Dr. Robert J. Asaro, Professor of Department of Structural Engineering, University of California at San Diego visited IMR from April 27-28, 2007. During the visiting, Prof. Asaro took a tour around the Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science (SYNL) and held discussion with Director of IMR, Professor Ke LU and other researchers from SYNL.

Robert J. Asaro was awarded his Ph.D. in Materials Science with Distinction from in 1972. He was a Professor of Engineering at Brown University from 1975 to 1989, and at the University of California, San Diego since 1989. Professor Asaro has led programs involved with the design, fabrication, and full-scale structural testing of large composite structures including high performance ships and marine civil structures. His list of publications includes more than 170 research papers in the leading professional journals and conference proceedings. He received the NSF Special Creativity Award for his research in 1983 and 1987. Professor Asaro also received the TMS Champion H. Mathewson Gold Medal in 1991. He has made fundamental contributions to the theory of crystal plasticity and to dislocation theory.