Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Nasr Ghoniem
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- 48-121, Eng IV
- ghoniem@ucla.edu
- (310) 825-4866
Faculty Information
Research and Interests
Damage and Failure of Materials in Mechanical Design; Mechanics and Physics of Material Defects (point defects, dislocations, voids and cracks); Material Degradation in Severe Environments (e.g. Nuclear, Fusion, Rocket Engines, etc.); Plasma and Laser Processing; Materials Non-equilibrium, Pattern formation and Instability Phenomena; Radiation Interaction with Materials (neutrons, electrons, particles, laser & photons).
Notable Publications and Books
Education
Wisconsin, 1977
Awards and Recognition
- Royal Society of London Visiting Professorship Award
- Outstanding Achievement Award of American Nuclear Society
- Fellow of the American Nuclear Society
- Outstanding Young Man of America Award
- Kan Tong Po Visiting Professorship in Hong Kong, Royal Society of London
- Research Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Who’s Who in Frontier Science and Technology
- International Who’s Who in Energy and Nuclear Science
- UCLA Faculty–Staff Partnership Award
- General Chair, Second International Conference on Multiscale Materials Modeling
- Chair, NSF Review Panel
- Outstanding Achievement Award of American Nuclear Society, Materials, and Fusion Energy Divisions
- Fellow of the American Nuclear Society
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics
- Fellow of the Materials Research Society
- Fellow of the Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences