Education
Ph.D., Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 1987
M.E., Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 1983
B.S., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, summa cum laude Duke University, 1980
Professional Background
Department Head, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2014-Present
Director of Graduate Studies, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2006-2014
Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2001-Present
Associate Department Head, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 1999-2014
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 1995-1998
Short term position at California Institute of Technology, Div. of Engineering, 1999
Short term position at Max-Planck Institute for Math in the Sciences, 1998-1999
Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 1994-2001
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 1988-1994
Associate Fellow, Minnesota Supercomputer Institute, 1994-Present
Associate Faculty, Center for Interfacial Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1992
Senior Member, Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Carnegie Mellon University, 1992
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Carnegie Mellon University, 1987-1988
Scientific & Professional Societies
Society for Natural Philosophy
American Academy of Mechanics
The Metallurgical Society of AIME
The American Society for Metals
Sigma Xi
