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Vijay K. Dhir
BornGiddarbaha, Punjab
NationalityUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Kentucky
Punjab Engineering College
Scientific career
FieldsMechanical engineering, Aerospace engineering, Chemical engineering, Biomolecular engineering
InstitutionsUCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Vijay K. Dhir is the former Dean of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, holding the position from March 2003 to January 2016. He is also a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, joining the UCLA faculty in 1974. He is the principal investigator of the Boiling eXperiment Facility - Nucleate Pool Boiling eXperiment (BXF-NPBX), which was conducted in micro-g environment on the International Space Station to understand bubble growth, detachment and subsequent motion of single and large merged bubbles boiling in micro-g environment.

Dhir was born in Giddarbaha, in Punjab and raised in India. He received his B.E. and M.Tech. degrees (Punjab Engineering College and Indian Institute of Technology). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1972 from the University of Kentucky.

Career

Prior to becoming the dean at the school, Dhir served as vice chair (1988–1991) and chair (1994–2000) of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Then he served as the school's associate dean for academic and faculty issues and as Interim Dean (2002–2003). He has retired from this position since and is now serving as a professor at UCLA.

Honors

He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering since 2006, one of the highest honors for engineers. In 2004, he received the Max Jakob Memorial Award.

References

  1. UCLA Samueli School of Engineering
  2. "UCLA MAE Faculty". Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  3. NASA Boiling eXperiment Facility - Nucleate Pool Boiling eXperiment (BXF-NPBX) Archived March 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. About Vijay K Dhir

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