Professional Experience:

Academic
Non-academic
Professionl Affiliations

Academic: University of Missouri-Rolla

• Assistant Professor of Ceramic Engineering, 1968 - 1969.

• Associate Professor of Ceramic Engineering, 1969 - 1974.

• Research Associate in the Graduate Center for Materials Research, 1969-Present.

• Professor of Ceramic Engineering, 1974 - 1999.

• Chairman Academic Council (Now Faculty Senate) 1976-1977

• Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, ETH, 1992 on sabbatical leave from the University of Missouri-Rolla.

• Professor Emeritus of Ceramic Engineering, 1999 - Present

• Freshman Engineering Program Advisor 2013 - 2015

• Adjunct Professor 2017 -

Non-Academic

• Ceramic R & D Staff, Electro-Ceramics, Inc., 1960.

• Ceramic Research Engineer, Sprague Electric Co, 1961.

• Research Ceramist, Battelle Memorial Institute, Physics and Metallurgy Department, Advanced Materials Development Division, Materials Applications and Metal Science Group, 1963-67.

• Research Consultant, Battelle Memorial Institute, 1968-70.

• Research Consultant, Dynasil Corporation of America, 1969-80, 1994-96

• Research Consultant, Eagle-Picher, Miami Research Laboratories, 1969-85, Boron and AMF Depts. Quapaw, OK, 1984-2005 , Electronic Materials Division, Couples Dept. Joplin, MO, 1987-91, Electro-Optic Materials Dept. Quapaw, OK, 1997-2003, Eagle-Picher Technologies, Joplin, MO, 2014 -

• Research Consultant, A.P. Green, 1980.

• Research Consultant, Kaman Sciences Corp., 1980.

• Research Consultant, Monsanto Chemical Co., Envirochem Division, 1979-81

• Research Consultant, Mead Office Systems, 1981.

• Research Consultant, Alcoa Research Center, 1983 -

• Research Consultant, Terratek, Inc., 1988-95.

• Research Consultant, MRD Corporation, 1984 -

• Research Consultant, SenCer Inc., 1995-

• Research Consultant, MOSCI Corpration, 1997-99

• Research Consultant, Microdiamant, AG, 2003 -

• Research Consultant, Umicore, 2003 -

• Research Consultant, Diamond Innovations, 2007

• Research Consultant, Solar Notions, 2007

• Research Consultant, Cerac, 2008-2010

• Research Consultant, Materion Advanced Materials Technologies and Services, 2011 -

• Research Consultant, Xtreme Power, 2008 -

• Research Consultant, Gallium Compounds, 2008 -

• Research Consultant, Neo Performance Materials, 2011 -

• Research Consultant, Ceradyne, 2010 -

• Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute of Metals Research, Institute for Materials Science, Stuttgart, Germany, 1974-75 on sabbatical leave from the University of Missouri at Rolla.

• ASEE Senior Visiting Research Professor, Navy Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Warminster Pennsylvania, Summer 1994

• Visiting Research Professor, DOE Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken South Carolina, Summer 1996

Professionl Affiliations:

American Ceramic Society	National Institute of Ceramic Engineers
Materials Research Society	American Society for Engineering Education
American Vacuum Society	Registered Professional Engineer
Ceramic Educational Council	Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
Missouri Academy of Science	American Association of University Professors
American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Listed in:

American Men and Women of Science, 1969 - 2008
Who's Who in the Midwest, 1976 - 1985,
Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology, 2nd edition,

Keramos Outstanding Teacher Award 1985