Administration

The College of Engineering administration unit provides coordination and services to support faculty, staff, and students activities related to the College's teaching, research, and service mission.

Dr. Enrique J. Lavernia

Dean, College of Engineering
September 2002

University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-5294

email: Enrique Lavernia
phone: (530) 752-0554
fax: (530) 752-8058

Biography:

Enrique J. Lavernia, formerly chair of the Department of Chemical and Materials Science at the University of California, Irvine, was appointed Dean of the College of Engineering at UC Davis in September 2002. Dean Lavernia holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree from Brown University. He joined the faculty of UC Irvine in 1987, becoming department chair in 1998. He has published more than 270 scientific papers as well as conference proceedings, invited papers, book chapters, and other publications. Among many other awards and honors, Lavernia was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2000, and was selected as Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Materials Science “Science Teacher of the Year” at UC Irvine in 1998. He has held prestigious fellowships from the Ford Foundation; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; the Iketani Science and Technology Foundation of Tokyo, Japan; and Rockwell International. He was named a Presidential Young Investigator by the National Science Foundation and received a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research. He is a member of many professional organizations, actively participates in organizing national and international conferences, serves on various boards of review and advisory panels, and has six patents and pending applications. He and his students have received numerous scholastic awards. Lavernia has held grants from agencies including the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

Educational Background:

B.S., Solid Mechanics, Brown University, 1982
M.S., Metallurgy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984
Ph.D., Materials Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986

Awards and Recognition:

Named Highly Cited Researcher, ISI, Citation Impact for Research in Materials Ranked 17th, 2002; Chancellor's Professor, UCI, 2002; American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 2001; Marcus A. Grossman Award for Best Paper in Met. & Mat. Trans. B, 1999; Science Teacher of the Year, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and Materials Science, UCI, 1998; Henry Marion Howe Medal for "Best Paper", Met. & Mat. Trans. B, 1998; Board of Trustees of ASM International, Fellow, 1998; Silver Medal of the Materials Science Division of ASM International, 1996; Best Paper Award, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 1995; Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship, 1995; ASM Bradley Stoughton Award, 1993; Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research (ONR), 1990-1993; Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1989-1994; Fellowship from the Iketani Science and Technology Foundation, Tokyo, Japan, 1993; Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) Fellowship, 1990-1992; Elected to Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1993; Outstanding Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, UCI, 1989-1990; Faculty Career Development Award, UCI, 1989; Rockwell International Fellowship, 1982-1984.

Professional Activities

Memberships in Boards of Review and Advisory Roles: National Science Foundation's Manufacturing Initiative, 1992; National Research Council's Review Board on NSF Graduate Fellowships Program, 1993, 1994; Journal of Metals Advisor for the Composites Committee, 1993; Board of Review, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, 1994-1995; Board of Review, Journal of Applied Composite Materials, 1994; ASM International, Bradley Stoughton Award Committee, 1994-1997; Co-Editor, Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing, 1996 to present; Board of Review, International Journal of Non-Equilibrium Processing, 1996; Advisory Board, Key Engineering Materials, Trans Tech, 1996; Review Panel, NSF's Center of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST), 1998, Editor, Materials Science and Engineering A, 1998 to present. Member: Honorary Research Society of Sigma Xi; ASM International; Materials Research Society; The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society; American Metal Powder Industries Federation.

Memberships in Boards of Review and Advisory Roles

Associate Editor, J. of Metastable and Nanostructured Materials 2000 - present
Editorial Board, Journal of Materials Processing Technology 1999 - present
Editorial Board, Electronic Journal, Ciencia Abierta, U. of Chile 1999 - present
Advisory Board, NSF-Center for Advanced Materials & Smart Structures, North Carolina State University 1998 - present
Principal Editor, Materials Science & Engineering A an International Journal 1998 - present
Board of Review, International Journal of Non-Equilibrium Processing 1996 - present
Advisory Board, Key Engineering Materials, Trans Tech 1996 - present
Co-Editor, Journal of Materials Synthesis and Processing 1996 - present
Board of Review, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions 1994 - present
Board of Review, Journal of Applied Composite Materials 1994 - present

Member

Honorary Research Society of Sigma Xi
ASM International
Materials Research Society
The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society
American Metal Powder Industries Federation
Chair, TMS SCAMP Committee, 1991-1993
Chair, ILASS Committee on Metal and Ceramic Sprays

Research Interests

Nanostructured materials and thermal spraying; Relationship between property and microstructure in coatings; Processing of mechanical alloying/milling; Processing of structural materials and metal matrix composites with particular emphasis on solidification fundamentals; rapid solidification processing; spray atomization and deposition of structural materials; solidification processing of metal matrix composites; and mathematical modeling of advanced materials and processes.

For samples of the ongoing work, visit this Web site that summarizes related research directions and projects here: Spray Atomization and Deposition

Major Research Accomplishments

Investigation on nanostructured bulk materials, coatings and powders. Influence of mechanical milling on property of materials. Study and development of spray atomization for the manufacture of metal matrix composites (MMCs); analysis of fundamentals of microstructure evolution during spray deposition; modeling and analysis of ceramic particle-molten droplet interactions; development of elevated temperature spray facilities.

Research and Professional Experience

Sept. 2002-present: Dean of Engineering, University of California, Davis
Jan. 1998-Sept. 2002: Chair, and Chancellor's Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine
Mar. 1997-Sept. 1997: Visiting Professor, Max-Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany
July 1995-present: Professor, Department of Chemical, Biochemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine.
July 1991-June 1995: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Irvine.
July 1987-June 1991: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine.

Former Students

Former PhD Students (last 5 years)

Dr. Yulung Jeng (Micron Inc., Taiwan)
Dr. Jinmin Zhang (GM Research Center, MI)
Dr. Xin Liang (Connexant)
Dr. Yue Wu (Motorola, AZ)
Dr. Xiaolu Zeng (Motorola, TX)
Dr. Dan Lawrinowicz (Alyn Corporation, CA)
Dr. Weidong Cai (Connexant)
Dr. Robert Perez (Boeing Inc., CA)
Dr. Bing Li (Hayes Lemmers International, CA)
Dr. Yizhang Zhou (UC Irvine, CA)

Graduate Students Advised

Post-Doctoral Scholars (last 5 years)

Dr. Shenglong Dai (BIAM, Beijing, China)
Dr. J.P. Delplanque (CSM, CO)
Dr. A. Gupta (Natl. Physics Labs, Delhi, India)
Dr. Vikas Gupta
Dr. Seungwoo Ho (GE, MA)
Dr. Benlih Huang
Dr. Honggang Jiang (LANL, Los Alamos, NM)
Dr. Huimin Liu (Concurrent Technologies, PA)
Dr. Guillermo Anguila (UC Irvine)
Dr. Jianhong He (UC Irvine)
Dr. Degang Cheng (UC Irvine)
Dr. Yizhang Zhou (UC Irvine)