Appointments
Penn State Intercom......October
25, 2001
Fellowship recognizes Trolier-McKinistry's
work in electroceramic materials research
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, associate professor of ceramic science in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been named the Corning Faculty Fellow of Ceramic Science and Engineering in recognition of her contributions in electroceramic materials research and education.
This fellowship provides funds to an outstanding member of the ceramic science and engineering faculty to assist in teaching, research and public service.
Trolier-McKinstry received her doctorate in ceramic science from Penn State in 1992 and joined the University as an assistant professor of ceramic science and engineering that same year. Since then, she has been honored with the National Science Foundation CAREER Award (1995), the Penn State "Achieving Women Award" (2000) and the Wilson Teaching Award for Young Scholars from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (2000). She also was awarded the Robert Coble Award of the American Ceramic Society (2000) for her critical work in the area of ferroelectric films.
Her research interests include electroceramic materials, ferroelectrics, structure-microstructure-property relations in thin films and spectroscopic ellipsometry.