Biographical Sketch
Education:
Ph.D. Theoretical and Applied
Mechanics, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
1989
M.S. Applied Mathematics,
The University of Texas at Austin, 1982
M.S. Theoretical and Applied
Mechanics, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagn, 1977
B.S. Physics, Indiana University at Bloomington, 1975
Positions
Held:
- The Pennsylvania State University, 1990-Present
- SOLMECS (Israel), LTD., Beersheva, Israel, 1985-1986
- United States Geological Survey Menlo Park, California, 1983-1984
- NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 1977-1981
- Penn State's Teaching Fellow Award, The Alumni/Student Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2001
- Premier Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1998
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Penn State Engineering Society, 1995
- Letter of Commendation from David Taylor Research Center for outstanding research, 1992
Affiliations:
- American Association of Crystal Growth, Member, 1994-Present
- American Physical Society, Member, 1992-current
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member, 1990-Present
- Editor, ASME Tribology Division Newsletter, 1996
- American Academy of Mechanics, Member, 1989-Present
- Sigma Xi, Member, 1977-Present
- Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), Member, 1995-Present
- Technical Committee on Bearings, 1995