Frank Zok

Professor, Materials Department, UCSB

Fellow, American Ceramic Society

Director, Pratt & Whitney Center of Exellence in Composites at UCSB

Co-author of five book chapters and over 170 scientific publications.

Associate Editor, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, since 1993

Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, NSERC Magnesium Network, Canada, 2009-2013

Member and Co-author, National Academies: “Application of Lightweighting Technology to Military Vehicles, Vessels, and Aircraft”, 2011-2012

Principal Organizer, National Hypersonics Science Center Summer School on Materials and Structures for Hypersonic Flight, UCSB, 2011

Led the UCSB team that won the DARPA-sponsored $50,000 challenge on Digital Manufacturing Analysis, Correlation and Estimation (among over 50 teams from 13 countries worldwide).

Editorial Board, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 1998-2008

National Academies Technical Assessment Board, Army Research Laboratory, 2000-2008