Dr. Delbert E. Day
Delbert E. Day is Curators' Professor Emeritus of Ceramic Engineering and Senior Investigator (formerly Director) of the Graduate Center for Materials Research at the University of Missouri-Rolla. After graduating (valedictorian) with a B.S. in Ceramic Engineering from the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, he studied at the Pennsylvania State University where he received an M.S. and Ph.D. in Ceramic Technology. While on the faculty at the University of Missouri-Rolla his teaching and research have dealt with the structure and properties of vitreous solids (glass). He conducted the first experiments on NASA's Space Shuttle where the containerless melting of glass in micro gravity was investigated and will be conducting additional glass melting experiments on the International Space Station. He is the co-inventor of special purpose glass microspheres, TheraSphereTM, which are now in use at 14 hospitals in the USA to treat patients with liver cancer. Currently, he is developing biodegradable glass microspheres for treating rheumatoid arthritis, for long term drug delivery and for fillers in bioactive composites for bone repair. His research on solid waste recycling led to the use of waste glass in Glasphalt, which has been used to pave roads, parking lots, and airport runways throughout the world. He has published >305 technical articles, edited three books and is a registered Professional Engineer in Missouri. He holds 44 U.S. and foreign patents dealing with glass microspheres, sealing glasses, ceramic dental materials, oxynitride glasses, refractories, and optically transparent composites. His numerous honors and awards include membership in the National Academy of Engineering, being named the Nation=s Outstanding Young Ceramic Engineer, the Outstanding Ceramic Educator Award , the Presidential (Univ. of MO) Award for Research and Creativity, the G.W. Morey Award for Research on Glass , the Hosler Alumni Scholar Medal (Penn State), and the Chancellor Medal (Univ. of MO-Rolla). He is a Fellow and Past-President of the American Ceramic Society and a Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology (Britain) . He is Chairman & CEO of MO-SCI Corp, which develops and manufactures special purpose glass microspheres, fibers, and frit for the health-care, electronics, transportation, aerospace, chemical and sporting goods industries. As a licensed, multi-engine commercial pilot and flight instructor, he uses his aviation skills in his extensive professional travel. AAA-Bio-4-04
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