Terence Langdon
Professor Emeritus of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Education
- 1965, Doctoral Degree, Imperial College
- 1961, Bachelor's Degree, University of Bristol
Biography
USC Academic Positions:2013-: Professor Emeritus, Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
2003-2012: William E. Leonhard Professor of Engineering, University of Southern California
2000-2012: Professor, Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
1988-90: Chairman, Department of Materials Science, University of Southern California
1976: Professor, Departments of Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
1971: Associate Professor, Departments of Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California
Other Professional Positions:
2012-: Professor of Materials Science, Director, Centre for Bulk Nanostructured Materials, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
1969-71: Research Associate, Department of Metallurgy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1968-69: Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, England
1967-68: Visiting Scientist, Edgar C. Bain Laboratory for Fundamental Research, U.S. Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania
1965-67: Research Metallurgist, Inorganic Materials Research Division, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California
Research Summary
Mechanical properties of metals and ceramics, creep, superplasticity, processing and properties of ultrafine-grained materials, severe plastic deformationAwards
- 2018 The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society TMS Oleg D. Sherby Award
- 2016 Peter the First Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University Degree of Doctor of Science Honoris Causa
- 2015 Republic of Bashkortostan (Russian Federation) State Award in Science and Technology
- 2014 Academia Europaea Elected Fellow
- 2013 USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2012 Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad Challenge Lecturer
- 2012 Acta Materialia Acta Materialia Gold Medal
- 2011 Materials Research Society Elected Fellow
- 2011 NanoSPD International Conferences NanoSPD Achievement Award
- 2009 Congress on Nanotechnologies, Russia Bulk Nanostructured Materials Honours Award
- 2009 American Association for the Advancement of Science Elected Fellow
- 2009 Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Honorary Medal "De Scientia et Humanitate Optime Meritis"
- 2009 Chinese Academy of Sciences Lee Hsun Award and Lecture
- 2009 Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Memorial Medal of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
- 2008 European Academy of Sciences Blase Pascal Medal in Material Science
- 2008 European Academy of Sciences Elected Fellow
- 2007 ASM International Albert Sauveur Achievement Award
- 2006 THERMEC International Conferences THERMEC Distinguished Award
- 2005 The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Elected Fellow
- 2005 TMS Structural Materials Division Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award
- 2005 International Union of Materials Research Societies Somiya Award
- 2005 Japan Institute of Metals Elected Honoray Member
- 2004 USC Associates Award For Creativity In Research And Scholarship
- 2004 The World Innovation Foundation Elected Fellow
- 2003 Russian Academy of Sciences Degree of Doctor honoris causa
- 2003 William E. Leonhard Professor of Engineering, USC Endowed Chair Professorship
- 2002 Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K. Elected Fellow (FREng)
- 2000 ASM International Henry Marion Howe Medal
- 1994 Academy of Sciences of the Bashkortostan Republic, Russia Elected Foreign Member
- 1991 ASM International Elected Fellow
- 1981 The American Ceramic Society Elected Fellow
- 1980 University of Bristol, U.K. Degree of D.Sc.
- 1975 The Institute of Materials, U.K. Elected Fellow
- 1972 The Institute of Physics, U.K. Elected Fellow
Appointments
- Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
- Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Terence Langdon has not listed an office location.
- langdon@usc.edu