Thermo-Calc Software: Thermo-Calc Software Supporting University New Professorship at MIT

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Thermo-Calc Software are supporting a new professorship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the Thermo-Calc Professor of the Practice. The position aims to bring in someone with an advanced career in industry, such as a CEO, to provide practical experience at a high level in the area of computational materials science. Professor Gregory B. Olson, Co-founder of QuesTek Innovations, has been selected as the first Thermo-Calc Professor of the Practice, to begin in January 2020. Professor Olson has a strong background in academia, having held a tenured professorship at Northwestern University for over 30 years, but it is his experience in industry that earned him the Thermo-Calc Professor of the Practice position at MIT. In 1997, Professor Olson founded QuesTek Innovations, the first company dedicated to designing materials through computational engineering. In his work at the company, Professor Olson developed systems for rapid material design using computational tools. Using these systems, QuesTek Innovations developed the first documented commercial success in computational steel design and has since grown into a global leader in ICME, leading many to consider Professor Olson ...Full story available on Benzinga.com