Ronald G. Larson

Ronald G. Larson
Chair and George Granger Brown Professor of Chemical Engineering

3074F Dow
(734) 936-0772
FAX: (734) 763-0459
rlarson@umich.edu

Complex fluids, polymers, fluid mechanics, surfactants, biomolecules, transport theory, rheology, instabilities, constitutive theory.


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Biographical Information

Family: wife Bebe and children Rachel (18), Emily (16), Andrew (15), and Eric (12)

Education

Professional Experience

	University of Michigan Chemical Engineering Department Ann Arbor, Michigan
	Chair and GG. Brown Professor	2000-
	Professor	1996-
	Bell Laboratories Member of Technical Staff	1980-1996

Recent Honors and Awards

	Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2003
	Bingham Medal, Society of Rheology, 2002
	Alpha Chi Sigma Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2000
	Publication Award, Journal of Rheology, 1999
	Excellence Award, Chem. Eng. Dept., UM, 1998
	Prudential Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Cambridge Univ., England, 1996
	Fellow, American Physical Society, 1994
	Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Bell Labs, 1988

Professional Service

	AIChE Professional Progress Award Committee	1999-2000
	Ford Prize Committee, American Phys. Soc.	1997-1998
	Fluid Mechanics Steering Committee, AIChE	1990-1995, 2001-
	Editorial Board – Rheol. Acta	1994–
	Executive Committee, Society of Rheology	1991-2001
	President, Society of Rheology	1997-1999

Last Updated: October 2005

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