Edward Orton Jr Memorial Lecture

2023 Awardee: Cato T. Laurencin

By Deidre Haignere / May 12, 2016

Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. is the University Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut. He is Professor of…

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Bruce Dunn

By Deidre Haignere / May 12, 2016

Bruce Dunn is the Nippon Sheet Glass Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining UCLA in 1981, he was a staff scientist…

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Sylvia M. Johnson

By Deidre Haignere / May 15, 2015

Sylvia Johnson is retired chief materials technologist in the Entry Systems and Technology Division at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. She received her BSc. in ceramic engineering from…

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Adrian C. Wright

By Deidre Haignere / May 6, 2014

Before his early retirement at the end of 2007, Professor (Emeritus) Adrian Carl Wright was Professor of Amorphous Solid-State Physics at the University of Reading (U.K.). He received his B.Sc…

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Sheldon M. Wiederhorn

By Deidre Haignere / May 14, 2013

Griffith Cracks at the Nanoscale   Sheldon M. Wiederhorn received his B.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University in 1956 and his M.S. (1958) and Ph.D. (1960) from the…

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Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecture

By Eileen De Guire / March 6, 2013

The Edward Orton, Jr. Memorial Lecture is presented by the invited lecturer at the annual meeting/MS&T. The lecturer is to be noted for scholarly attainments in ceramics or related field. The Committee on the Orton Memorial Lecture shall select the Orton Lecturer.

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