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Robert C. Armstrong

Chevron Professor

robert c. armstrong

Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 66-544
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

Phone: 617.253.4581
Fax: 617.258.5042
Email: rca@mit.edu
Web: http://web.mit.edu/armstronggroup

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1973
B.ChE., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1970

Honors and Awards
University of Wisconsin Distinguished Service Citation, 2001
Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Alumni, 1996
Warren McCabe Lecturer, North Carolina State University, 1995
Society of Rheology, President, 1993-95
Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1992
Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids named as a Citation Classic, 1988
Midwest Mechanics Seminar Series Lecturer, 1987
Outstanding Faculty Award, 1975, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, 1976
DuPont Young Faculty Award, 1974, 1975

Research Interests
_ polymer molecular theory
_ polymer fluid mechanics
_ rheology
_ multiscale process modeling
_ transport phenomena
_ applied mathematics

Current Research
Selected Publications and Lectures