Department of Materials Science & Engineering
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

E-mail: anil.virkar@m.cc.utah.edu
Web: www.mse.utah.edu/faculty/virkar.html

EDUCATION:
B. Tech. (Honors), Metallurgical Engineering; Indian Institute of Technology; Bombay, India; June 1967
M. S., Engineering Mechanics; Louisiana State University; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; January 1969
Ph. D., Materials Science; Northwestern University; Evanston, Illinois; August 1973

EXPERIENCE:

• Academic:
  July 1984 to Present: Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Utah.
  July 1979 to June 1984: Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Utah
  July 1976 to June 1979: Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Utah

• Research:
  August 1974 to June 1976: Research Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering.
  September 1973 to July 1974: Research Associate, Materials Science & Engineering
  March 1969 to July 1973: Graduate Research Assistant, Materials Science, Northwestern University; "Fracture Behavior of Zirconium- Zirconia Composites", Ph. D. Dissertation.
  September 1967 to December 1968: Graduate Research Assistant, Engineering Mechanics, Louisiana State University; "X-Ray Investigations in the Mo-Ni-X (X:Si, Zr, Al, Nb and Ta) Systems", M. S. Thesis.

• Industrial:
  Consultant to several companies including Hercules, Dow Chemical, Allied-Signal, Texas Instruments, Ceramatec, and several small companies.
  Collaborative work with Ford Motors, Ford Aeroneutronic, Dow Chemical, Westinghouse.
  Founding member of Ceramatec.
  Co-founder of Materials and Systems Research, Inc.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
Served in the following capacity. Director of Graduate Recruitment (eight years). Retention, Promotion, Tenure Committee Chairman (two two years terms), University Research Committee (two years), College Curriculum Committee (three years), Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Materials (two years), Director of SOFC Center (current), Research Misconduct Committee (current appointment), Search Committee for the Director of OSP, Acting Chair of Materials Science & Engineering, Chair - Search Committee for the Position of the Dean of College of Engineering.

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