BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:DR. RICHARD C. BENSON\n\nDr. Richard C. Benson is the fifth pr esident of The University of Texas at Dallas\, a young university of very high research activity (Carnegie R1) that is growing rapidly in size and stature. Between 2006 and 2016\, according to the Chronicle of Higher Ed ucation\, UT Dallas was the nation&rsquo\;s fourth-fastest growing public university. \n\nBenson earned a bachelor of science and engineering degr ee in aerospace and mechanical science from Princeton University in 1973\ , a master&rsquo\;s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia in 1974\, and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of California\, Berkeley in 1977.\n\nPrior to beginning his un iversity career\, he worked for the Xerox Corporation as a technical spec ialist and project manager from 1977 to 1980. He joined the University of Rochester in 1980 as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering an d was named the top teacher in the College of Engineering and Applied Sci ence in 1981. He progressed to associate professor in 1983 and full profe ssor in 1989. He served as associate dean for graduate studies in the Col lege of Engineering and Applied Science from 1989 to 1992 and as chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1992 to 1995.\n\nBenson&rs quo\;s research at the University of Rochester was primarily focused on t he mechanics of highly flexible structures. With sponsorship from the Eas tman Kodak Company\, Hewlett-Packard\, Bausch &\; Lomb\, Xerox and oth ers\, he and his advisees modeled magnetic disks and tapes\, paper sheets \, soft contact lenses\, photographic film and other easily deformed stru ctures.\n\nAt Penn State University\, Benson served as head of the Depart ment of Mechanical Engineering from 1995 to 1998 and head of the Departme nt of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering from 1998 to 2005. He co-taught\ , with a partner from the Women in Engineering Program\, first-year semin ars on toy making and dancing robots.\n\nAs dean of Virginia Tech&rsquo\; s College of Engineering\, Benson oversaw record growth from 2005 to 2016 . The number of engineering applicants nearly doubled during his tenure. Also\, the College of Engineering climbed to a top-10 ranking in the Nati onal Science Foundation&rsquo\;s report on engineering schools&rsquo\; re search expenditures.\n\nBenson&rsquo\;s teaching interests are in the fie lds of structural mechanics\, design and applied mathematics. At the grad uate level he has taught courses in structural mechanics\, structural sta bility\, plates and shells\, elasticity and continuum mechanics. At the u ndergraduate level he has taught courses in advanced mechanical design\, statics\, mechanical systems\, kinematics\, complex variables and boundar y value problems.\n\nBenson has received three significant honors from th e American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). In 1984 he received th e ASME Henry Hess Award\, which honors a research publication by a young author. In 1998 he was made a Fellow of the ASME. In 2009 he was elected to a three-year term on the ASME Board of Governors (2010-13). He also ha s held editorial positions with the ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics\, A SME Press and Applied Mechanics Reviews.\n DTEND:20190828T180000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T101627Z DTSTART:20190828T163000Z LOCATION:The City Club SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:UTD President Richard Benson UID:1f8915b0-9ef3-4292-86a7-34fbd7fca233 X-ALT-DESC:
Dr. Richard C. Benson is the fifth president of The University of Texas at Dallas\, a young universit y of very high research activity (Carnegie R1) that is growing rapidly in size and stature. Between 2006 and 2016\, according to the \;Chr onicle of Higher Education\, UT \;Dallas was the nation&rsquo\;s fourth-fastest growing public university. \;
\n\nBenson earned a bachelor of science and engineering de gree in aerospace and mechanical science from Princeton University in 197 3\, a master&rsquo\;s degree in mechanical engineering from the Universit y of Virginia in 1974\, and a doctorate in mechanical engineering from th e University of California\, Berkeley in 1977.
\n\nPrior to beginning his university career\, he worked for the Xerox Corporation as a technical specialist and project manager from 1977 to 1980. He joined the University of Rochester in 1980 as an assista nt professor of mechanical engineering and was named the top teacher in t he College of Engineering and Applied Science in 1981. He progressed to a ssociate professor in 1983 and full professor in 1989. He served as assoc iate dean for graduate studies in the College of Engineering and Applied Science from 1989 to 1992 and as chair of the Department of Mechanical En gineering from 1992 to 1995.
\n\nBe nson&rsquo\;s research at the University of Rochester was primarily focus ed on the mechanics of highly flexible structures. With sponsorship from the Eastman Kodak Company\, Hewlett-Packard\, Bausch &\; Lomb\, Xerox and others\, he and his advisees modeled magnetic disks and tapes\, paper sheets\, soft contact lenses\, photographic film and other easily deform ed structures.
\n\nAt Penn State Un iversity\, Benson served as head of the Department of Mechanical Engineer ing from 1995 to 1998 and head of the Department of Mechanical and Nuclea r Engineering from 1998 to 2005. He co-taught\, with a partner from the W omen in Engineering Program\, first-year seminars on toy making and danci ng robots.
\n\nAs dean of Virginia Tech&rsquo\;s College of Engineering\, Benson oversaw record growth from 2005 to 2016. The number of engineering applicants nearly doubled during his tenure. Also\, the College of Engineering climbed to a top-10 ranking in the National Science Foundation&rsquo\;s report on engineering school s&rsquo\; research expenditures.
\n\nBenson&rsquo\;s teaching interests are in the fields of structural mech anics\, design and applied mathematics. At the graduate level he has taug ht courses in structural mechanics\, structural stability\, plates and sh ells\, elasticity and continuum mechanics. At the undergraduate level he has taught courses in advanced mechanical design\, statics\, mechanical s ystems\, kinematics\, complex variables and boundary value problems.
\ n\nBenson has received three significa nt honors from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). In 19 84 he received the ASME Henry Hess Award\, which honors a research public ation by a young author. In 1998 he was made a Fellow of the ASME. In 200 9 he was elected to a three-year term on the ASME Board of Governors (201 0-13). He also has held editorial positions with the \;ASME Journ al of Applied Mechanics\, ASME Press \;and \;Applied Mec hanics Reviews.
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