Educational Background
B.S, 1967, University of California, Berkeley
M.S., 1969, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sc.D., 1973, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching Awards at UC Davis
- Magnar Ronning Award for Teaching Excellence, University of California, Davis 1984.
- Magnar Ronning Award for Teaching Excellence, 1991.
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Davis Student Chapter, Outstanding Professor Award, 1992.
- UC Davis Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, 1995.
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Davis Student Chapter, Outstanding Professor Award, 2006.
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Davis Student Chapter, Outstanding Professor Award, 2010.
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Davis Student Chapter, Outstanding Professor Award, 2011.
Sabbatical Awards
- Paul J. Flory Sabbatical Fellowship at the IBM Almaden Research Center, 1988-1989.
- Max-Planck-Institute Sabbatical Honorarium for research at the MPI fur Polymerforschung, Mainz, Germany, March 1996 to October 1996.
- FRONTIS Professor of Nanotechnology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, 2003-2004.
- Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Sabbatical Professor Award, Spring quarter 2010.