Dr. Subhash Mahajan always wanted to pursue a career in engineering and conduct research studies. He has certainly achieved his objective as an educator and researcher in electronic materials and sciences. Today, Dr. Mahajan has the privilege of serving as a distinguished professor at the University of California, Davis’ department of chemical engineering and material science. He is also an electronic materials professor at Arizona State University, a role he has held since 1997.
Dr. Mahajan laid the groundwork for his notable career by obtaining a Bachelor of Science with highest honors from Punjab University in India in 1959, a Bachelor of Education in metallurgy with honors from the Indian Institute of Science in 1961, and a Doctor of Philosophy in materials science and engineering from the University of California in 1965. Dr. Mahajan realized his goal in 1961, when he began an assignment as a research assistant and the University of California, Berkeley. For more than a half-century, Dr. Mahajan has lectured and held several professorships in colleges across the U.S. and around the world: Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France, the University of Antwerp in Belgium, the University of Denver, and Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, he served as a Fulton Technology Fellow at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering from 2009 to 2010.
A fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, Dr. Mahajan’s contributions have been recognized by the American Society of Metals International and the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, amongst other organizations. He is the recipient of the Albert Sauveur Achievement Award, the Educator Award, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Alumni Association of the Indian Institute of Science. The highlights of Dr. Mahajan’s career were working at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey and his Harwell fellowship in atomic research at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment in England. These experiences exposed him to a kind of work that was way ahead of most organizations.
Using his vast knowledge and experience, Dr. Mahajan has served as the editor of various books in his field, including “Handbook on Semiconductors,” “Electrochemical Society Symposium Volume,” “The Concise Encyclopedia of Semiconducting Materials and Related Technologies,” “The Encyclopedia of Advanced Materials,” and coordinating editor of “The Acta Journals.”
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