ROBERT W. SCHWARTZ

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• University of Missouri-Rolla, 5/2002 - present, Professor of Ceramic Engineering
• Clemson University, 8/2000 - 5/2002, Associate Professor of Materials Science & Eng.
• Clemson University, 1997 - 8/2000, Assistant Professor of Ceramic & Materials Eng.
• Sandia National Laboratories, 9/1989 - 9/1997, Senior Member of the Technical Staff
• B.F. Goodrich Corporation, 5/1980 - 8/1984, Advanced R&D Engineer

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1989, Ceramic Engineering
• M.S., North Carolina State University, 1981, Chemistry
• B.S., North Carolina State University, 1977, Science Education

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• High strain piezoelectric actuators
• Piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials; intrinsic and extrinsic response mechanisms
• Non-linear and hysteresis response of piezoelectric ceramics
• Fabrication of ceramic thin films and control of microstructural evolution
• Modeling of thin film transformation behavior

PUBLICATIONS

• Editor of three Materials Research Society Proceedings
• Author of five book chapters
• 45 refereed journal papers
• 39 conference proceedings papers

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Best Poster Award, American Ceramic Society, Electronics Division Meeting (2000)
• Best Symposium Poster Award, Materials Research Society, Spring Meeting (2000)
• Sigma Xi (1998)
• Best Paper Award - 44th IEEE Electronics and Components Technology
  Conference, Washington D.C. (1994)
• Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society (1988)
• Keramos (1985)
• Allied Chemical Company Award for Outstanding Research and
  Scholastic Achievements (1979)
• Graduated with High Honors (1977)
• Phi Kappa Phi (1976)
• Phi Lambda Upsilon (1974)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• American Ceramic Society, Symposium Organizer for 2003 Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, April 2003 (2002-2003)
• American Ceramic Society, Symposium Organizer for the 105th Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, April, 2003 (2002-2003)
• Chairman, Membership Committee, Electronics Division, American Ceramic Society (2002-2003)
• Chairman, Education Committee, Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Division, IEEE (2002-2003)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Inorganic Materials (1999 - 2002)
• Materials Research Society, Symposium Organizer for 2000 Ferroelectric Thin Films IX Meeting (1999-2001)
• American Ceramic Society, Meeting Organizer for Electronics Division Meeting, October 8 - 11, 2000, Clemson University, Clemson, SC (1999-2000)
• Materials Research Society, Lead Symposium Organizer for 1999 Ferroelectric Thin Films VIII Meeting (1998-2000)
• American Ceramic Society, Symposium Organizer for the Pacific Coast Regional Meeting, October, 1998, Irvine, CA (1997-1998)
• Materials Research Society, Symposium Organizer for 1998 Ferroelectric Thin Films VII Meeting (1997-1999)
• Reviewer for J. Mater. Res., J. Am. Ceram. Soc., Appl. Phys. Lett., J. Vac. Sci. Tech., J. Electroceram., J. Inorg. Chem., Mat. Chem. and Phys., Sur. Sci., U.S. Dept. of Energy, NSF, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Austrian Research Council.

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