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Biography of Robert G. Kelly
Born in Philadelphia, Prof. Kelly attended the Johns Hopkins University where he earned his
B.E.S. in Materials Science and Engineering
(also satisfying the requirements for Biomedical Engineering), and an M.S.E.
and Ph.D. in MSE. He then did
post-doctoral work at the Corrosion and Protection
Centre, UMIST, in Manchester (now part of the University of Manchester) as a Fulbright
Scholar and NSF/NATO
Post-doctoral Fellow. He joined the
faculty at UVa in 1990, becoming a full professor in 2004. He is married to a wonderful lady and their home is completed with a son
and daughter, as well as two whippets and three two fish..
His present work includes
studies of the electrochemical and chemical conditions inside localized
corrosion sites in various alloy systems, corrosion in aging aircraft,
development of embeddable corrosion microinstruments, microfabrication methods
to probe the fundamentals of localized corrosion, and multi-scale modeling of
corrosion processes. His past work has included work on the
corrosion of metals and alloys in marine environments, non-aqueous and mixed
solvents as well as stress-corrosion cracking and other forms of localized
corrosion.
He has co-authored
over 100 papers, presented fifty invited talks and is the Co-Director of
the Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering at UVa. He was selected as the recipient of the 1997
A. B. Campbell Award for the best paper by an author 35 years old or younger
and the 1999 H. H. Uhlig Award for young corrosion educators from the National
Association of Corrosion Engineers International. He is a Fellow of NACE International. He
has won several teaching awards while at UVa, including an All University
Teaching Award in 2004 and two Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Awards. He was the 2001
recipient of the Robert T. Foley Award from the National Capital Section of the
Electrochemical Society. He has rendered
technical assistance to the NRC and DOE concerning the Yucca Mountain Project,
the USAF Aging Aircraft Program, the NASA Engineering and Safety Center, and
the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial design team.
Full Curriculum Vitae