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Professor Emeritus, Former Provost Lehigh University Dr. Alan W. Pense has served Lehigh University as provost, dean of the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, and as department chair and professor of Materials Science & Engineering (MS&E). He is a specialist in physical and mechanical metallurgy and his teaching and research is in these areas. He has been extensively involved in research and consulting in the welding, joining and failure analysis of large structures and for three years was Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems at Lehigh. Dr. Pense is a fellow of the ASM International and the American Welding Society and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He has won teaching awards from Lehigh University, the American Society for Engineering Education and the American Welding Society and a number of awards for research papers from the American Welding Society. He has served as Adams Memorial Lecturer and Plummer Memorial Lecturer for this society. He is the co-author of Structure and Properties of Materials, 4th edition and served as member and chair of the Welding Handbook Committee. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Evangelical School of Theology in Myerstown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Pense, who was appointed to the Lehigh faculty in 1960, earned his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in metallurgy from Lehigh in 1959 and 1962. He has taught courses on alloy steels, the physical metallurgy of metals and alloys, and the mechanical behavior of metals. As a researcher, he has investigated structural failures, steel welding, and steel fractures. He was honored recently with the Lehigh Distinguished Alumni Award from the department of materials science and engineering, was cited for "outstanding teaching and research in physical and mechanical metallurgy, and for excellence in leadership and management for the department, college and university." Today, although formally retired, Dr. Pense reports for work most days to the ATLSS (Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems) Research Center, where he has longstanding collaborations with professors of structural engineering and MS&E. He conducts research into buildings and bridges and is particularly interested in methods of welding high-strength steel to itself and to other materials. His recent and current research involves innovative HPS-70W Ford City Bridge Demonstration Project: Improved Weldability Using Optimized Weld Metal Strength. Sponsored by The Federal Highway Administration, The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, The American Iron and Steel Institute and The Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance. Additional research includes High Performance Steel Corrugated Web Girder Fabrication Innovations: ?Sponsored by The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and Improved Fabrication Efficiency and Service Performance in HPS Steels: Sponsored by The Federal Highway Administration. |
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