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Ph.D. M.Sc. B.Sc. Robert CLARK Senior Vice President for Research and Dean, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Rochester; Director, Minerals Technologies Incorporated; Rochester

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1992 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1996-2001 Director, Center for Applied Control, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
1998-2000 Associate Professor, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
1999-2000 Chief Technology Officer, Imeron, Cary, North Carolina
2000-2001 Professor, Duke University
2001-2003 Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor, Duke University
2001-2007 Director, Center for Biologically Inspired Materials and Material Systems, Duke University
2001-2003 Senior Associate Dean for Research, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
since 2003 Secondary Appointment, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Thomas Lord Professor of Engineering, Duke University
2003-2007 Senior Associate Dean, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
2007 Chair, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University
2007-2008 Dean, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
since 2008 Professor, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Rochester
2008-2016 Dean, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Rochester
since 2010 Director, Minerals Technologies Incorporated (MTX)
2012-2016 Senior Vice President for Research, University of Rochester
since 2016 Provost and Senior Vice President for Research, University of Rochester

Mitgliedschaften

Fellow, ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1993
Fellow, ASA - Acoustical Society of America, 1997
Associate Fellow of the AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1998
ASEE - American Society of Engineering Educators, 2005
Biophysical Society, 2008
Austrian Institute of Technology (Appointed Chair 2013)
Sweetwater Technologies
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Publikationen

R. L. Clark et al: Atomic force microscope based nanofabrication of master pattern molds for use in soft lithography, Applied Physics Letters , 91 (23), 123111, 2007
R. L. Clark et al: Minimizing Pulling Geometry Errors in Atomic Force Microscope Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy, Biophysical Journal, 95 (8), 3991-3998, 2008
R. L. Clark et al: Towards Holonomic Control of Janus Particles in Optomagnetic Traps, Advanced Materials, 2009
R. L. Clark et al: Inkless Microcontact Printing on SAMs of Boc- and TBS-Protected Thiols, Nano Letters, 10 (1), 43-46, 2010

Auszeichnungen

ASME Award for Best Paper in Adaptive Structures, 1993
PECASE - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in recognition of outstanding research and development, 1997
R. Bruce Lindsey Award, Acoustical Society of America, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the science of acoustics, 1998
Rayleigh Lecture, ASME International Congress, 2005
ASME Design Engineering Division Best Paper Award, 2008
Engineer of the Year Award, Rochester Engineering Society, 2015