Tresa Pollock
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Tresa Pollock NAE, GASL | |
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 Pollock in 2016 | |
| Born | Tresa M. Pollock |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) Purdue University (B.S.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Metallurgy Microstructural Characterisation Materials science Nickel-based superalloys |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Doctoral advisor | Ali Argon |
| Website | https://materials.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/tresa-pollock |
Tresa M. Pollock is ALCOA Distinguished Professor of Materials at the Department of Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara. Pollock is internationally recognised in the development of new materials systems, including alloys, 3D characterisation of structure and properties,[1][2] and development of integrated computation materials engineering.[2]
Pollock was elected a member of the US National Academy of Engineering in 2005 for contributions to our understanding of the processing and performance of advanced metallic materials.[3] She is also a fellow of the Materials, Minerals and Mining Society.
Pollock grew up in Ohio, near the Wright Patterson Air Force Base and was inspired to study Engineering by the experimental high tech aircraft at the base, as well as Amelia Earhart.[4] This motivated her to enroll at Purdue University as a first generation college student.[5] During her studies, Pollock was a co-op student with Allison Gas Turbine (now Rolls-Royce) in Indianapolis.[5] She completed her Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering in 1984.[6] For her doctoral studies, she worked with Ali S. Argon at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed her PhD in Materials Science in 1989.[6]
