Mark R. De Guire, Ph.D. [E-Mail] [Web]

• Education
  • University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
    • B.S. (High Honors), Department of Ceramic Engineering, June 1980
    • M.S., Department of Ceramic Engineering, November 1982
      Thesis: A Structure Model for the Molar Volume and Young's Modulus of Simple Silicate Glasses
      Advisor: Sherman D. Brown
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
    • Ph.D., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Feburary 1987
      Thesis: Phase Equilibria and Rapid Solidification in the System CoO-Fe2O3-P2O5
      Advisors: Gretchen Kalonji and Robert O'Handley
• Experience
  • Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • Nord Assistant Professor, March 1987-March 1990
    • Assistant Professor, March 1990-July 1993
    • Case Center for Electrochemical Sciences, affiliated faculty member, 1987-present
      Associate Professor, July 1993-present
  • Max-Planck-Insitut Fur Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
    • Visiting Scientist, June 1996-July 1997
  • Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
    • Summer Faculty Research Participant, May-July 1991 and May-July 1992
  • NASA/Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH
    • Faculty Research Fellow, June-Augest 1988 and June-August 1989
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
    • Graduate Research Assistant, September 1982-February 1987
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
    • Teaching and Research Assistant, January 1980-August 1982
• Areas of Specialization
  • Electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of ceramics and glasses, including thin films, sensor and fuel cell materials, PTCR barium titanate, superconductors, and ferrites; synthesis, processing, defect chemistry, microstructure, and phase equilibria.
• Professional Honors
  • Nominated for Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Case Western Reserve University, Spring 1991 and Spring 2001
  • Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, W. M. Keck Foundation, 1995
  • Summer faculty research participant, Argonne National Laboratory, 1991 and 1992
  • Summer Faculty Fellowship, NASA Lewis Research Center, 1988 and 1989
  • Nord Assistant Professorship at Case Western Reserve University, March 1987-March 1990
• Research and Teaching Interests
• Electrical, magnetic, and optical ceramics and glasses, including thin films, PTCR barium titanate, fuel cell materials, superconductors, and ferrites
• Synthesis, processing, microstructure, defect chemistry, and phase equilibria.