David G. Cahill Professor of Materials Science Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering

Awards and honors

• Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2005; citation: For original and influential contributions to the physics of heat conduction in materials and the evolution of surface morphology during crystal growth and etching.
• Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering, U. Illinois, College of Engineering, 2005-2010.
• Plenary speaker, "Thermal conductance of solid-solid and solid-liquid interfaces," 26th Japan Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Tsukuba, Nov. 9-11, 2005.
• Chair of 2003 Gordon Research Conference, "Thin Film and Crystal Growth Mechanisms."
• Willet Faculty Scholar Award, U. Illinois, College of Engineering, 2002-2004.
• University Scholar, U. Illinois, 2000-2003.
• Xerox Award for Faculty Research, U. Illinois, College of Engineering, 2000.
• Plenary speaker, "Interface thermal conductance and the thermal conductivity of multilayer thin films," 15th European Conference on Thermophysical Properties, Würzburg, Germany, Sept. 5-9, 1999.
• Peter Mark Memorial Award, American Vacuum Society, 1998, for "seminal contributions to the atomic-level understanding of thermal conductivity in thin films and surface roughening/smoothing mechanisms during film growth and etching."
• Fellow of the American Vacuum Society, 1998.
• Plenary speaker, "Progress in the study of thin film thermal conductivity," 17th Japan Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Tsukuba, Nov. 27-29, 1996.
• Charles Lucks Award, for significant contribution to the subject of thermal conductivity by a young investigator, International Thermal Conductivity Conference, 1989.
• NSF Graduate Fellow, 1984-1987.

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