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Frans Spaepen

Positions & Employment

  • Rowland Institute, Director 2002 - 2013
  • Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
      > Present: John C. and Helen F. Franklin Professor
      > 2008 - 2009: Interim Dean
  • Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems
      > 2009 - 2010: Interim Director
  • Harvard Materials Research Laboratory/Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
      > 1990 - 1998: Director
  • Harvard Division of Applied Sciences
      > 1983: Professor
      > 1981: Associate Professor
      > 1977: Assistant Professor

EDUCATION

  • Burgerlijk metaalkundig ingenieur, 1971, University of Leuven
  • Ph.D., 1975, Applied Physics, Harvard University,

Other Experience & Professional Membership

  • Co-editor, Solid State Physics, 1994-2009

Honors

  • Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2008
  • Fellow, American Physical Society (chairman of the Division of Materials Physics in 1992)
  • Fellow, Metallurgical Society of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
  • Member, Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten
  • Fellow, Materials Research Society