Mary Lynn Realff

Mary Lynn Realff (born 1965)[1] is an American mechanical engineer and materials scientist specializing in the mechanical properties of textiles. She is an associate professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech, and co-director of the Georgia Tech Center for Women, Science, and Technology.[2] Beyond her research on textiles, she is also known for her explorations of group work in engineering education.[3]

Realff graduated in 1987 from Georgia Tech, with a bachelor's degree in textile engineering.[2] She earned a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994. She was elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2007, at which time she was serving as a program director for Materials Processing and Manufacturing at the National Science Foundation.[4]

References

  1. Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2022-05-18
  2. "Mary Lynn Realff", People, Georgia Tech School of Materials Science and Engineering, retrieved 2022-05-18
  3. "Mary Lynn Realff: Team Whisperer", Effective team dynamics initiative, Georgia Tech, retrieved 2022-05-18
  4. Meyer, Josua P.; Zhu, Dong (November 2008), "The 2007-2008 ASME Fellows", Mechanical Engineering–CIME
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