Biography
Rodney S. Ruoff
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University
Department: Mechanical
Engineering
Address: 2145 Sheridan Road
Email:
r-ruoff@northwestern.edu
Homepage: http://www.mech.northwestern.edu/fac/ruoff.html
Phone: 847-467-6596
Fax: 847-491-3915
Research Statement:
The research activities of Prof. Ruoff include new methods and tools for nanotechnology, carbon and boron nitride nanotubes, nanomechanics, molecular electronics, biophysics/biomedical, fullerenes.
Education:
| 1977-81 | B.S., Chemistry, University of Texas, Austin, TX |
| 1981-88 | Ph.D., Chemical Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL |
Positions:
| 2000- | Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University |
| 1996-00 | Associate Professor, Washington University |
| 1991-96 | Staff Scientist, Molecular Physics Laboratory, SRI International |
| 1989-91 | Postdoctoral Researcher, IBM, T. J. Watson Research Lab |
Selected Honors:
- Fullbright Fellow, Max Planck Institute fuer Stroemungsforschung, Goettingen, Germany 1988-1989
- University of Illinois Foundation Fellowship (several years of graduate school career 1981-1988)
- Chair, Fullerenes Group, The Electrochemical Society (7 years)
