Gary R. Pickrell
Associate Professor

Virginia Tech
304 Holden Hall (0237)
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: (540) 231-3504
Fax: (540) 231-8919

E-mail: pickrell@vt.edu

Random Hole Optical Fiber

 

Recent Publications

• Specialty Optical Fiber Fabrication

• Fiber Optics and Fiber Optic Sensors
• Ceramic Processing and Property Characterization
• Glass Processing and Property Characterization
• Porous Materials Fabrication
• Phase Equilibria
• Luminescence
• Nano-Bio Materials Fabrication
• Process Control Strategies
• Statistical Experimental Design
• Process of Invention

• B.S., The Ohio State University, 1985
  

   
• M.S., The Ohio State University, 1987
• Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1994

• Virginia Tech Outstanding Assistant Professor, 2005
• R&D 100 Award, October 2004
  (DOE & Chevron/Texaco)

• Physical Ceramics
• Advanced Physical Ceramics
• Phase Equilibria and Crystal Chemistry
• Introduction to Materials
• Photonic Materials
• Design of Experiments
• Glass & Refractories
• Elements of Materials Engineering