Home

Research

Teaching

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Group Members

News

Links

Curriculum Vitae [PDF]
Address
Dean's Office, College of Engineering University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080 USA Telephone: (805) 893-3141 Facsimile: (805) 893-8124 Email: tirrell@engineering.ucsb.edu
Education
Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts 1977 B.S. Chemical Engineering Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 1973
Employment
University of California, Santa Barbara Professor, Chemical Engineering, Materials Richard A. Auhll Professor and Dean, College of Engineering 1999- Present     University of Minnesota Head of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 1995-99     University of Minnesota Earl E. Bakken Professor of Biomedical Engineering 1993-97     University of Minnesota Professor (Acting Head, 1992-93) 1985-99     University of Minnesota Shell Distinguished Chair in Chemical Engineering 1986-91     University of Minnesota Associate Professor 1981-85     University of Minnesota Assistant Professor 1977-81     University of Massachusetts Teaching and Research Assistant 1973-77     Cincinnati Milacron Chemicals, Inc (cooperative education program) 1970-72
Professional Activities
Visiting Professor, Planta Piloto de Ingenieria Quimica, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina, August 1979; Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, August, 1980.
Visiting Scientist, Institut Français du Pétrole, Paris, July-August, 1981; École Supérieure dePhysique et Chimie, Paris, September to December, 1981; September to December, 1986;Australian National University, Canberra, June-July, 1982; AT&T Bell Laboratories, March to August, 1987.
Olaf A. Hougen Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, September to December, 1990.
Sherman Fairchild Visiting Scholar, California Institute of Technology, January to March, 1992.
General Chairman, ACS/IEC Division 1980 Winter Symposium "Applications of Molecular Models of Polymer Dynamics."
Chairman, Gordon Research Conference on Polymers, Winter 1988.
Chairman, Gordon Research Conference on Organic Thin Films, Summer 2001.
Gordon Research Conferences, Selection and Scheduling Committee, 1994-1999.
Vice Chair, Chair-elect, Chair, Past Chair, American Physical Society, Division of High Polymer Physics.
Vice Chair, Chair, Chemical Engineering Technology Operating Council, AIChE, 1998-present.
Panel Member, AAAS Project 2061, 1985-1987.
Mondale Fellow, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, 1991-1992.
ACS Petroleum Research Fund Advisory Board, 1994-2000.
National Research Council, Chemical Sciences Roundtable, 1997-1999.
National Research Council, Co-Chair, Steering Committee, "Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century"
U.S. Chair, German-American Frontiers of Engineering (NAE-DFG) 1999-present.
Nominating Committee, National Academy of Engineering, 2001.
External Advisory/Visiting Committees, School of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992-present; Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid und Grenzflächenforschung, Berlin, 1995-present; Department of Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1996-present; Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996-2000, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University 1999-present, Conseil Scientifique, Institut Français du Pétrole, 1997-present.
Board of Directors, Cottage Health System, Santa Barbara, 2000-present.
Advisor, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, 1998- present.
Consulting Professor, Nankai University, Tianjin Province, China; Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi Province, China.
Science and Technology Panel, University of California President's Council for National Laboratory Administration, 2000-present.
Editorial Advisory Board, Macromolecules, 1987-1990.
Consulting Editor on Materials, AIChE Journal, 1988-1991.
Editorial Board, Journal of Chemical Physics, 1991-1993.
Editorial Advisory Board, Progress in Polymer Science, 1992-1997.
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 1993-1996.
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics Edition, 1986-2000.
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Rheology, 1990-present.
Editorial Advisory Board, Polymerica Acta, 1992-present.
Editorial Advisory Board, McGraw-Hill, Chemical Engineering Series, 1987-1998.
Editorial Advisory Board, Oxford University Press, Chemical Engineering Series, 1998-2000.
Editorial Advisory Board, Gordon and Breach, 2000-present.
Editorial Advisory Board, Langmuir, 1995-present.
Editorial Advisory Board, Chemistry of Materials, 1998-present.
Editorial Advisory Board, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 1996-present.
U.S. Editor, Chemical Engineering Science, 1988-1991.
Associate Editor, Reviews in Macromolecular Science, 1992-2000.
Editor, Reviews in Macromolecular Science, 2000-present.
Editor, AIChE Journal, 1991-2001.
Honors
ICI Distinguished Lecturer in Chemical Engienering, University of Alberta		2005
Le Prix Dédale de la Sociéte Française d’Adhesion		2005
NSF Engineering Distinguished Lecturer		2005
W.N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology		2004
Institute Lecturer, American Institute of Chemical Engineers		2001
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science		2000
Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering		1999
Alumni Merit Award, Northwestern University		1997
1997 National Academy of Engineering		1997
1996 Charles M. A. Stine Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers		1996
Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers		1994
Fellow, American Physical Society		1987
Chancellor's Medal, University of Massachusetts at Amherst		1987
John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society		1987
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship		1986
Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers		1985
NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award		1984
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship		1982
Outstanding Young Chemical Engineer of Minnesota		1981
Gordon Starr Outstanding Contribution Award (teaching/advising student organizations)		1981
George Taylor/IT Alumni Society Distinguished Research Award (for research by a professor in the Institute of Technology at Minnesota)		1981
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award		1980
Special Lectures
ICI Distinguished Lecturer in Chemical Engienering, University of Alberta		2005
Le Prix Dédale de la Sociéte Française d’Adhesion		2005
NSF Engineering Distinguished Lecturer		2005
W.N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering California Institute of Technology		2004
Leland Lecturer, Rice University		2003
Distinguished Patten Lecturer, University of Colorado		2001
Stanley Katz Memorial Lecture, City College of New York		2000
Chancellor's Distinguished Lecturer, Louisiana State University		1999
Mason Lectures, Stanford University		1998
Kelly Lectures, Purdue University		1998
Rohm and Haas Lectures, University of North Carolina		1998
Joseph Smith Distinguished Lecturer, University of California, Davis		1997
Gilpin Lecture, Clarkson University		1997
G.S. Whitby Lectures, University of Akron		1997
Madden Lecture, University of Pennsylvania		1997
Warren K. Lewis Lectures, Massachusetts Institute of Technology		1995
Berkeley Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of California		1995
Julian Smith Lecturer, Cornell University		1994
Merck Sponsored Distinguished Lectures, Rutgers University		1993
Donald Katz Lectures, University of Michigan		1992
Ashton Cary Lectures, Georgia Institute of Technology		1992
Warren McCabe Lecture, North Carolina State University		1992
Dow Lecture in Polymer Science, University of Massachusetts		1991
Nieuwland Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Notre Dame		1991
Olaf A. Hougen Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison		1990
Erwin H. Amick, Jr. Memorial Lecture in Chemical Engineering, Columbia University		1990
John Manson Memorial Lecture in Polymer Science, Lehigh University		1990
Robert W. Vaughan Lecturer, California Institute of Technology		1985
Allan P. Colburn Lecturer, University of Delaware		1984
Consultant to (current only)
Edwards Lifesciences		2000-present
Santa Barbara Technology Group, Board Member		2000-present
Kimberley-Clark Corporation		2000-present
Institut Français du Pétrole		1982-present
Member of
Advisory Panel NUS Graduate School of Integrative Sciences and Engineering National University of Singapore 2003-2005
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Chemical Society
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineers
American Physical Society
Biomedical Engineering Society
Controlled Release Society
Materials Research Society
National Academy of Engineering
Society for Biomaterials
Society of Polymer Science, Japan
Society of Rheology
Visiting Committee for Chemical & Environmental Engineering National University of Singapore 2003-2005
Major Current Research Areas
Professor Tirrell's research is focused on the manipulation and measurement of interfacial properties of materials used in applications from coatings and adhesion to lubrication and bioengineering.
Publications
go to publication page