Robert M. McMeeking | |
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Education | Allan Glen's School |
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Doctoral advisor | James R. Rice |
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Institutions | UC Santa Barbara |
Robert Maxwell McMeeking (born May 22,1950) is a Scottish-born engineer. [1] He is currently Tony Evans Distinguished Professor of Structural Materials and of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California,Santa Barbara. McMeeking has been widely recognized for his contributions to applied mechanics [2] [3] for which was awarded the 2014 Timoshenko Medal. [4] He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh,National Academy of Engineering and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. [1]
Robert Maxwell McMeeking was born on May 22,1950,in Glasgow,Scotland. After graduating from Allan Glen's School,he attended the University of Glasgow,earning a Bachelor of Science in 1972. At the university,he studied under Ian Sneddon;Sneddon recommended McMeeking pursue graduate studies at Brown University,where James R. Rice was teaching at the time. McMeeking earned a M.Sc. and Ph.D. at Brown University in 1974 and 1977,respectively,under the direction of Rice. [1]
McMeeking held positions at Stanford University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign before joining the faculty of the University of California,Santa Barbara in 1985. From 1992 to 1995 and 1999 to 2003,McMeeking chaired the university's Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering. [1] In 2015,he was named the inaugural Tony Evans Chair in Structural Materials. [5]
In 2014,McMeeking received the Timoshenko Medal in recognition of his "pioneering contributions to broad areas of applied mechanics." [4] [1] The same year,he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for “significant contributions in the understanding of how complex materials deform and break and for advancing fundamental engineering knowledge.” [6] He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. [1]
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