Vijay K. Dhir

Born in India, Dr. Dhir received his Bachelor of Science degree from Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh, India, in 1965 and his Master of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur in 1968. He came to the United States in 1969 to continue his university studies in mechanical engineering, receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1972.

Dr. Dhir leads the boiling heat transfer lab, which has conducted pioneering work in fundamental and applied sciences involving boiling, a process of heat removal.

• 1960s Engineer, Industry.
• 1974 Faculty, UCLA
• 1988 Vice chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA
• 1994 Chair, MAE, UCLA
• 2001 Associate Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UCLA
• 2003 Dean, The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA