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Dr. Dwight Viehland
![]() Dr. Dwight Viehlandis a member of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. He received bachelor and master degrees from the University of Missouri-Rolla, and a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. His research includes phase transitions, ferroelectricity, piezoelectricity, magnetostriction, and magnetoelectricity. Since joining Virginia Tech, Dwight and his research group began a new area of research that involves the development of novel materials/composites with large magnetization-polarization exchanges. Dr. Viehland has published over 300 refereed journal articles, together with about 4500 citations; holds a number of issued patents; and has been the PI of about 7M$ in research funding during his career. He has previously served as chair of the Electronics Division, co-chaired the ACerS Cocoa Beach Meeting, and will serve as the ACerS representative on the MS&T Program Coordinating Committee in 2008. |



