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Appendix C: Committee Biographies
Pages 255-266

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... Dr. Greene's research is in experimental condensed matter physics, investigating strongly correlated electron systems and focusing primarily on revealing the mechanisms of unconventional superconductivity by planartunneling and point-contact electron spectroscopies and growing and developing methods for predictive design of new superconductors.
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From page 256...
... Dr. Lubensky is a theoretical condensed matter theorist with extensive research experience in phase transitions and critical phenomena, liquid crystals, soft matter physics (colloids, membranes, biological materials)
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From page 257...
... Faber's awards are the NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award, Distinguished Life Member of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and fellow of the American Society of Metals (ASM International)
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... Previously, she was research director, Crystalline Materials Research, where she led the development of new ceramic products to support the Environ mental Technologies and Specialty Materials segments, as well as new business and exploratory arenas.
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... , ASM International, and TMS. His group strives to elucidate the underlying atomic-level details that govern the mechanical response, performance, and reliability of disparate material systems including nanocrystalline materials, materials for micro­electro­mechanical system, metallic microlattices, thermal barrier coatings, armor ceramics, extreme environments, and high-temperature structural materials in general.
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... Jones was the 2001 recipient of a Tribute to Women in Industry Award and is currently the chair of the Division of Condensed Matter Physics of the APS, the chair and founder of the APS/IBM Research Internship for Undergraduate Women, past member and chair of the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (1999-2002) , and past chair of the IBM Almaden Diversity Council.
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From page 261...
... She is a fellow of the APS and the American Vacuum Society (AVS) , and recipient of several professional awards including the Research Incentive Award from UCF, Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize, Higuchi Research Award from the University of Kansas, and the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, Kansas State University.
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... ELSA REICHMANIS is the Pete Silas Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular En gineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Dr. Reichmanis was Bell Laboratories Fellow and director of the Materials Research Department, Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey.
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From page 263...
... Her research interests include examining the chemical modification of polymer surfaces through mass-selected ion-beam deposition, exploring the dynamics associated with the growth of thin films, developing new methodologies for the atomistic simulation of materials, using atomic-scale simulations to study the catalytic behavior of metal clusters, investigating the molecular origin of friction and wear at interfaces, and combining electronic structure and thermodynamic calculations to predict defect formation in metal oxides.
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From page 264...
... His awards include the DOE Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Materials Chemistry, the MRS Medal Award, the ACS Award in Polymer Chem istry, the ACS Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry, the International Award from the Society of Polymer Science in Japan, and the Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry. He has received honoris causa doctorates from Eindhoven Technical University in the Netherlands, the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and the National University of Costa Rica.
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... . She is currently a member of the Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee, a standing board of the National Academies; serves on Iowa State University's Aerospace Engineering and University of Washington's Materials Science and Engineering Industry Advisory Boards; and is a trustee for Edmonds Community College.
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... in nuclear engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Much of his research has utilized materials science to explore fundamental physi cal phenomena that are important for advanced nuclear energy applications.
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