Edward Orton Jr Memorial Lecture

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 Chemical Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the school. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of The…

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 at the General Electric Research and Development Center. His research interests concern the synthesis of inorganic and organic/inorganic materials, and the characterization of their electrical,…

Sylvia M. Johnson is the Chief Materials Technologist in the Entry Systems and Technology Division at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. She received a BSc. in ceramic engineering from the University of New South Wales, Sydney and an MS and PhD in materials science and engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She…

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 University of Illinois, in Chemical Engineering. His first job was with E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. where his research interests turned towards the…