January 2012 - Present | Curators' Professor of Ceramic Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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August 2018 - July 2021 | Department Chair, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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July 2017 - August 2018 | Interim Department Chair, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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September 2007 - December 2011 | Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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September 2004 - August 2007 | Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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March 1998 - August 2004 | Assistant Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Materials Science and Engineering | |
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January 1995 - March 1998 | Composite Materials Manager, Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc. | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Ultra-high temperature ceramics, Structural ceramics and ceramic composites, Thermal and mechanical properties of ceramics, Processing-microstructure-mechanical property relationships in ultra-high temperature ceramics, in particular transition metal carbides, nitrides and diborides, and Novel processing techniques for the fabrication of fibrous monolithic ceramics, multilayered ceramics, hierarchically structured ceramics, and ceramic composites
Honors and Awards
- S&T Sustained Excellence in Outstanding Teaching Award (2019)
- S&T Outstanding Teaching Award, 2019
- S&T Outstanding Teaching Award, 2016-17
- Fellow, American Ceramic Society (2009)
- R&D100 Award (2002)
- 10 Consecutive Faculty Excellence Awards, Missouri S&T (2000-2009)
- 9 Teaching Awards, Missouri S&T
Courses
- Ceramic Engineering 338 - Thermal Properties (Senior/Graduate level)
- Ceramic Engineering 306 - Thermomechanical Properties and their use in Design (Senior/Graduate level)
- Ceramic Engineering 104 - Ceramics in the Modern World (Sophomore level)
1993 | Ph. D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | |
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1989 | M.S. in Ceramic Engineering, The Ohio State University | |
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1986 | B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota | |
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Contact Information
Materials Science and Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology
B47 McNutt Hall
Rolla, MO 65409-0340
Phone:(573) 341-6102
Fax:(573) 341-6934
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