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Two-Phase
Lab Group Leader
Dr. G. P.
"Bud" Peterson
Chancellor
and Professor
Office of the Chancellor
301 Regent Administrative Center 17UCB
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO
80309
Ph: 303-492-8908 Fax: 303-492-8866
Bud.Peterson@colorado.edu
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links to view listings of Dr. Peterson's publications:
Biographical Sketch
G.P.
“Bud” Peterson was appointed Chancellor of the University of Colorado
at Boulder
beginning July 15, 2006. Prior to assuming this role, he served six
years as provost at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
As
Chancellor, Dr. Peterson is the chief academic and administrative officer of
the CU-Boulder campus. Throughout his career, he has played an active
role in helping to establish the national education and research agendas,
serving on numerous industry, government and academic task forces and
committees.
A native of
Prairie Village, Kansas,
a suburb of Kansas City, Dr. Peterson attended
Kansas State University
and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a
second Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. In 1980 he received a
Master of Science in Engineering.
In 1985 he
received a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M
University. He
served as a Visiting Research Scientist at the NASA Johnson
Space Center
before returning to Texas A&M as a faculty member in the Mechanical
Engineering Department, where he conducted research and taught courses in
thermodynamics and heat transfer. He was later named the Halliburton
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the College of Engineering's
Tenneco Professor. While at Texas A&M, he held leadership positions
as Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, Executive Associate Dean of
the College of Engineering, and Associate Vice
Chancellor for the Texas A&M University System. In 1993-94 he
served as Program Director for the Thermal Transport and Thermal Processing
Division of the National Science Foundation.
A Fellow of
both the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute
of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Dr. Peterson is the author or co-author of
12 books or book chapters, 150 refereed journal articles, more than 150
conference publications and holds eight patents. He is a member of
several professional organizations and the recipient of numerous national and
international honors and awards for both teaching and research.
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