New Chair for Materials Science & Engineering

August 20 , 2009

Nikolas Provatas has been appointed Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. His appointment is for a five-year period effective July 1.

Prof. Provatas earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal. His research focus is in computational modeling of microstructural properties of materials, which involves the use of mathematical modeling and high-performance computing.