Janet Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean and Professor of MSE
Administrative Office
janetcallahan@boisestate.edu
Phone: 208-426-5983 | Fax: 208-426-5633 | Office: ENGR 303
Janet Callahan
Bio

Experience:

    2005-present Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Boise State University, College of Engineering

    2004-present Professor, Boise State University, Materials Science and Engineering

    1999-2004 Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (on leave of absence 1999-2001)

    1998-2001 Director of Research, RadioVascular Systems, Inc., Atlanta, GA; company co-founder

    1992-1999 Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

    1990-92 Visiting Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Division of Materials Science and Technology

    1984-90 Research Associate, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Professional Societies:

TMS: Co-Organizer for High Temperature Coatings I-IV Symposia;
Co-Organizer for Coatings 2005 Symposium at MS&T05;
ABET program reviewer;
ASM International American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE);
Society for Biomaterials;
Society for Women Engineers (SWE);
AIChE American Institute of Chemical Engineers; ABET program reviewer;

Review Panels & Journal Reviews [2002-present]:

Met. Trans. Key Reader; J. Electrochem. Soc.; Mat. Sci and Eng. A; Acta Mat. Corrosion Science; Environmental Protection Agency; National Science Foundation

ABET program reviewer for Materials Science and Engineering, Ceramic Engineering and Chemical Engineering; Nuclear Instruments and Methods B

Honors of Distinction:

    Idaho Women Making Herstory, 2009

    University of Connecticut Academy of Distinguished Engineers, 2004

    National Science Foundation Career Grant Recipient 1996-2003

    National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Program for Long and Medium Term Research at Foreign Centers of Excellence, 1990-1991

    Tau Beta Pi, Connecticut Beta Chapter

    State of Connecticut High Technology Scholar, 1987-1989. One of ten awarded state-wide in science and engineering.

Awards:

    Provost’s Excellence in Advising Award, Boise State University, 2006.

    The Wallace H. Coulter Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Finalist, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999.

    Georgia Tech Foundation Teaching Fellow 1993-1994.


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