Mark Antonio Prelas

Background

Prelas, Mark Antonio was born on July 2, 1953 in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. Son of George B. and Katheryn (Beck) Prelas.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University, 1975; Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1979.

Career

Technical director, Pueblo Cable Company, 1971; research assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1975-1979; assistant professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1979-1984; associate professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1984-1989; professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1989. Visiting professor U. Nagoya, Japan, 1984, U. New S. Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1992. Visiting science Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, 1987, consultant Idaho National Engineering Lab, Idaho Falls, 1987-1989.

Achievements

• Mark Antonio Prelas has been listed as a noteworthy engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Unit commander Boy Scouts American, Columbia, 1991-1993, assistant cubmaster, 1994-1995. Director North Atlantic Treaty Organization workshop, Minsk, Belarus, 1994, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1996. Fellow American Nuclear Society.

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society, Materials Research Society.

Connections

Married Rosemary S. Roberts, May 21, 1979. Children: Natalia Katherine, Alexander Joseph.

Father:

George B. Prelas

Mother:

Katheryn (Beck) Prelas

Spouse:

Rosemary S. Roberts

child:

Alexander Joseph Prelas

child:

Natalia Katherine Prelas