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Jacobs School of Engineering Dept. of NanoEngineering Materials Science & Engineering

Jian Luo Professor University of California, San Diego   Structural and Materials Engineering Building, Room 244G   9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0448, La Jolla, CA 92093

Professional Appointments

• University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

  • Professor (2013- ), Jacobs School of Engineering: Department of NanoEngineering; Program of Materials Science and Engineering  

• Clemson University, Clemson, SC

  • Professor (2012.8-2012.12); Associate Professor (2009-2012); Assistant Professor (2003-2009), Department of Materials Science and Engineering

  • An affiliated faculty member of  the Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

  • Summer faculty research appointment in the Ceramic Science and Technology Group via the HERE@ORNL program, 2005 (1 month)  

• Lucent Technologies, Inc. and OFS, Norcross, GA

  • Member of Technical Staff, June 2001 - August 2003

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

  • Ph.D., Ceramics, June 2001

  • M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, June 1999

• Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

  • B.E., Materials Science and Engineering, July 1994

  • B.E., Electronics and Computer Technology (dual-degree program), July 1994

Selected Awards and Honors 

• Fellow, ASM International, 2022

• Academician, the World Academy of Ceramics (WAC), 2021 

• Brimacombe Medalist, the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2019

• Fellow, the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), 2016

• Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow, 2014

• Faculty Achievement in the Sciences Award, Clemson University College of Engineering and Science, 2011

• Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator, 2007

• National Science Foundation CAREER award, 2005

• Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 2005 

Selected Professional Activities

• Selected Recent Professional Service: 

  • Chair, 2018 Gordon Research Conference, Solid State Studies in Ceramics

  • Vice Chair, 2016 Gordon Research Conference, Solid State Studies in Ceramics

  • Chair (2012-2013), Basic Science Division, The American Ceramic Society

  • Vice Chair (2011-2012), Basic Science Division, The American Ceramic Society

  • Secretary (2010-2011), Basic Science Division, The American Ceramic Society

  • Chair (2012-2014), Thin Films and Interfaces committee, TMS  

  • Vice Chair (2010-2012), Thin Films and Interfaces committee, TMS   

• Teaching: 

  • UCSD NANO 108 Materials Science and Engineering

  • UCSD MATS 201A/ECE 238/NANO 265: Thermodynamics of Solids

  • UCSD NANO 158: Phase Transformations/Kinetics

  • UCSD NANO 1: Nanoengineering Seminar

  • UCSD NANO 120B: Nanoengineering System Design II (Capstone Design)

  • UCSD NANO 120B: Nanoengineering System Design I

  • Clemson MSE827: Kinetics of Materials I, fall 2005-2008 and 2010-2012

  • Clemson MSE828: Kinetics of Materials II, spring 2005-2012

  • Clemson CME 327: Transport Phenomena, fall 2007-2009 

  • Clemson CME342: Structure/Property Lab, spring 2009 (team-taught with Dr. E. C. Skaar), spring 2009

  • Clemson MSE812: Materials Science and Engineering II, spring 2004 (team-taught with Dr. B. I. Lee) 

  • Clemson CME823: Transmission Electron Microscopy, fall 2004

• Presentations:

  • Professor Luo has given or co-authored ~300 research presentations, including

    • > 60 invited research seminars worldwide and

    • ~100 invited and keynote talks at national and international conferences.

  • For example, Professor Luo has given 35 invited talks at MS&T, TMS, MRS, ACerS Daytona Beach ICACC and other major national/international ceramic and materials conferences and 13 invited seminars in the three years prior to the COVID-19 travel restrictions (i.e., 16 invited talks per year), which is a testimony of the impact of his research.