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About Delbert E. Day

Dr. Delbert E. Day is Curators’ Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering and Senior Investigator (formerly Director) of the Graduate Center for Materials Research. at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly the University of Missouri-Rolla).  During his career, he has published more than 380 technical papers dealing with the structure,  properties, and uses of glass, edited three books and been granted 53 US and foreign patents. His patents include glass microspheres for medical (radiation therapy) and dental applications, bioactive glasses for wound and bone repair, chemically durable glasses for vitrifying nuclear waste, optically transparent composites, and high temperature ceramics. . He conducted the first US glass melting experiments in micro-gravity on NASA’s Space Shuttle and is co-inventor of special purpose glass microspheres, TheraSphereTM, which are now being used at more than 110 sites worldwide to treat patients with inoperable liver cancer.  He is a co-inventor of “Glasphalt”, which recycles waste glass by using it as part of the aggregate in asphalt paving.  

His numerous honors and awards include election to the National Academy of Engineering,  Distinguished Life Member (and past president) of the American Ceramic Society, The Presidential Award for Research and Creativity and the Presidential Citation for Alumni Service Award (University of Missouri), selection as the Nation’s Outstanding Young Ceramic Engineer (Pace Award) by the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers, the Hosler Alumni Scholar Medal for Scientific Achievement (Pennsylvania State University), the Chancellor’s Medal and Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, (University of Missouri-Rolla/Missouri S&T), and the Outstanding Educator Award from the American Ceramic Society.  He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, the Society of Glass Technology (United Kingdom) and the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers.  In 2009, he received the Toledo Glass & Ceramics award for his Achievements in Education and Industry and in 2010 he was awarded the Phoenix Award and named Glass Person of the Year for his technical achievements and contributions to the glass industry.  In 2011 he received the Stookey Lecture of Discovery Award (American Ceramic Soc) which recognizes  innovative work in developing new materials of significant commercial impact. 

He is the former Chairman and President of MO-SCI Corp (Rolla MO), a company he co-founded to manufacture special purpose glasses for the healthcare, electronics, transportation, aerospace, chemical and sporting goods industries.  He continues his work as an educator/researcher, entrepreneur, consultant and multi engine commercial pilot/flight instructor.    

Positions

Present Curator's Professor Emeritus of Ceramic Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering
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Present Senior Investigator, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Research Center
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1983 - 1992 Director, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Graduate Center for Materials Research
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Curriculum Vitae

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Honors and Awards

  • Stookey Lecture of Discovery, American Ceramic Society Award (2011)
  • Phoenix Award, Glass Person of the Year (2010)
  • Presidential Citation for Alumni Service Award, University of Missouri (2009)
  • Toledo Glass & Ceramics Award for Achievements in Education & Industry (2009)
  • Distinguished Life Member, American Ceramic Society (2006)
  • Dominick Labino Lecture Award, Glass Art Soc. (2006)
  • Edmund Ward Bishop Award for Outstanding Service & Accomplishments, Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce (2005)
  • Fellow, Society of Glass Technology, United Kingdom (2004)
  • Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Missouri-Rolla, (Missouri S & T) (2004)
  • National Academy of Engineering (2004)
  • Fellow, National Institute of Ceramic Engineers (2004)
  • W. David Kingery Award for Achievement in Ceramics, American Ceramic Society (2004)
  • Chancellor Medal for Contributions to the University of Missouri-Rolla (Missouri S & T) (2003)
  • Hosler Alumni Scholar Medal for Scientific Achievement, Pennsylvania State University, (2003)
  • Harry E. Ebright Award for Outstanding Service, Southwestern Section American Ceramic Society, (2002)
  • John W. Claypool Award for Medical Research, UMR (2002)
  • Samuel Geijsbeek Award (for noteworthy contributions to ceramic industry) Pacific Coast Sections, American Ceramic Soc (2001)
  • G.W. Morey Award, (for research on glass) Glass and Optical Materials Division, American Ceramic Soc. (2001)
  • Arthur Frederick Greaves Walker Award, National Institute of Ceramic Engineers (2001)

Education

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1961 Ph. D. in Ceramic Technology, The Pennsylvania State University
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M.S. in Ceramic Technology, The Pennsylvania State University
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B.S. in Ceramic Engineering, valedictorian, Missouri University of Science and Technology
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Contact Information

Materials Research Center
Missouri University of Science and Technology
136 Straumanis-James Hall Hall
Rolla, MO 65409-0340

Phone:(573) 341-4354

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Patents (8)

Research Works (375)