Prof. Gregory Paul Carman
- Developing and understanding the combined electro-magneto-thermo-mechanical response of active material systems (smart structures), including biological applications.
- Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI&SU), Blacksburg, Virginia December 1991.
- M.S., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. December 1988.
- B.S., Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI&SU), Blacksburg, Virginia, March 1985.
- Full Professor: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, UCLA. Duties involve: 1) teaching mechanics classes; 2) advising graduate and undergraduate students; 3) directing Active Materials Lab (AML). July 2001 to present.
- Associate Professor: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, UCLA. Duties involve: 1) teaching mechanics classes; 2) advising graduate and undergraduate students; 3) directing Active Materials Lab (AML). July 1997 to July 2001.
- Assistant Professor: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, UCLA. Duties involve: 1) teaching structural and solid mechanics classes; 2) advising graduate and undergraduate students; 3) writing research proposals to prospective sponsors. Fall 1992 to July 1997.
- Summer Faculty Fellow: Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech, Pasadena California, Applied Mechanics Division and Materials Division. Duties involved: modeling active materials at the micro/meso/macro level and setting up an actuator characterization laboratory. Summer 1993.
- Summer Research Faculty: Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Wright Patterson AFB, Fatigue and Fracture Group. Responsibilities included research on embedded fiber optic sensors and optimizing fiber/matrix interphases in polymer composites. Summer 1992.
- Visiting Assistant Professor: Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, VPI&SU. Duties involve: 1) teaching mechanics classes; 2) advising graduate students; Winter 1991 to Fall 1992.
- Mechanical Engineer: Department of the Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland. Responsible for testing and evaluating advanced armament systems and modular position systems as well as supervising up to 30 technical personnel. Spring 1985 to Fall 1987.
- UCLA Dean's Recognition Award, Speaker Annual Science Faculty Research Colloquium Feb 2012
- Key Note Lecture ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems 2009
- Member of Boeing team that won the American Helicopter Society Howard Hughes Award 2009
- Best Paper Award Adaptive Structures Material Systems Committee Aerospace Division ASME 2007
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers "Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Prize" 2004
- Invited Lecture National Academy of Engineering "Annual Frontiers Symposium" 2004
- American Society of Mechanical Engineering Fellow March 2003 (ASME)
- Honorary Professor Baotou University of Iron and Steel Technology (May 2002)
- Best Paper from Award Adaptive Structures Material Systems Committee Aerospace Division ASME 2001
- Invited Lecture NATO Research and Technology Meeting Braunschweig Germany 2000
- Invited Lecture Chinese Academy of Sciences 1999
- Best Paper Award from Adaptive Structures Material Systems Committee Aerospace Division ASME 1996
- Northrop-Grumman Young Faculty Award 1995
- Carman G.P., Guest Editor Advanced Embedded Sensors, Sensors 2010
- Carman G.P., Editorial Advisory Board, Smart Materials and Structures 2008-present
- Carman G.P., Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Optomechatronics, 2007
- Carman, G.P., Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Composite Materials, 2000-present
- Carman, G.P., Associate Editor, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 1997-present
- Carman, G.P., Sottos, N., & Lynch C., Editor of Adaptive Materials Systems, 1995
- Joseph, P.F., Carman, G.P., & Donaldson, S.L., Editor of Damage and Durability of Composites, 1995
- Carman, G.P., Guest Editor, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 1995
- Carman, G.P., & Garcia E., Editor of Adaptive Structures and Material Systems, 1993
- Director of NSF Nanoscale Engineering Research Center NERC entitled Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems 2012-present
- Co-Director Center of Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technologies ULCA CASIT 2011-present
- Member of Advisory Board Institute for Technology Advancement for School of Engineering UCLA 2008-present
- Member of Center of Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technologies (CASIT) Board of Directors 2006-present
- Member 1st National Research Council NASA Decadal Survey Panel (2005)
- Chairman/Vice-Chairman Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Committee of Aerospace Division ASME 1998-2002
- Chairman Functional Composites Division of American Society of Composites 1997-2002
- Member of Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Committee ASME, Composite Materials Division ASME, and SPIE Organizing Committee Smart Structures
