August 24, 2005
By: Charlie Feigenoff
Professor
Edgar A. Starke Jr., University Professor and Oglesby Professor
of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of
Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, has
been awarded the Distinguished Scientist/Engineer Award
by the Materials Society (TMS). The award was given in recognition
of his significant contributions that integrate fundamental
science with engineering and technology impact in the microstructure/processing/properties
of light metals.
Starke joined U.Va. in 1983 and served as dean of the Engineering
School from 1984 to 1994. He previously served as research
metallurgist at the Savannah River Laboratory and as a professor
at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Starke's research interests are light metals and alloys,
aluminum alloys, titanium alloys and aerospace materials,
and development of alloy chemistry, processing, and microstructure
development and property relationships.
He holds a B.S. degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
an M.S. degree from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D.
from the University of Florida. He was elected to the National
Academy of Engineering in 1998 and is a Fellow of AMS International
and the Materials Society of AIME.
