 Curriculum Vita
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University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: |
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Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Assistant
Professor, May 2005 – present
Research
Assistant Professor and Lecturer, January 2003 - May 2005
Research
Scientist and Lecturer, August 2001 - January 2003 |
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Other Affiliations:
Faculty
Affiliate, Department of Bioengineering, 2005 - present
Faculty
Affiliate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
2003 – present
Faculty
Affiliate, Institute for Genomic Biology, 2004 – present
Faculty
Affiliate, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and
Technology, 2003 - present
Adjunct
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering,
2003 – 2005 |
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Education
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Brown University: |
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, 2001 |
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Major:Materials Science; Minors: Solid Mechanics & Applied
Mathematics |
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Deformation and Failure Mechanisms in Ti-6Al-4V/TiC |
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Particulate and Layered Composites |
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Advisors: C. L. Briant and K. S. Kumar |
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Master of Science in Engineering, 1998 |
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Major: Materials Science |
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The Ohio State University: |
Bachelor of Science, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, 1996 |
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Cum Laude, Distinction for Honors Research |
Professional Societies
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Member,
The Minerals Metals and Materials Society, 1994-2003 |
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Member,
The Materials Research Society (MRS), 1998-date |
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MRS Public Outreach Committee, January 2004-date |
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Member,
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International
Society (TERMIS), 2006-date |
CV (pdf)
Honors and Distinctions
Invited presentations:
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Department of
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, 2005
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2005
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, 2005
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2005
Imaging Technology Group Forum, Beckman Institute, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004
Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes (NUMIFORM) 2004
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001
Boston University, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, 2001
Pratt and Whitney, 2001
8th International Symposium on Plasticity, 2000
GANN Fellow, U.S. Department of Education, 1996-1998
American Society for Materials Scholar, 1995
Society of Women Engineering/Central Intelligence Agency
Scholarship, 1993-1994
Fontana Scholarship, 1993-1994
Tau Beta Pi
Student Chair, Advisory Committee for University Planning, Brown
University, 1998-2000
Secretary and Engineering Representative, Graduate Student Council,
Brown University, 1998-1999
President, Brown University Joint Chapter of TMS/ASM, 1996-1998
Synergistic Activities
Participant in UIUC 2004 Annual Faculty Retreat on Active
Learning, SP04.
Faculty Mentor through Women in Engineering Program,
"Leadership Skills for Engineers and Scientists," EN199W, AU02.
Participant in short-course, "The Language of Biology and
Medicine," College of Engineering and the School of Veterinary
Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL,
SP02.
Participant in an NSF pilot study on gender-based role models,
"Stereotype Threat in the Science Classroom." This study examined
how the balance of female and male role models in the areas of math
and science affects the level of confidence that middle school aged
girls have in these same subjects, BCS - Children's Research
Initiative, Jasna Jovanovic, (PI), UIUC, SP02.
FAST Start, Teaching College Faculty Development Program,
College of Engineering, UIUC, SP02.
Participant in the 2001 NSF Workshop for the Advancement and
Retention of Underrepresented and Minority Engineering Educators
(WEE '01), The National Science Foundation Directorate of
Engineering, The Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems, National
Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, AU01.
Thesis Committees
"Length-Scale Effects on Nanoscale Materials Behavior, "Amanul
Haque, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Thesis committee member
(non-voting), 2002.
"Mechanics of carbon nanotubes: A continuum theory incorporating
interatomic potentials," Peng Zhang, Ph.D. in Mechanical
Engineering, Thesis committee member (non-voting), 2002.
Other Professional Activities
Consultant: Kenyon and Kenyon, New York (related to composite
materials), 2001-2002
Referee: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions |
