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engineering educator

H. Kent Bowen, engineering educator. Recipient R.M. Fulrath award, F. H. Norton award, Schwartzwalder-Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe award, Ross Coffin Purdy award, Robert Browning Sosman award, Gordon Y. Billard award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Henry B. Kane '24 award. Member National Academy of Engineering, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Background

Bowen, H. Kent was born on November 21, 1941.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Utah, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971.

Career

Staff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970-1976; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976-1981; director Materials Processing Center, Ford professor engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981-1993; faculty, Harvard University, since 1993. Director leaders for manufacturers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988-1993.

Achievements

  • H. Kent Bowen has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Academy of Engineering, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Connections

Married; 5 children.