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Briber, Robert M.

Briber, Robert M.

Professor
Fellow, APS
Fellow, Neutron Scattering Society of America
Materials Science and Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
3110B Kim Eng. Bldg. / 1109 Chemical and Nuclear Eng. Bldg.

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts
  • B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Neutron Scattering Society of America, Award for Exceptional Service Award, 2006, 2018
  • Neutron Scattering Society of America, Fellow (elected 2014)
  • Univesity of Maryland Distinguished Scholar Teacher 2012
  • American Physical Society, Fellow (elected 1995)
  • Department of Commerce Bronze Medal, December 1990
  • Electron Microscope Society of America Presidential Student Scholarship, 1982
  • Editor, Journal of Polymer Science—Polymer Physics Edition (01/1999-01/2007)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Professional Elected Offices
  • Elected to the ASEE Engineering Research Council Board of Directors 2017-2021, 2023-2024 
  • Neutron Scattering Society of America, President 2002-2005
  • Neutron Scattering Society of America, vice president 1999-2002
  • Member-at-Large to the Executive Committee of the Division of Polymer Physics, American Physical Society, 1999-2002
Professional Memberships
  • American Society for Engineering Education
  • American Physical Society (Fellow)
  • Neutron Scattering Society of America (Fellow)
  • Materials Research Society
  • American Chemical Society
  • Biophysical Society
Professional Committee Memberships
  • Member of the ASEE Engineering Research Council Board of Directors 2017-2021, 2023-2024
  • NIST Center for Neutron Research Program Advisory Committee, member 1999 to 2004
  • University of Chicago Review Committee for the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source at Argonne National Laboratory 1997, 1999, 2001
  • Large Length Scales Working Group, Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Lab, Dept. of Energy, November 1998
  • Basic Energy Science Advisory Committee Review of the High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Lab, October 1998
  • Scheduling Committee, American Physical Society, Division of High Polymer Physics March Meeting, 1994-1998
  • Los Alamos—Argonne National Laboratory Pulsed Neutron Source Program Advisory Committee 1993-1997 (Chair 1996-97)
  • Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Research Award Committee, 1994-1997
  • American Physical Society Division of High Polymer Physics Nominations Committee
  • NASA Microgravity Research Review Panel for Polymers, 1995, 1997