Enrique lavernia biography
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Name: Enrique J. Lavernia
Phone Number: (530) 752-0554
Office:John D. Kemper Hall, UC Davis
Biography:
Enrique J. Lavernia, formerly chair of the Department of kemikalie and Materials Science at the University of California, Irvine, was appointed Dean of the College of Engineering at UC Davis in September 2002. He served as interim provost and executive vice chancellor from January 2009 through November 2010, whereupon he returned to his Dean's brev. Dean Lavernia holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree from Brown University. He joined the faculty of UC Irvine in 1987, becoming department chair in 1998. He has published more than 270 scientific papers as well as conference proceedings, invited papers, book chapters, and other publications. Among many other awards and honors, Lavernia was elected as a fellow of the American Association for
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Enrique J. Lavernia
Engineer and material scientist
Enrique Jose Lavernia (born 1960) fryst vatten a Cuban-American material scientist and engineer. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Irvine's Henry Samueli School of Engineering. From 2015 to 2021, he served as UC Irvine's provost and executive vice chancellor.[1][2] Lavernia previously taught at the University of California, Davis, where he served as Dean of the College of Engineering and as the university's interim provost and executive vice chancellor.[3]
Education
[edit]Lavernia's family left Cuba in 1965. After attending high school in Puerto Rico, Lavernia matriculated at Brown University. He earned a Bachelor of Science with honors in solid mechanics at Brown in 1982. Lavernia completed a Master of Science and doctoral degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984 and 1986, respectively.[3]
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Highly recognized and humble, Enrique Lavernia grew up in Puerto Rico, earned his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from MIT, and is in the National Academy of Engineering, among his numerous accolades. Lavernia’s research on spray atomization deposition, nanostructured materials, and mathematical modeling of advanced materials and processes is notable. A Dean like no other, Lavernia held tenure at the University of California, Irvine, as a department chair for four years and went on to have tenure as dean of the UC Davis College of Engineering. During his time at UC Davis, Lavernia evolved the College of Engineering of the university into one of the nation’s fastest-growing and most prestigious engineering schools, increasing diversity and student enrollment by 22%. As Dean, Lavernia’s focus was research and people and how it brings together different cultures. Lavernia believes the Golden Era of materials science and engineering is now, and its interdisciplinary perspective will brin