Subra Suresh
Citation: "For seminal contributions to the understanding of
effects of microstructures on fatigue and technical leadership in functionally-graded
materials."
Biography: Subra Suresh is the R.P.Simmons Professor and head
of the department of materials science and engineering at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Prof. Suresh earned a B.Tech. in mechanical engineering from the Indian
Institute of Technology in 1977, an M.S. from Iowa State University
in 1979, and an Sc.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
in 1981. He began his career as a professor of engineering at Brown
University.
Prof. Suresh has authored two books, nine patent applications, and 185
papers and co-edited six books.
Honors and awards received include: TMS Robert Lansing Hardy Award;
TMS Champion H. Mathewson Medal; Fellow of TMS, ASM International, American
Ceramic Society, and ASME; Honorary Member of Materials Research Society,
India; and the American Ceramic Society Ross Coffin Purdy Award.
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