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Terence Langdon
William E. Leonard Professor in Engineering and Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Earth Sciences

Contact Information
Office: OHE 430G
Phone: (213)740-0491
E-mail: langdon@usc.edu

 

Education

B.S. Physics with Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Bristol, U.K., 1/1961
Ph.D. Physical Metallurgy, Imperial College, University of London, U.K., 1/1965
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

William E. Leonhard Professor of Engineering, University of Southern California, 01/01/2003-  
Professor, USC, Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Earth Sciences, 01/01/2000-  
Professor, USC, Departments of Material Science, Mechanical Engineering and Earth Sciences, 01/01/1976-  
Associate Professor, USC, Departments of Material Science and Mechanical Engineering, 01/01/1971-  
Chairman, USC, Department of Materials Science, 01/01/1988-01/01/1990  
Research Associate, Department of Metallurgy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 01/01/1969-01/01/1971  
Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, England, 01/01/1968-01/01/1969  
Visiting Scientist, Edgar C. Bain Laboratory for Fundamental Research, U.S. Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 01/01/1967-01/01/1968  
Research Metallurgist, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 01/01/1965-01/01/1967  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Professor Langdon's research interests include mechanical properties of metals and ceramics, creep, superplasticity, ultrafine-grained materials, and processing using severe plastic deformation.
 

Honors and Awards

IUMRS Somiya Award, International Union of Materials Research Societies, 2005  
Structural Materials Division Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award, TMS, 2005  
USC Associates Award For Creativity In Research And Scholarship, 2004  
Doctor honoris causa, Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow, Russia, 2003  
Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), U.K. , 2002  
Henry Marion Howe Medal, ASM International , 2000  
Honorary Academician, Academy of Sciences of the Bashkortostan Republic, Russia , 1994  
D.Sc., Physics, University of Bristol, U.K., 1980  
 

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards

Editorial Advisory Board, Materials Science and Engineering A, 2004  
Editorial Advisory Board, Scientia Iranica, 1998  
Editorial Board, Materials Science Forum, 1996  
Editorial Board, Journal of High Temperature Materials and Processes, 1994  
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Materials Science Letters, 1982  
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Materials Science, 1978  
 
 
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