Ricardo Castro | Source | Professor of Materials Science & Engineering at Lehigh University
Ricardo Castro
Professor Ricardo H.R. Castro is chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in Lehigh University's P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. In addition to being one of the world's leading experts on nanomaterials, Dr. Castro is a Marvel superfan and teaches a course on how materials give superheroes—like Thor, Captain America, and Ironman—their powers.
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Lehigh University (https://www1.lehigh.edu/home)
Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
started Aug 2022 -
University of California Davis
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Mar 2009 – Dec 2022
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“We love that connection with the impossible,” says Castro, who is chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and a lifelong Marvel superfan. “I think we can use that connection to inspire remarkable creativity in our engineering students.”
(https://engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article/engineering-superheroes-class-harnesses-power-imagination)
