Gregory Bruce Olson

Background

Olson, Gregory Bruce was born on April 10, 1947 in Brooklyn. Son of Oscar Gustav Fritz and Elizabeth Rose (Dorner) Olson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970; Doctor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974.

Career

Research associate department materials science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1974-1979; principal research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1979-1985; senior research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1985-1988; professor materials science and engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, since 1988. Consultant Army Materials Technology Laboratory, Watertown, Massachusetts, 1975-1988, Lawrence Livermore (California) National Laboratory, 1983-1989. Jacob Kurtz Exchange ScientistTechnion-Israel Institute Technology, 1979.

SERC visiting professor U. Cambridge, 1992. Associate department chairman materials science and engineering Northwestern University, 1992-1998, director materials research center-steel technical laboratory, since 1985. Founding member Questek Innovations LLC, since 1997.

Achievements

• Gregory Bruce Olson has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator, director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Society for Microbiology (chairman phase transformation committee 1987-1990, Boston chapter Saveurmeml. lecturer 1986, Philadelphia chapter 1998, Alpha Sigma Mu lecturer 1996), American Society for Microbiology International. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Materials Research Society, International Society Martensitic Transformation, the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society -American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (student affairs committee), ISS-American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (Mont Rose Tenebaum award 1993), Association University Related Research Parks (Technology Transfer award 1998).

Interests

• Avocations: sports cars, jazz trumpet.

Connections

Married Jane Ellen Black, May 10, 1980. 1 child, Elise Marie.

Father:

Oscar Gustav Fritz Olson

Mother:

Elizabeth Rose (Dorner) Olson

Spouse:

Jane Ellen Black

child:

Elise Marie Olson