Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
FRANK W. CROSSMAN is director of Material Sciences for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory. He received his B.S. from Cornell University and his M.E. and Ph.D. in materials science from Standford University. He is a former member of the National Materials Advisory Board.
JAN D. ACHENBACH is professor and director of the Center for Quality Engineering and Failure Prevention at Northwestern University. He received his Ph.D. from Standford University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering.
HAROLD L. GEGEL is director of the Processing Science Division of Universal Energy Systems in Dayton, Ohio. He received his B.S. from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from Ohio State University. He was previously a research metallurgist for the Air Force Materials Laboratory.
RICHARD N. HADCOCK is vice president of RNH Associates. He was previously director of advanced development for Grumman Aerospace Corporation. He received his B.S. from the Royal Aeronautical Society in Britain and is a Chartered Engineer.
THOMAS S. KACZMAREK is system architect and program manager, Math Based Process for Dies for the North American Operations Manufacturing Center of General Motors. He received his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin and his M.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in computer and information sciences from the University of Pennsylvania.
J. GILBERT KAUFMAN is vice president of Technology for The Aluminum Association. He was previously President of The National Materials Property Data Network. He received his B.S., C.E., and M.C.E. at Carnegie Mellon University.
MICHAEL ORTIZ is professor of engineering in the engineering department of Brown University. He received his B.S. from the University of Madrid and his M.S. and Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
FRIEDRICH B. PRINZ is Rodney H. Adams professor of engineering in the departments of mechanical engineering and materials science, Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Vienna, Austria.
JAN SCHREURS is a fellow scientist at the Westinghouse Science and Technology Center. He received his Ph.D. in materials science from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
VOLKER WEISS is professor and chairman of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering Center at Syracuse University. He is also director of their Engineering Physics Program. He received his B.A. from the Vienna Technical University and M.S. and Ph.D. in solid state sciences and technology from Syracuse University.
