EDUCATION
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1969 (Materials Science)
M.S., Northwestern University, 1966 (Materials Science)
B.S., National Taiwan University, 1963 (Civil Engineering)
APPOINTMENTS – UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
| 1969- | Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 1976-78 | Chairman, Materials and Metallurgy Faculty |
| 1977-78 | Associate Director, Center for Composite Materials |
| 1985-90 | Program Director, National Science Foundation–Engineering Research Center |
| 1986-98 | Co-PI, University Research Initiative Program/Army Research Office |
| 1987-98 | Board of Directors, Center for Composite Materials |
| 1989-02 | Jerzy L. Nowinski Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
| 1998- | Advisory Board, Center for Composite Materials |
| 1999-00 | Acting Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 2000-04 | Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| 2003- | Unidel Pierre S. du Pont Chair |
EXPERIENCE
| 1969 | Post Doctorate, Materials Research Center, Allied Chemical Corporation |
| 1975-76 | Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory |
| 1976 | Senior Visiting Research Fellow, British Science Research Council |
| 1977 | Visiting Professor, The University of the Witerwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| 1981 | Visiting Professor, National Commission for the Investigation of Space, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1983 | Visiting Professor, DFVLR–Germany Aerospace Research Establishment, Koln, Germany |
| 1983 | Liaison Scientist, London Branch Office, U. S. Office of Naval Research |
| 1990 | Visiting Professor, Tongji University, China |
| 1990 | Visiting Professor, Tokyo Science University, Japan |
| 1997 | Visiting Professor, Industrial Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan |