Dr. Reza Abbaschian, FASM
ASM International President and Trustee (2005-2006)
University of California, Riverside

Topic

An Overview of Advanced Materials

Everything we use is composed of advanced materials, from computer chips to flexible concrete skyscrapers, from plastic bags to artificial hips, from optical cables to automobiles. Designing and making materials in an
innovative and efficient manner are critical not only to the manufacturing competitiveness, but also to meeting societal needs and national security.

As such, the impact of advanced materials extends beyond products, in that tens of millions of jobs depends on their availability. In this presentation, an overview of the recent advances in materials processing and properties together with a review of the recent progress in producing diamond single crystals for jewelry applications will be presented.
 

Presenter's Background:

Dr. Reza Abbaschian is Dean, College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside. He received his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1971, M.S. degree in metallurgical engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1968, and B.Sc. in mining and metallurgy from Tehran University in 1964.

Before moving to UC Riverside in 2005, Dr. Abbaschian was Vladimir A Grodsky Professor at the University of Florida Department of Materials Science & Engineering.

Before joining UF in 1981, he was chairman and member of the faculty at Pahlavi University, Shiraz, Iran, Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Illinois, and Visiting Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has produced more than 200 scientific publications on subjects ranging from metal processing, crystal growth, solidification, and intermetallic matrix composites to phase diagrams. He also has four patents, three patent disclosures, and eight books, including the third edition of Physical Metallurgy Principles, which he co-authored.

Dr. Abbaschian has been active in several regional and national educational and professional organizations, including National Materials Advisory Board, NASA Space Station Users Advisory Committee, TMS Board of Directors, Trustee of Federation of Materials Societies, NSF-Materials Research Advisory Committee, and chairman of the University Materials Council. He has served or chaired numerous panels and committees, such as the ASM Government and Public Affairs Committee, ASM/MSD Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria Committee, the NSF panel for education in Materials Science and Engineering, TMS-Solidification Committee, the ASM-MSD Materials Processing Committee, and MRS External Academic Affairs Committees.

Awards and citations he has received include UF Top Researcher or Research Achievements Awards for eight consecutive years, the 1992 ASEE Southeastern Best Paper Award, the 1998 Educator Award of TMS for outstanding contributions in engineering education, TMS 1999 Leadership Award, and the Structural Material Division’s 1999 Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award. He was also elected an ASM Fellow 1992 and a Fellow of TMS in 2000.
 

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