This symposium will celebrate Professor W. Craig Carter’s outstanding contributions to fundamental and applied materials science, materials science education, and his legacy of collaboration and mentorship, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Invited speakers will showcase the breadth of his influence and contributions to fields such as microstructural evolution, interfacial thermodynamics and kinetics, electrochemistry, and mathematical methods in materials science. Contributed talks by students and postdocs will celebrate his championing of early career researchers.
Craig Carter received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 1989, worked briefly at Rockwell International, and was Research Scientist at NIST until 1998 when he joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He is co-founder of M24 battery company. He is a Fellow of The American Ceramic Society, recipient of the Robert L. Coble, the Ross Coffin Purdy and Outstanding Educator Awards from Acers, and the Wolfram Innovator of the Year from Wolfram Research. He holds a joint appointment with EPFL, Switzerland.
Proposed Sessions/Topics
- Interfaces: Structure, complexions and their transitions
- Microstructural evolution
- Electrochemical systems
- Mathematics for materials science
- Materials science and education
Symposium Organizer(s)
- Edwin García, Purdue University, USA
- Catherine Bishop, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Point(s) of Contact
- Edwin García; redwing@purdue
- Catherine Bishop; bishop@canterbury.ac.nz
Symposium Sponsor(s)
- Basic Science Division
ACerS Spring Meeting
April 12 • 16, 2026