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August 23, 2005
Dr. Enrique Barrera, Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University, 8/3/05
Dr. Enrique V. Barrera is Professor and Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Rice University. Dr. Barrera is a recipient of the 2002 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, which he received in a White House ceremony in March 2003. In 2004 he was selected as a Fellow of the American Society of Materials.
Dr. Barrera’s research focus is on the processing and development of nanocomposite/hybrids and nanotube systems. He has initiated the Outreach with Mexico Program and the Materials Technology Consortium, and he is a Cluster Leader for the Rice NSF Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate program. Dr. Barrera has published 120 journal papers and has nine patents submitted in nanomaterials development.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at Rice University is a strong engineering department. Members of the faculty hold over 100 teaching awards and have a similar number of patents. The department has core faculty in Computational Fluids, Nanomaterials, Solid Mechanics, and Robotics and Megatronics. The faculty are heavily funded by NSF, DOD, NASA, and many other generous sources.
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