PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY AND MAJOR GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEES
Member, Committee on Alloy Phases, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 1985-present
Member, Committee on Computer Simulation and Analysis of Complex Materials Phenomena, National Materials Advisory Board, National Research Council, 1987-1988
Member, Review Panel, Fossil Energy Advanced Research Peer Review, Department of Energy, Knoxville, TN, 1990
Member, Steering Committee of the Electronic, Magnetic and Photonic Materials Division, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 1990-1992
Chairman, Committee on Alloy Phases, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 1990-1992
Member, Executive Committee of the Structural Materials Division, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 1990-1992
Member, Acta Metallurgica Gold Medal and Hume-Rothery Award Committee, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, 1993-1996
Member, International Junior Investigator and Postdoctoral Advisory Review Panel, National Science Foundation, 1995
Member, Board of Directors, Texas Society for Biomedical Research, 1995-1997
Member, Texas Research University Forum, 1998-2002
Member, Council of Federal Relations, Association of American Universities, 1998-present
University-Industry Partner, Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, National Academies, 1999-present
Member, Board of Directors, Associated Western Universities, Inc., 1999-2001
Member, Board of Directors, Austin Chamber of Commerce, 1999-2003
Member, Board of Directors, Austin Technology Council, 1998-present
Councilor, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 2000-2005
Council Vice Chair, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 2005-present
Member, Institutional Oversight Board Member for the National Partnership for Advanced Computing Infrastructure (NPACI), 2000-present.
Member, Board of Visitors, US Army War College, 2000-present
Member, Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, 2000-2006
Chair, Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, 2002-2003
Trustee, Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc., 2000-present
Member, Board of Directors, Texas Nanotechnology Initiative, 2001-present
Member, Board of Directors, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 2003-present
Member, International Consulting Board, 2004-present
Member, Advisory Board for the Texas Coalition for Capital, 2004-present
Member, Review Committee, Computational Materials Science Network, US Department of Energy, 2004-present
Member, Board of Advisors, Jackson State University College of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2005-present
Member, FutureGen Texas Advisory Board, State of Texas, 2005-present
Member, National Scientific and Policy Advisory Council for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, 2006-present
Member, AusTech Alliance, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, May 2006 – present.
JOURNAL EDITORSHIPS AND EDITORIAL BOARDS:
Associate Editor, Journal of Phase Equilibria, 1990-present
Advisor, Journal of Metals, 1992-1994
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Intermetallics, 1992-1996
Member, Editorial Board, Methods in Materials Research, John Wiley, 1996-present
CONFERENCES ORGANIZED/CHAIRED:
Director, Adriatico Research Conference on Structural and Phase Stability of Alloys, Trieste, Italy, 1991
Organizer, Nanophases and Nanocrystalline Structures, The Minerals Metals and Materials Society, San Diego, CA, 1992
Organizer, Hume-Rothery Symposium, The Minerals Metals and Materials Society, San Diego, CA, 1992
Director, First U.S.A.-Mexico Symposium on Materials Science and Engineering, Ixtapa, Mexico, 1992
Organizer, Symposium on Nanocrystalline Materials, The Minerals Metals and Materials Society, Denver, CO, 1993
Organizer, Hume-Rothery Symposium, The Minerals Metals and Materials Society, Denver, CO, 1993
Chair, Issues and Topics in Materials Theory: Theory of Materials Properties, The Materials Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 1993
Chair, Second Latin-American Workshop on Magnetism, Magnetic Materials and Their Applications, Guanajuato, Mexico, 1993
Organizer, Interfacial Phases, Structures and Properties, The Minerals Metals and Materials Society, Rosemont, Il, 1994
Group Leader, Workshop on Thermodynamic Models and Data for Pure Elements, and other End-Member Solutions, Schlob Ringberg, Germany, 1995
Organizer, Trilateral Workshop on Materials Science, Saltillo, Mexico, 1995
Chair, Materials Focussed Sessions: Theory of Materials, The American Physical Society, San Jose, CA, 1995
Organizer, International Workshop on the Theory and Applications of the Cluster Variation and Path Probability Methods, San Juan, Teotihuacan, Mexico, 1995
Director, First U.S.-Argentina Bilateral Symposium on Materials Science and Engineering, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995
Organizer, Symposium on Alloy Modeling and Design II, The Minerals Metals and Materials Society, Cleveland, OH, 1995
Organizer, Symposium on the Theory of Materials, International Symposia on Advanced Materials and Technology for the 21st Century, Honolulu, HI, 1995
Group Leader, Workshop on the Thermodynamic Modeling of Solutions and Alloys, Schlob Ringberg, Germany, 1996
Director, Workshop on the Modification, Characterization and Modeling of Surfaces, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1997
Chair, Superconducting Materials, XIV International Materials Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico, 2005.
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS:
Member, Budget Council, Mechanical Engineering, 1989-present
Member, Computer Committee, Mechanical Engineering, 1991-1993
Chair, Budget Council Productivity Committee, Mechanical Engineering, 1991-1992
Member, Undergraduate Advising and Retention Committee, 1991-1993
Member, Teaching Load Committee, Mechanical Engineering, 1991-1995
Member, Space Committee (ex-officio), Mechanical Engineering, 1991-1994
Member, Executive Committee, Mechanical Engineering, 1991-1994
Associate Chairman for Research, Mechanical Engineering, 1991-1994
Member, J.K. Tien Memorial Resolution Committee, 1992
Member, Graduate Student Recruitment Committee, 1992-1993
Chairman, Graduate Studies Committee (MS&E), College of Engineering, 1993-1999
Member, Research Safety Advisory Committee, 1995-present
Member, Radiation Safety Committee, 1995-present
Chairman, RISE Committee, 1995-1998
Member, Environmental Health and Safety Advisory Committee, 1996-present
Member, Computer and Information Technology Users Policy Committee, 1996-1998
Member, Intellectual Property Committee, 1995-present
Member, Year 2000 Steering Committee, 1997-2000
Associate Vice President for Research, The University of Texas, 1995-1998
Vice President for Research ad interim, The University of Texas, 1998-1999
Vice President for Research, The University of Texas, 1999-present