Biography

Education:

BA, Engineering Science, Oxford University, 1978
MS, Astronomy and Space Sciences, Cornell University, 1981
MA (Honorary), Engineering Science, Oxford University, 1982
PhD, Astronomy and Space Sciences, Cornell University, 1983

Experience:

1983-1986 : Research Scientist, GE Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady NY
1986-1994 : Research Staff Member, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights NY
1994-1998 : Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Michigan
1998-2016 : Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis
2001-2005 : Chair, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis
2016-present : Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis

Distinctions:

Visiting Professor, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione e Scienze Matematiche, Universita di Siena, Italy, May 2024
Visiting Professor, Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy, September 2022
Invited Speaker, Curves and Surfaces 2022 Conference, Arcachon, France, June 20-24, 2022
Pierre Bezier Award, Solid Modeling Association, 2021
Co-Chair, SIAM Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling, University of California Davis, September 27-29, 2021
Invited Speaker, Conference on Geometry: Theory and Applications, Gozd Martuljek, Slovenia, September 20-24, 2021
Co-Chair, Geometric Modeling and Processing Workshop (GMP 2021), Plzen, Czech Republic, May 10-13, 2021
Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Geometric Design, 2019-2020
Invited Speaker, INdAM Workshop on Design of Reliable, Exact, and Application-Oriented Techniques for Geometric Modeling and Numerical Simulation, Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica “Franceso Severi,” Rome, Italy, January 22-26, 2018
Distinguished Professor, University of California Davis, 2016
Invited instructor, Spring 2016 INdAM School on Hypercomplex Function Theory and Applications, Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Universita di Firenze, Italy, June 2016
Invited Speaker, SMART 2014 Conference, Pontignano, Italy, 2014
Editor-in-Chief, Computer Aided Geometric Design (Elsevier), 2014-present
Invited Speaker, 19th IMACS World Congress, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, 2013
Invited Speaker, Workshop on Mathematics and Algorithms for Computer-Aided Manufacturing, Engineering and Numerical Control, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2011
Invited Speaker, New Frontiers in Computer Aided Geometric Design, Bertinoro, Italy, 2010
College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching, UC Davis, 2009
ASUCD Excellence in Education Award for College of Engineering, UC Davis, 2009
Invited Speaker, Algebraic Geometry and Geometric Modeling Conference, Lijiang, China, 2009
Visiting Professor, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, 2009
Invited Speaker, Geometric Modeling and Processing Conference, Hangzhou, China, 2008
Invited Speaker, Asian Symposium on Computer Mathematics, Singapore, 2007
Invited Speaker, Workshop on Computational Methods for Algebraic Spline Surfaces, Strobl, Austria, 2007
Invited Speaker, Zero 2007 Workshop, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul, Korea, 2007
Invited Speaker, Algebraic Geometry and Geometric Modeling Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 2006
John Gregory Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Geometric Modeling, 2005
Invited Public Lecture, Australian Mathematical Society 49th Annual Meeting, Perth, Australia, 2005
Invited Speaker, 11th IMA Conference on the Mathematics of Surfaces, Loughborough, England, 2005
Invited Speaker, 5th International Conference on Curves and Surfaces, Saint Malo, France, 2002
Invited Speaker, Mathematics and Visualization 2002 Workshop, Berlin, Germany, 2002
Invited Speaker, Surface Approximation and Visualization II Conference, Westport, New Zealand, 2002
Associate Editor, Advances in Computational Mathematics (Springer), 2001-2014
Invited Speaker, EuroConference on CAE Integration – Tools, Trends, and Technologies, Cambridge, England, 2001
Co-Chair, SIAM Conference on Geometric Design and Computing, Sacramento CA, 2001
Invited Speaker, Geometric Modeling and Processing Conference, University of Hong Kong, China, 2000
Chair, MSRI Workshop on Mathematical Foundations of CAD, Berkeley CA, 1999
Chair, SIAM Workshop on Integration of CAD and CFD, Davis CA, 1999
Co-Chair, SIAM Conference on Geometric Design, Albuquerque NM, 1999
Invited Speaker, 4th International Conference on Curves and Surfaces, Saint Malo, France, 1999
Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Geometric Design, 1999-2001
Pi Tau Sigma Professor of the Term Award, University of Michigan, 1998
Invited Speaker, 8th IMA Conference on the Mathematics of Surfaces, Birmingham, England, 1998
Excellence in Teaching Award, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1997
Invited Speaker, Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces Conference, Lillehammer, Norway, 1997
Invited Speaker, 6th IMA Conference on the Mathematics of Surfaces, Brunel University, England, 1994
Invited Speaker, International Conference on Computer-Aided Geometric Design, Penang, Malaysia, 1994
Invited Speaker, SIAM 40th Anniversary Meeting, Los Angeles CA, 1992
Invited Speaker, 2nd SIAM Conference on Geometric Design, Tempe AZ, 1991
Invited Speaker, Conference on Curves, Surfaces, CAGD, and Image Processing, Biri, Norway, 1991
Invited Speaker, Geometric Modeling Workshop, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 1991
Associate Editor, Computer Aided Geometric Design (Elsevier), 1990-2014
Invited Speaker, SIAM Conference on Geometric Design, Tempe AZ, 1989
Oustanding Technical Achievement Award, IBM Research Division, 1988
Invited Speaker, 3rd IMA Conference on the Mathematics of Surfaces, Oxford, England, 1988
Graduate Student Prize, Astronomical Society of New York, 1982
Andrew D. White Fellowship, Cornell University, 1978-1981
Maurice Lubbock Memorial Prize in Engineering Science, Oxford University, 1978
Open Scholarship, New College, Oxford, 1975-1978