Biography

Education
B.S. University of Pennsylvania, 1966
M.S. Harvard University, 1967
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1971

Experience
9/70 - 6/72 Instructor in Applied Mathematics, M.I.T.
7/72 - 6/75 Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics, M.I.T.
7/75 - 6/78 Assistant Professor of Engineering,  Brown University
7/78 - 6/81 Associate Professor of Engineering, Brown University
7/81 - 6/09 Professor of Engineering, Brown University
7/88 - 6/91 Dean of Engineering, Brown University
7/96 - 6/09 Florence Pirce Grant University Professor, Brown University
7/09 -         Florence Pirce Grant University Professor Emeritus, Brown University
1/07 - 8/09 Visiting Professor, University of North Texas (spring terms, fall 2008)
9/09 -         Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, University of North Texas

Honors
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship 1977.
Foreign Member, Danish Center for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 1986.
Finalist, 1994 Computerworld-Smithsonian Award (Science Category),
    3D Modeling of Metallic Fracture.
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1989.
Honorary Member, MECAMAT (Groupe Français de Mecanique des Matériaux), 1991.
Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics, 1995.
Midwest Mechanics Lecturer, 1997-1998.
Fellow, Institute of Physics (Great Britain), 1999.
Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2000.
Recognized by ISI (Science Citation Index) as a Highly Cited Author in both the fields of
    Engineering and Materials Science.
Prager Medal, Society of Engineering Science, 2006.
Doctor Technices Honoris Causa, The Technical University of Denmark, 2006.
Drucker Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, 2006.
Doctor Honoris Causa, Ecole Normale Superior de Cachan, France 2006.
Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2007.
Member, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, 2009.
Distinguished Israel Pollack lecturer, The Technion, Haifa, Israel, 2011.
Timoshenko Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, 2011 (acceptance speech).

Selected Professional Activities
Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Fracture, 2006-.
Editorial Executive Board, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering,
    1992-2009.
Editorial Advisory Board, European Journal of Mechanics A/Solids, 1994-.
Member, International Scientific Committee, 8th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Plasticity and its
    Applications, September 2006, Nagoya, Japan.
Member, International Advisory Board, 3rd International Conference on Multiscale Materials
    Modeling, September 2006, Freiburg, Germany.
Co-organizer, Symposium EE: Size Effects in the Deformation of Materials: Experiments and
    Modeling, Fall MRS meeting, November 2006, Boston, MA.
Member, Scientific Committee, Numiform'07, June 2007, Porto, Portugal.
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, 5th Conference on Materials Processing Defects,
    June 2007, Ithaca, NY.
Member, International Advisory Committee, 8th International Confeence on Fundamentals of
    Fracture, January 2008, Hong Kong & Guangzhou, China.
Member, Scientific Committee, IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical, Modelling and
    Computational Aspects of Inelastic Media, January 2008, Cape Town, South Africa.
Member, Executive Committee, Dislocations 2008, October 2008, Hong Kong, China.
Member, Advisory Committee, Pan American Congress of Applied Mechanics, January 2010,
    Foz do Iguaca, Brazil.
Member, Scientific Committee, 10th International Conference on Numerical Methods in
    Industrial Forming Processes (NUMIFORM 2010), June 2010, Pohang, Korea.
Member, NSF Division of Engineering Advisory Committee, 2006-2009.
Member, NSF  Advisory Committee for GPRA Performance Assessment, 2008.
Vietnam Education Foundation, Visiting Committee, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam,
     2009-2010.
Member, National Academy of Engineering Mechanical Engineering Peer Committee, 2010-.

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