Vijay K.

Dhir
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Vijay K. Dhir (born 1943) is the Dean of the University

of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Henry Samueli
School of Engineering and Applied Science, since March
2003. He is also a professor of mechanical and aerospace
engineering, joining the UCLA faculty in 1974.[1] He is
the principal investigator of the Boiling eXperiment Facility - Nucleate Pool Boiling eXperiment (BXF-NPBX),
which was conducted in micro-g environment on the
International Space Station to understand bubble growth,
detachment and subsequent motion of single and large
merged bubbles boiling in micro-g environment.[2]

[1] Vijay K. Dhir, Dean of the School

[2] NASA Boiling eXperiment Facility - Nucleate Pool Boiling eXperiment (BXF-NPBX)

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UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and
Applied Science

Dhir was born in India, where he received his B.E.

and M.Tech. degrees (Punjab Engineering College and
Indian Institute of Technology). He obtained his Ph.D.
degree in 1972 from the University of Kentucky.

Career

Prior to becoming the dean at the school, Dhir served

as vice chair (19881991) and chair (19942000) of the
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Then he served as the schools associate dean for academic and faculty issues and as Interim Dean (2002
2003).

Honors

One of the buildings of the UCLA engineering school

He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering

since 2006, one of the highest honors for engineers. In
2004, he received the Max Jakob Memorial Award.
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