Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Lisa C. Klein, A225 Engineering Building, Busch Campus (732/445-2096) Web Site: http://ceramicmaterials.rutgers.edu

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Dunbar Birnie III, Chair and Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technonlogy
Photovoltaics; thin films for optical applications

W. Roger Cannon, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Stanford
Mechanical properties; tape casting; sintering; Raman stress measurement

Manish Chhowalla, Assistant Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Cambridge
Carbon nanotubes; amorphous carbon; nanotubes for field emission

Frederic Cosandey, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon Electron microscopy; texture analysis; semiconductor sensors

Stephen C. Danforth, Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Brown
Solid free-form fabrication; fused deposition; microstructure/property relationships

Stephen H. Garofalini, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Stanford
Molecular dynamics simulations; surface physics; structure and properties of glass surfaces; diffusion in glasses; intergranular films

Victor A. Greenhut, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rutgers
Structure-property relations; bonding and joining ceramics; glass to metals; failure analysis; chemomechanical polishing

Richard A. Haber, Associate Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rutgers
Slip casting; rheology; whitewares

James A. Harrington, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northwestern
Specialty fiber optics; delivery systems for laser surgery; fiber-optic sensors

James D. Idol, Professor of Ceramics/Packaging Science and Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Purdue
Permeation characteristics and physical properties of barrier packaging materials; catalytic processes, especially oxidation

Bernard H. Kear, New Jersey Professor of Materials Science and Technology, SE; D.Sc., Birmingham Synthesis, characterization, and properties of nanomaterials; high-pressure processing; flame-sprayed nanocoatings

Armen G. Khachaturyan, New Jersey Professor of Materials Science and Technology, SE; Ph.D., Kiev Institute Theory of phase transformation in metal alloys and ceramics; computer simulation of microstructure evolution

Lisa C. Klein, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sol-gel processing of coatings and monoliths; silicate and phosphate glasses; viscosity and transformation kinetics

Richard L. Lehman, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rutgers
Glass property/composition relationships; raw materials and processing

Jing Li, Associate Professor of Chemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Cornell Synthesis and characterization of inorganic solid compounds

Yicheng Lu, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Colorado Solid-state electronics

Adrian Mann, Assistant Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Oxford
Biomaterials; atomic force microscopy

M. John Matthewson, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Cambridge
Mechanical properties of optical materials

William Mayo, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rutgers High-pressure processing; nanomaterials; X-ray analysis

Ronald A. McCauley, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
Corrosion of ceramics; phase equilibria; thermal analysis methods; luminescence; crystal chemistry; microscopy

Dale E. Niesz, Professor and Director of the Malcolm G. McLaren Center for Ceramic Research, SE; Ph.D., Ohio State
Powder processing; sintering and fabrication; materials thermodynamics

Richard E. Riman, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hydrothermal synthesis; mixedness-modulated solid-state synthesis; reactive atmosphere sol-gel synthesis

Ahmad Safari, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
Preparation, characterization of electroceramic materials for dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric applications; ferroelectric and superconductor ceramics and thin films

Alvin Salkind, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; D.Ch.E.; Polytechnic Institute of New York Electrochemical systems; batteries

Daniel J. Shanefield, Professor Emeritus of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rutgers
Ceramic packaging for electronics; thin film electronics; organic chemical additives for ceramic processing

George H. Sigel, Jr., Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Georgetown Optical materials; infrared transmitting materials; radiation resistant materials; optical sensors

Thomas Tsakalakos, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northwestern
Physical metallurgy; modulated structure materials; multilayered thin- film technology

John T. Wenzel, Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Chicago Laser glasses; fiberization; sol-gel glasses

John Xu, Assistant Professor of Ceramic and Materials Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania Electrochemical materials

Adjunct Member of the Graduate Faculty

John J. Friel, Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Sterology; structure property relationships; image analysis; X-ray analysis