Michel Barsoum


Michel Barsoum is an American material scientist and engineer, currently a Distinguished Professor at Drexel University, and also a published author. In 2009, he became the holder of the A. W. Grosvenor Professorship at Drexel.

EDUCATION

Barsoum was educated at American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt and graduated with a B. Sc in Ceramics Engineering in 1977. He continued his Ceramics Engineering education at University of Missouri, Rolla and graduated with a M.Sc. in June 1980. He holds a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his Ceramics Degree earned in June 1985 from MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering.