Robert Carpick

Robert William Carpick is a Canadian mechanical engineer. He is currently John Henry Towne Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] He is best known for his work in tribology.

Biography

Carpick received his Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Toronto in 1991, and his Master's Degree and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1997.[1] His thesis was entitled "The Study of Contact, Adhesion and Friction at the Atomic Scale by Atomic Force Microscopy".[2]

Carpick was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2012, a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society in 2014, a Fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers in 2016, a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2017, and a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2019.[1]

He received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2001, and was named Outstanding New Mechanics Educator by the American Society for Engineering Education in 2003.[1] In 2009, he was awarded the ASME Burt L. Newkirk Award.[3]

According to Google Scholar, as of 2021, his work had been cited over 16,000 occasions.[4]

References

1. "Robert Carpick | Carpick Research Group". Retrieved 2021-02-03.
2. Carpick, Robert William (1997). The study of contact, adhesion and friction at the atomic scale by atomic force microscopy (Thesis).
3. "Burt L. Newkirk Award". www.asme.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
4. "Robert W. Carpick". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.