Bruce W. Wessels

Background

Wessels, Bruce W. was born on October 18, 1946 in New York City.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973.

Career

Member technical staff, General Electric Research and Development Center, 1972-1977; acting branch manager, General Electric Research and Development Center, 1976; from assistant professor to associate professor, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1977-1983; professor materials science and engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, since 1984; Walter P. Murphy chair, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, since 1998. Visiting science Argonne National Laboratory, 1978. Member program committee 3d International Conference Superlattices, Microdevices and Microstructures, 1987.

Achievements

• Bruce W. Wessels has been listed as a notable Materials scientist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Advances in Electronic Materials

    (Book by Wessels, B. W.)

Membership

Fellow American Society for Microbiology. Member the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (chairman electronic materials committee 1987-1989, conference program chairman 1986-1987, key reader transactions of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers since 1985, board directors since 1993, vice chairman of the executive county electronic, magnetic and photonic materials division 1991-1992, chairman 1993-1995, vice president 1995, president 1996, board of trustees American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers), Electrochemical Society Materials Research Society (symposium organizer 1993, 95), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

M. Beverly T. Wessels. Children: David, Kirsten.

child:

Kirsten Wessels

child:

David Wessels