William G. Fahrenholtz

William G. Fahrenholtz is Curators’ Professor of Ceramic Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO. Dr. Fahrenholtz earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Ceramic Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1987 and 1989, respectively. He completed his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of New Mexico (UNM) in 1992.

From 1993 to 1999, Bill was a research assistant professor in the department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering at UNM. Since 1999, he has been employed at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (known as University of Missouri-Rolla before 2008). Bill has been author or co-author on over 200 manuscripts that have been published in peer-reviewed journals. He also holds eight U.S. patents.

His research expertise is in the processing and characterization of ceramic materials. One of his current research areas focuses on the processing, characterization, and testing of structural ceramics for use in environments with extreme thermal loads, mechanical forces, and/or chemical reactivities. He also has projects related to the use of rare-earth compounds for corrosion protection of aluminum and magnesium alloys. Bill was an NSF CAREER awardee and has active research funded by several federal agencies and industrial partners.

Bill is a Fellow of The American Ceramic Society. He is currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society. He has also served on the Board of Directors, Panel of Fellows, and numerous ACerS committees, as well as an officer of the New Mexico Section.

Currently, Bill has research projects related to ultra-high temperature ceramics and the use of rare-earth compounds for corrosion protection of light metals. He teaches graduate classes in thermodynamics and technical communication in the Materials Science and Engineering department at Missouri S&T.