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Vijay K. Dhir (born 1943) is the Dean of the Universityof California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Henry SamueliSchool of Engineering and Applied Science, since March2003. He is also a professor of mechanical and aerospaceengineering, joining the UCLA faculty in 1974. He isthe principal investigator of the Boiling eXperiment Facility- Nucleate Pool Boiling eXperiment (BXF-NPBX),which was conducted in micro-g environment on theInternational Space Station to understand bubble growth,detachment and subsequent motion of single and largemerged bubbles boiling in micro-g environment.
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Vijay K. Dhir
Vijay K. Dhir (born 1943) is the Dean of the Universityof California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Henry SamueliSchool of Engineering and Applied Science, since March2003. He is also a professor of mechanical and aerospaceengineering, joining the UCLA faculty in 1974.[1] He isthe principal investigator of the Boiling eXperiment Fa-cility - Nucleate Pool Boiling eXperiment (BXF-NPBX),which was conducted in micro-g environment on theInternational Space Station to understand bubble growth,detachment and subsequent motion of single and largemerged bubbles boiling in micro-g environment.[2]
Dhir was born in India, where he received his B.E.and M.Tech. degrees (Punjab Engineering College andIndian Institute of Technology). He obtained his Ph.D.degree in 1972 from the University of Kentucky.
1 Career
Prior to becoming the dean at the school, Dhir servedas vice chair (1988–1991) and chair (1994–2000) of theDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.Then he served as the school’s associate dean for aca-demic and faculty issues and as Interim Dean (2002–2003).
2 Honors
One of the buildings of the UCLA engineering school
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineeringsince 2006, one of the highest honors for engineers. In2004, he received the Max Jakob Memorial Award.
3 References[1] Vijay K. Dhir, Dean of the School
[2] NASA Boiling eXperiment Facility - Nucleate Pool Boil-ing eXperiment (BXF-NPBX)
4 External links• UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering andApplied Science
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