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Education

Allahabad University (India)
Pure Sciences   
B.Sc.,  1961

University of Durham (England)
Elect. Eng.       
B.Sc.-Hons I,   1964

Harvard University (Cambridge. MA)
Applied Sciences
Ph.D.,  1970

 

Appointments

1996 – present
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, CO

1975 – 1996     
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell Univeristy, Ithaca, NY

1972 – 1975     
Assist. Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder

1980-81        
Scientist, Rockwell Science Center, Thousand Oaks, CA

1970 – 1971
Staff Scientist, Chase Brass and Copper Company, Cleveland, OH

1964-1965
Staff  Engineer, Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd, London N10, England.

 

Honors

2004, Aditya Birla Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering (an Hon0rary appointment), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; 1996, John Matthias Scholar, Los Alamos National Laboratory; 1992, Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Awardee, Max Planck Institute for MetalResearch in Stuttgart, Germany; 1985, Guggenheim Fellow. 1964, John Mather and Maunder Howe Prizes from the University of Durham, England; 1961, Gold Medals in Chemistry and Mathematics, Allahabad University, India. Fellow of the American Ceramic Society.

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