David Clark
Professor and Department Head, PE

213-D Holden Hall (0237)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: (540) 231-6640
Fax: (540) 231-8919

E-mail: dclark@mse.vt.edu

Recent Publications

Microwave Processing Research Facility

 

 

 

• Nuclear waste materials
• Environmental degradation of glass and ceramics
• Microwave processing
• Materials engineering
• Ceramics
• Sol-gel processing
• Coatings
• Glass
• Ceramic superconductor
• Sol-gel fibers
• Self-propagating high temperature synthesis

• B.S., Metallurgical Engineering,
  University of Florida, 1969
   
• M.S., Materials Science Engineering,
  University of Florida, 1970
   
• Ph.D., Materials Science Engineering,
  University of Florida, 1976

• Chair, University Materials Council
• Greaves-Walker Award, National Institute of Ceramic Engineers, 2002
• Fellow of the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers
• Fellow of the American Ceramic Society
• 2000 Friedberg Memorial Lecturer
• James I. Mueller Memorial Lecturer, Engineering Ceramics Division, American Ceramic Society, 1993
• Received UF's Research Achievement Award in 1990
• University of Florida Engineering Teacher-of-the-Year in 1989
• Former president of the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers
• Former chair of the Engineering Ceramics Division of the American Ceramic Society
• Chaired the Second World Congress on Microwave and RF Processing
• Elected to a second three-year term as a trustee of the American Ceramic Society