Terence Langdon

Education:

1965 Ph.D. Physical Metallurgy, Imperial College, University of London, U.K.

1961 B.Sc. Physics with Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Bristol, U.K.

USC Academic Positions:

2013-: Professor Emeritus, Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Earth Sciences, University of Southern California

2003-2012: William E. Leonhard Professor of Engineering, University of Southern California

2000-2012: Professor, Departments of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Earth Sciences, University of Southern California

1988-90: Chairman, Department of Materials Science, University of Southern California 

1976: Professor, Departments of Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Southern California

1971: Associate Professor, Departments of Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California

Other Professional Positions:

1969-71: Research Associate, Department of Metallurgy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

1968-69: Research Fellow, Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, England

1967-68: Visiting Scientist, Edgar C. Bain Laboratory for Fundamental Research, U.S. Steel Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania

1965-67: Research Metallurgist, Inorganic Materials Research Division, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California

Research Interests:

Mechanical properties of metals and ceramics, creep, superplasticity, processing and properties of ultrafine-grained materials, severe plastic deformation

Concurrent appointments:

2005-: Research Professor of Materials Science, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, U.K.

2001-: Visiting Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

2001-2005: Visiting Professor, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Southampton, U.K.

1998: Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark

1997: Visiting Senior Fellow, International Center for Advanced Studies, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

1991: JSPS Senior Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

1984: Professor and Chairman, School of Metallurgy, University of New South Wales, Australia

1984: Visiting Scientist, Metallurgy Department, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark

1981: Visiting Professor, Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

1977-78: Visiting Professor, Department of Metallurgy, University of Melbourne, Australia

Professional Societies:

The Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K., Fellow (FREng)

Academia Europaea, Fellow

European Academy of Sciences, Fellow

Academy of Sciences of the Bashkortostan Republic (Russia), Foreign Member

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow

The American Ceramic Society, Fellow

ASM International, Fellow

The Materials Research Society, Fellow

The Institute of Physics, Fellow

The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Fellow

The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Fellow

The Japan Institute of Metals, Honorary Member

The American Geophysical Union, Life Member

The American Institute of Physics, Member

The National Institute of Ceramic Engineers, Member

Professional registration:

2004-: C.Sci. - Chartered Scientist, U.K.

1985-: C.Phys. - Chartered Physicist, U.K.

1978-: C.Eng. - Chartered Engineer, U.K.

Honors and Awards:

2015: Friend of the Faculty Award, Faculty of Material Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw

2013: USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award

2012: Acta Materialia Gold Medal

2011: NanoSPD Achievement Award, NanoSPD International Conferences

2009: Honorary Medal "De Scientia et Humanitate Optime Meritis," Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

2009: Memorial Medal of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague

2009: Bulk Nanostructured Materials Honours Award, Congress on Nanotechnologies

2009: Lee Hsun Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2008: Blaise Pascal Medal in Material Science, European Academy of Sciences

2007: Albert Sauveur Achievement Award, ASM International

2006: THERMEC Distinguished Award, THERMEC International Conferences

2005: Somiya Award, International Union of Materials Research Societies

2005: Structural Materials Division Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award, TMS

2004: USC Associates Award for Creativity in Research and Scholarhip

2003: Doctor honoris causa, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia 

2000: Henry Marion Howe Medal, ASM International

1980: D.Sc., Physics, University of Bristol, U.K.

Current editorial appointments:

2014-: International Advisory Editor, Journal of Materials Research and Technology

2012-: Editorial Board, Journal of Materials Research and Technology

2012-: Advisory Committee, Journal of Forming Processes

2012-: Advisory Board, Materials Research Letters

2011-: Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Ultrafine-Grained and Nanostructured Materials

2010-: Editorial Advisory Board, Scientia Nanotechnology

2009-: Editorial Advisory Board, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology

2006-: International Editorial Board, Reviews on Advanced Materials Science

2004-: Editorial Advisory Board, Materials Science and Engineering A

1996-: Editorial Board, Materials Science Forum

1978-: Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Materials Science

Publications:

For a list of publications and citations: 

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-1487-2008

Scientific ranking:

Ranked by ISI (Institute for Scientific Information, Philadelphia, PA) as #3 world-wide for total numbers of High Impact Papers published in Materials Science during the period 1981-2001, where High Impact Papers are defined as the 200 most cited papers in Materials Science for each separate year

Ranked by ISI as #2 world-wide out of 3123 materials scientists for publishing in Materials Science based on the numbers of citations received for papers published during the period 1996-2006.

Listed by Thomson Reuters/ISI in the 2014 Highly Cited Researchers List based on citations received for publications during the 11-year period from January 2002 to December 2012.

Number of papers in peer-reviewed journals: >900

Total number of citations: >37,000

Listed on the internet website for Highly Cited Researchers under the subject category of Materials Science (www.ISIHighlyCited.com)

Value of h-index: 98(Web of Science), 98 (Scopus), 107 (Google Scholar)