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A. Ostrogorsky received his Dipl. Ing. degree in Mechanical
Engineering at the University of Belgrade (1977), Masters degree
in Nuclear Engineering at R.P.I. (1981), and Sc.D. in Mechanical
Engineering at MIT (1986). He worked as a Post-doctoral associate,
in the Material Science and Engineering Dept. at M.I.T. until
1987, when he joined Columbia
University as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
In 1991, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Material
Science Department Universität Erlanger-Nürnberg. He
joined the Rensselaer faculty in January 1993. He was Director
of the Center
for Microgravity and Materials Research (CMMR) at the Univ.
of Alabama in Huntsville, January 1999- to Sept.2000. Dr. Ostrogorsky
holds a joint appointment with the Department
of Materials Science & Engineering.
Professor Ostrogorsky is Principal Investigator of the SUBSA microgravity investigation, conducted during the "Expedition 5” or at the International Space Station. He is a Member, Executive Committee, American Association for Crystal Growth (AACG), Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Member, Asia Institute of Nano-Biotechnology, Pusan, Korea.
Professional Interest:
Materials processing and related heat and mass transfer phenomena occurring on earth, in space(microgravity) and under strong magnetic fields.
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Prof. A. Ostrogorsky and the Microgravity Science Glovebox
(MSG) team at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Investigation entitled "Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules (SUBSA)", is manifested for UF2, to be conducted in the International Space Station, January 2002. |
