George G. Wicks, President 2011-2012

George Wicks is a consulting scientist at Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina. He currently holds a Clinical/Adjunct Faculty appointment at the Medical College of Georgia.   Wicks earned a B.S. in engineering science and S.M. in materials science from Florida State University, M.S. in applied physics & engineering from Harvard University and Ph.D. in metallurgy & materials science from MIT.

 

An ACerS Fellow, Wicks previously served on the ACerS Board of Directors.  He is a member of the Nuclear & Environmental Technology and Glass & Optical Materials Divisions and the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers. He received the Arthur L. Friedberg, D.T. Rankin and Arthur Frederick Greaves-Walker Awards.  Among numerous honors, he received the 2010 South Carolina Governor’s Award for Excellence in Scientific Research and the Alpha Sigma Mu International Honorary Society’s Distinguished Life Member.

 

Richard K. Brow, President-elect 2011-2012

Richard Brow is Curators’ Professor of Ceramic Engineering and Senior Investigator of the Materials Research Center, Materials Science & Engineering Department, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA.  He earned a B.S. in ceramic engineering and M.S. in glass science from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and a Ph.D. in ceramic science from Pennsylvania State University.

 

An ACerS Fellow, Brow is a former member of the ACerS Board of Directors, past chair and member fo the Glass and Optical Materials Division, and associate editor of ACerS International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 

 

 

Marina R. Pascucci, Past President 2011-2012

Marina Pascucci is president of CeraNova Corporation, Marlborough, Massachusetts. She earned a B.S. in ceramic science and B.A. in chemistry from Alfred University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ceramics/materials science from Case Western Reserve University.

 

An ACerS Fellow, Pascucci previously served on the ACerS Board of Directors. She is a member of the Basic Science and Engineering Ceramics Divisions and the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers. She is a past chair of the New England Section and also has held officer positions in the Central Ohio Section. She received the F.H. Norton Distinguished Ceramist Award from the New England Section, the Alfred University Career Achievement Award presented by the Alfred University Alumni Association and was one of five invited female speakers at the International Workshop for Women Ceramists held in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of the Korean Ceramic Society in Seoul, South Korea.

 

 

Thomas E. (Ted) Day, Treasurer 2010-2011

Ted Day is president/CEO & owner of Mo-Sci Corporation, Rolla, Missouri.  He received a B.S. pharmacy from University of Missouri-Kansas City.  His research interests include continued development of new treatments for inoperable cancers using radioactive glass bead technologies and the development of new bone-forming treatments for patients suffering from orthopedic injuries or disease.  

 

Day is a member of the Glass & Optical Materials Division, the St. Louis Section and the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers.

 

 

 

 

David W. Johnson Jr., Parliamentarian 2010-2011
David Johnson is retired from Agere Systems where he served as director of the applied materials research department. He is currently an Adjunct Professor and Senior Adviser at Stevens Institute of Technology and an editor of the Journal of The American Ceramic Society. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University, earning a B.S. in Ceramic Technology in 1964 and a Ph.D. in Ceramic Science in 1968.

Johnson is an ACerS Fellow, a past chair and member of the Electronics Division, a member of the Basic Science and Glass & Optical Materials divisions and the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers. Johnson served as president of ACerS in 1994-95 and has been the recipient of numerous ACerS awards, including Distinguished Life Membership.

 

 

Charlie Spahr, Executive Director
Appointed in October 2010, Charles Spahr serves as the tenth executive director of The American Ceramic Society since its formation in 1898. Prior to his appointment, Spahr served as the president of ACerS’ ceramic arts publishing unit (Ceramic Publications Company), a branch of the Society that he took over in 2005 when he first joined ACerS staff.  Before coming to ACerS, Spahr spent most of his career with Reed Elsevier, a publishing entity well known to the science and business community.

 

 

 

  

 

William G. Fahrenholtz, Director 2009-2012
Bill Fahrenholtz is professor of ceramic engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA. He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in ceramic engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of New Mexico.

 

An ACerS Fellow, Fahrenholtz is a member of the Basic Science Division, the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers and a member and past president of the Ceramic Educational Council.

 

 

 

 

David J. Green, Director 2010-2013 

David Green is professor of ceramic science and engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.  He received B.S. degrees in chemistry and materials science from University of Liverpool and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in materials science from McMaster University.

 

Green is a Fellow of ACerS, a member of the Basic Science Division and the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers and is currently the senior editor of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

 

 

 

Vijay Jain, Director 2011-2014

Vijay Jain is manager, Materials Science & Engineering Focus Area at URS National Energy Technology Laboratory in Albany, Oregon, USA.  He earned a bachelor’s degree from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University; master’s and Ph.D. in ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University and M.B.A. from St. Bonaventure University.  

 

An ACerS Fellow, Jain is a member and past chair of the Nuclear & Environmental Technology Division.

 

 

 

 

Linda E. Jones, Director 2009-2012

Linda Jones is the associate vice president of statutory affairs at Alfred University, Head of the New York State College of Ceramics, and professor of materials engineering, Alfred, New York, USA.  She earned a B.S. degree in chemistry from Mary Washington College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in fuel science from the Pennsylvania State University.

 

An ACerS Fellow, Jones is a member of the Engineering Ceramics Division and a past president and member of the Ceramic Educational Council.

 

 

 

 

William E. Lee, Director 2010-2013
William Lee is professor of ceramic engineering and head of the Department of Materials, Imperial College, London, UK.  He earned his B.S. in physical metallurgy from the University of Aston and his Ph.D. on radiation damage in ceramics from the University of Oxford/AEA Technology, Harwell.

 

An ACerS Fellow, Lee is a member of the Basic Science Division.  He is an associate editor of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society and the International Journal of Applied Glass Science.

 

 

 

 

James C. Marra, Director 2009-2012

Jim Marra is an advisory engineer in the Materials Science and Technology Directorate of the Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, USA. He received a B.S. degree in ceramic science and a B.A. degree in mathematics from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, an M.S. in materials engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Ph.D. in ceramic and materials engineering from Clemson University.

 

An ACerS Fellow, Marra is a member and past chair of the Nuclear and Environmental Technology Division and is a member of the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers.

 

 

Ivar Reimanis, Director 2011-2014

Ivar Reimanis is a Professor in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department and Director of the Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, USA.  He earned his B.S. Degree from Cornell University, his M.S. from the University of California at Berkeley and his Ph.D. in materials engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

 

Reimanis is a member and past chair of the Basic Science Division and is a member of the Engineering Ceramics and Glass and Optical Materials Divisions.  He is an associate editor of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society .

 

 

 

Lora Cooper Rothen, Director 2011-2014

Lora Cooper Rothen is CEO of Du-Co Ceramics Company, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, USA.  She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.

 

Rothen previously served on the ACerS Board of Directors for a two-year term as treasurer from 2006 to 2008, is a member of the Engineering Ceramics Division and is past president of the Association of American Ceramic Component Manufacturers.

 

 

 

 

Robert W. Schwartz, Director 2010-2013
Robert Schwartz is vice provost for academic affairs, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA.  He earned his B.S. in science education and M.S. in chemistry from North Carolina State University and his Ph.D. in ceramic engineering from the University of Illinois.

 

Schwartz is a Fellow of ACerS, a member and past chair of the Electronics Division and member of the Ceramic Educational Council (CEC).

 

 

 

 

 

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