2009 Buessem Award Recipient

David Payne was born in England and graduated with a B.Sc. (HONS) in Ceramics from the University of Leeds (1963), a Certificat in Crystallographie from the Université of Montréal (1964), a M.S. in Physics with Chemistry from Williams College (1967), and a Ph.D. in Solid-State Sciences from The Pennsylvania State University (1973). Professor L. E. Cross was his thesis advisor. He was employed as a ferrite-processing engineer at Northern Electric Company, Montreal, (1963-65), a titanate reliability engineer at Sprague Electric Company, North Adams, MA (1965-67), and a dielectrics research manager at Erie Technological Products, Inc., State College, PA (1967-73). He was a post-doctoral research associate in the Materials Research Laboratory at Penn State (1973-74), before joining the Department of Ceramic Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an Assistant Professor (1974-78), Associate Professor (1978-81), and Full Professor (1981-87). He served as Head of the Department of Ceramic Engineering (1986-88), Acting Head, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (1987-88), and became Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (1987- ). He was a Research Professor in the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory (1974-2006), the Microelectronics Center (1982-90), the Cement Center (1984-96), the Science and Technology Center for Superconductivity (1987-98), and the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology (1989-98). He served as Associate Director for Physical Sciences and Engineering in the Beckman Institute (1991-94). His research interests are electroceramics, and he has published over 280 technical papers and holds 10 patents. Topics include ceramic processing, crystal growth, microstructure-property relations, ceramic dielectrics, capacitor materials, ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, and the materials chemistry of sol-gel processing. His group pioneered the integration of ferroelectric thin layers. He has graduated 58 Ph.D. and M.S. students, 8 are tenured faculty members, including, a Vice-Provost, Dean, and Director of a Center. Professor Payne was a Fellow of the British Institute of Ceramics (1978- 1993), is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, UK (1993-), and was elected to the International Academy of Ceramics (1989). He received the International Prize from the Japanese Fine Ceramics Association (2001). He is a Member of the Japanese Ceramic Society, Senior Member of IEEE (2002), and received the Distinguished Lecturer Award (2001-02) and the Ferroelectrics Recognition Award (2004), from the Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society (UFFCS) of IEEE.

David Payne joined the American Ceramic Society in 1964, and has been a member of the Electronics Division ever since, holding all elected positions (Secretary, 1995; Programs, 1996; Chair Elect, 1997; Chair, 1998), and Advisor (1999-). He served on the Ceramic Educational Council (President, 1991), Orton Lecture Committee (Chair, 1994), and Jeppson Award Committee (1999-01). Major awards, include, Fellow (1979), Fulrath Award (1986), Henry Award (1995), Outstanding Educator Award (2003), and Sosman Award (2007). He was elected a Director of ACerS in 2007.

The Center for Dielectric Studies presented David Payne with the 2009 W.R. Buessem Award at the CDS Awards Dinner on October 19, 2009.