royal E. Cabell Fellow, National Science Foundation
Fellow, Northwestern University, 9/67-9/68
Walter P. Murphy Fellow, Northwestern University, 9/66-9/69
Undergraduate Education Program
of the National Science Foundation grant recipient, Stevens Institute
of Technology, 6/65-9/65
Publications
(176 in the open literature)
Previous Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
July 1975 to June 1980
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
September 1971 to July 1975
Research Assistant Trainee, Pratt
& Whitney Aircraft, Advanced Materials Research and Development
Lab., North Haven, Connecticut, Summer, 1966
Academic Interests
Mechanical and physical behavior of solids, electron microscopy
and diffraction, dislocation theory and mechanics, rapid solidification
processing, processing superconducting oxides in bulk form.
Outside Interests
Swimming, cycling, skiing, classical music, numismatics,
antique American furniture, Colonial New England architecture.
Internships
