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Kirkwood, David Harvie was born on November 24, 1931 in England.
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David Harvie Kirkwood
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David Harvie Kirkwood, British engineering educator, director. Recipient Member House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology 1987-1992, 1996-1999, House of Lords. Member of Institute Materials, Minerals and Mining, Foundation Science and Technology (London), United Kingdom Parliamentary and Science Committee.
Education
Master of Arts in Natural Sciences, Cambridge University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in Metallurgy, Cambridge University, 1958.
Career
Research fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959, United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1960—1961. Lecturer, metallurgy Sheffield University, 1962—1976, senior lecturer, 1976—1987, honorary senior lecturer, 1987. Director Thixoforming Research Group University Sheffield, 1988—2002.
Visiting research scientist Max Planck Institute, Goettingen, 1967—1968. Research consultant Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University California, 1973. Visiting professor, metallurgy University Pittsburgh, 1981.
Adjunct professor Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1997. Member House Lords Select Committee Science and Technology, 1987—1992, 1996—1999.
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Member of Institute Materials, Minerals and Mining, Foundation Science and Technology (London), United Kingdom Parliamentary and Science Committee.
