Engineering Mechanical

Jonathan A. Dantzig

Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering Voice: 217-***-****

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign FAX: 217-***-****

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Urbana, IL 61801

URL : http : //mechse.illinois.edu/research/dantzig

Research Interests:

Materials processing, especially solidi cation and casting processes. Mathematical

modeling of solidi cation processes in metals and biological systems, and microstruc-

ture formation. Specialties include nite element methods, heat transfer and uid

dynamics.

Education:

Ph.D., Mechanics and Materials Science, The Johns Hopkins University, 1977

M.S.E., Mechanics, The Johns Hopkins University, 1975

B.S.E., Mechanics, The Johns Hopkins University, 1972

Employment:

Invited Professor, Ecole Polytechnique F d rale de Lausanne, 2005-present

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Visiting Researcher, National Institute for Standards and Technology, 2004

Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, 2008 - present

W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor of Mechanical Engineering,

2003 - 2008

Professor, 1996 - 2008

Division Head, Design and Materials, 1993 - 1996

Associate Professor, 1987 - 1996

Assistant Professor, 1982 - 1987

Courses taught:

ME231: Introduction to Materials Behavior and Processing

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ME261: Instrumentation and Control

ME280: Senior Capstone Design

ME345: Introduction to Finite Element Analysis

ME351: Introduction to Materials Processing (New)

ME389: Introduction to Solidi cation Processing

ME452: Advanced Solidi cation Processing

ME497: Advanced Modeling of Materials Processing (New)

Visiting Research Scientist, NCSA, 1990-91

Olin Metals Research Laboratories

New Haven, CT

Senior Research Scientist, 1980 - 1982

Research Scientist, 1978 - 1980

University of New Haven

New Haven, CT

Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1978-1982

Honors and Awards:

Distinguished Educator Award: TMS, 2009

W. A. Agnew/C. N. Goodall Award from Railway Division of IMechE for Heat

Transfer Modeling of Rail Thermite Welds and Weld Defect Formation in Rail

Thermite Welds, J. Rail and Rapid Transit, Proceedings Part F, 2006

Keynote speaker: Modeling of Casting, Welding and Advanced Solidi cation

Processes-XI, Opio, France, 2006

College of Engineering Award for Teaching Excellence: UIUC, 2005

Bruce Chalmers Award: TMS, 2005. Citation: For his many landmark contri-

butions to the development and application of rigorous tools for computational

modeling of solidi cation processes.

W. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UIUC,

2003

Invited speaker: Gordon Conference on Gravitational Effects in Physico-Chemical

Systems, 2001

Keynote Speaker: EuroMat, Munich, 1999

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Invited Speaker: Cutting Edge of Computer Simulation of Solidi cation and

Processes, Osaka University, 1999

Invited Speaker: Computer Simulation of Microstructures, TMS Fall Meeting,

Cincinnati, 1999

Fellow, ASM International, 1998

Best Poster, 8th Engineering Foundation Conference on Modeling of Casting and

Advanced Solidi cation, 1998

Keynote Speaker: SolFIDAP, Berlin, 1998

Invited Speaker: Los Alamos National Laboratory Summer Workshop, Los Alamos,

1996

Keynote Speaker: Gordon Conference on Physical Metallurgy, New Hampshire,

1996

Invited Speaker: Institute for Mechanics and Materials, Brown University, 1995

Invited US participant in 2nd US-Japan Seminar on Solidi cation Processing of

Advanced Materials, New Hampshire, 1994

Keynote Speaker: Modeling of Casting, Welding and Advanced Solidi cation

Processes VI, Palm Coast, FL, March 1993

Invited presentation: Optimization of Solidi cation Processes at NATO Work-

shop on Interaction of Convection with Interfaces, Chamonix, France, March

1992

Best Paper, 5th Engineering Foundation Conference on Modeling of Casting and

Advanced Solidi cation, 1990

Invited US participant in 1st US-Japan Seminar on Solidi cation Processing of

Advanced Materials, Oiso, Japan, 1990

Member, NASA Metals and Alloys Discipline Working Group, 1984 - 1998

Union Oil Young Faculty Award, 1985-88

Arnold O. Beckman Award, University Research Board, UIUC, 1982

Sigma Xi, 1982

Phi Beta Kappa, 1972

Tau Beta Pi, 1971

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Professional Society Activities

Instructor for Solidi cation, a one-week short course sponsored annually by

ESI (formerly CALCOM) 1997, 1999-present. This course has been taught since

1999 in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. The typical audience each year consists of

25-30 engineers from 15 different countries all over the world.

Member of Scienti c Committee, Modeling of Casting, Welding and Advanced

Solidi cation Processes - XI, 2005

Panel Member, Bridging Design and Manufacturing, National Research Council,

2003-2004

Member of Steering Committee, Processing and Properties of Semi-Solid Mate-

rials - 5, 1998

Member of Organizing Committee, Modeling of Casting, Welding and Advanced

Solidi cation Processes - VIII, Engineering Foundation, 1998

Co-Chairman of symposium, Modeling. Characterization and Control of Mi-

crostructure, TMS-AIME, 1997

Member of Organizing Committee, Modeling of Casting, Welding and Advanced

Solidi cation Processes - VII, Engineering Foundation, 1996

Co-Chairman of symposium, Nature and Properties of Semi-Solid Materials,

TMS-AIME, 1992

Conference Chairman, Modeling of Casting and Welding Processes - II, Engi-

neering Foundation, 1983

Member, ASM International, 1972-Present

Member, TMS-AIME, 1977-Present

- Member, Information Technology Committee

- Member, Solidi cation Committee (Chair, 1988-89)

- Member, SCAMP Committee

Journal Editorships and Reviewerships

Key Reader, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions - A (Chairman of Board

of Review, 1995-1996)

Key Reader, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions - B

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Editorial Board, Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Reviewer, Journal of Computational Physics

Reviewer, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering

Reviewer, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering

Reviewer, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Fluids

Reviewer, Journal of Engineering for Industry

Reviewer, Materials Science and Engineering

Reviewer, Physica D

Reviewer, Physical Review E

Reviewer, National Science Foundation

Reviewer, NASA

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