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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