Vinayak Dravid, Ph.D. Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Director, NUANCE Center Northwestern University 2220 Campus Drive 1133 Cook Hall Evanston, IL 60208-3108 http://northwestern.edu/vpdgroup v-dravid@northwestern.edu Phone:   (847) 467-1363 Facsimile:   (847) 467-6573

Project Assistant:

Ann Snyder       (847) 491-7795
a-snyder@northwestern.edu       or       dravid-sec@northwestern.edu

NUANCE Business Executive:

Ms. Ruth McCullough       (847)467-2318
r-mccullough@northwestern.edu

 

Professor Vinayak P. Dravid received his Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Metallurgical Engineering in 1984 from IIT Bombay, INDIA. He was awarded his PhD in Material Science and Engineering in 1990 from Lehigh University, after which he gathered his courage and ventured into academics, right away, at Northwestern University.

Vinayak (wee naa yuk') is now a professor of Materials Science & Engineering, and directs a multiple facility center called: NUANCE (NU Atomic- and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental) Center.

Vinayak's teaching and research interests revolve around nanoscale phenomena in materials. Click here for details on research activities.

Vinayak serves a member or an executive officer at several world-renowned NU research centers such as: International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN), Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), Materials Research Center (MRC), Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE), Center for Catalysis and Surface Science (CCSS), Institute for Environmental Catalysis (IEC).

• NSF Young Investigator Award (1991-6)
• Exxon Foundation Fellowship (1992-)
• IBM Faculty Development Award (1994-)
• 1996 Burton Medal, Microscopy Society of America (MSA)
• 1998 R.L. Coble Award from the American Ceramic Society(ACerS
• Kurt Heinrich Award from the Microbeam Analysis Society (1999)
• Distinguished Alumni Service Award, IIT Bombay, India (2001)
• ASM-IIM Visiting Faculty Fellow (2001)
• NIH Sabbatical Faculty Fellow (2001-2)
• Teacher of the Year (2001-2)
• Elected Fellow: American Ceramic Society (2003)
• First McCormick Faculty Excellence Award (2006)
• 6th McBain Memorial Award, NCL, India (2007)

• Editor (Materials Science), Microscopy and Microanalysis (Flagship journal of the Microscopy Society of America- MSA)
• Principal Editor, Journal of Materials Research (Flagship journal of the Materials Research Society- MRS)
• Editorial Board, Journal of Microscopy (Royal Microscopical Society,UK)
• Reviewer/panelist for: NSF, DOE and DOD
• Reviewer/Editor of special issues: APL, PRL, JACerS, Nature, Science, Acta Mater., JMR, JECS, Nano Letters, among many others.
• Professional memberships: ACerS, MRS, MSA, MAS, APS, ACS, AAAS
• Founding member: International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN)
• Board of Directors: IIT Bombay Heritage Fund (US alumni association for IITB)
• Founding member: Faculty Academic Network (FAN)