October 16, 2002

Murty Elected Fellow of the American Nuclear Society

Dr. Murty

Dr. K. Linga Murty, professor of materials science and nuclear engineering at North Carolina State University, has been elected a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society (ANS). The ANS was established in 1954 to promote the advancement of engineering and science related to the atomic, nuclear and allied sciences and arts. Murty will be recognized for his achievement in the Society’s winter meeting in November.

Murty, who received the ANS Mishima Award in 1993 for his outstanding contributions in nuclear materials and fuels research and development, joined the College of Engineering faculty in 1981 after working as a senior research engineer at the Lynchburg Research Center of Babcock and Wilcox and as a senior engineer at the Westinghouse R&D Center. One of his major areas of research is on the basic deformation mechanism in materials. Other research interests include micromechanisms of macroscopic crack propagation and deformation, creep, fatigue and fracture behaviors of nuclear core and pressure boundary materials.

He received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Andhra University, India, in 1962 and a master’s degree in physics from the same university in 1963. From Cornell University, he received his master’s in materials science and engineering in 1967 and his doctoral degree in applied physics in 1970.

Murty is also a Life Fellow of the India Institute of Metals and a Fellow of the American Society for Materials International.

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