Clive A. Randall, professor of materials science and engineering and director of the Center for Dielectric Studies, received the 2009 Faculty Scholar Medal in Engineering.  The Faculty Scholar Medal is given in recognition of scholarly excellence demonstrated by a single contribution or series of contributions focusing on a coherent theme.  Randall is being recognized for his creative and scholarly contributions as well as his leadership in the field of dielectrics.  The focus of Professor Randall’s research is in process development, new material design, characterization, material physics, and applications of functional oxides.  In the last few years, he has developed a number of revolutionary approaches to improving the reliability of multilayer dielectric and piezoelectric devices based on fundamental thermodynamics and defect chemistry.  These have led to the discovery of a number of new dielectric oxide materials for extreme environments.  Professor Randall’s scholarly achievements in engineering dielectric oxides are well recognized both nationally and internationally.  For his outstanding contributions to the field of ceramics in general,  and high-temperature dielectrics in particular, Professor Randall was elected Academician of World Academy of Ceramics in 2006 and the Fellow of the American Ceramic Society 2005. 

MatSE has been fortunate in that four other faculty have received this prestigious award in recent years including Darrell Schlom 2006, Long-Qing Chen 2003, Kwadwo Osseo-Asare 1999 and Tarasankar Debroy 1997). 

Clive will receive his award at the Faculty/Staff Awards Recognition luncheon held at the Nittany Lion Inn on
March 23, 2009.