Ronald Gibala is an American engineer.
Gibala completed a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1960.[1] He pursued further study in the subject at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign,[2] earning a master's degree in 1962,[1] followed by a doctorate in 1964.[1][2] Gibala began teaching at Case Western Reserve University upon completing his Ph.D.[2] He remained on the faculty until 1984.[2] He later moved to the University of Michigan and was subsequently appointed to the L. H. and F. E. Van Vlack Professorship.[1][3] In 2004, Gibala was elected a fellow of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society "[f]or seminal research on intermetallics; internal friction; interstitial solutes in metals, surface effects, on mechanical behavior; and excellence in service to the materials' community."[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Ronald Gibala". University of Michigan. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 "Emerson, Gibala, Ross, and Schowalter to Chair 1998 MRS Spring Meeting". MRS Bulletin. 22 (59): 59. June 1997. doi:10.1557/S0883769400033650.
- 1 2 "Recipients: Fellow Class of 2004". The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. Retrieved 11 May 2022.