A team of Penn state scientists who used the cold sintering process to densify barium titanate ceramics at less than 572 degrees Fahrenheit (300 degrees Celsius), the lowest processing temperatures ever used, while maintaining the quality achieved at higher temperatures in modern commercial manufacturing. Read More about this process here: [Read more...]
Professor Trolier-McKinstry Publishes Bulletin on the Impact of Ferroelectricity
Professor Trolier-McKinstry leads focus issue on the history of ferroelectrics in the American Ceramic Society Bulletin. "Ferroelectric materials are ubiquitous in electrical and electromechanical components and systems. Ferroelectricity is associated with large dielectric and piezoelectric coefficients, particularly when the composition is … [Read more...]
CDP Faculty and Director of NCSU Analytical and Instrumentation Facility, Jacob Jones Named IEEE Fellow
AIF’s Director and CDP Faculty, Dr. Jacob Leo Jones, has been named an IEEE Fellow. He is being recognized for the development of X-ray scattering methods to understand electromechanical properties of ferroelectrics. To read the press release about Dr. Jones' outstanding accomplishments in the IEEE fields of interest visit [Read more...]
Veronica Augustyn presents at the National Academies Electrochemistry Workshop
This highly acclaimed workshop features sessions on the latest applications of electrochemistry in energy storage, energy conversion, and electrosynthesis. Please enjoy the video of North Carolina State University's Veronica Augustyn giving her talk. … [Read more...]
Materials Day 2021
The Intersection of Materials, Manufacturing, and Sustainability Tuesday & Wednesday October 12 - 13, 2021 Materials Day is designed to share Penn State’s vast materials research knowledge and infrastructure with our industrial and government research and service partners. The 2021 version of Materials Day will be a hybrid of … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Dickey Named Distinguished Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
Chancellor Randy Woodson and Provost Warwick Arden of North Carolina State University have appointed Dr. Elizabeth Dickey as Distinguished Professor of Materials Science & Engineering effective August 1, 2019. Congratulations to Center Director, Dr. Dickey on this professional recognition. [Read more...]