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Dr. William Fahrenholtz

Dr. Fahrenholtz earned his B.S. (1987) and M.S. (1989) degrees in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. (1992) in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Mexico. From 1993 until 1999, Bill was a research professor at UNM. Since 1999, he has been at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Bill has published over 60 papers on the processing and characterization of mullite, ceramic-metal composites, ultra-high temperature ceramics, and cerium oxide based coatings. In 2003, he received a National Science Foundation CAREER award. He has also won four UMR faculty excellence awards for a combination of research, teaching, and service.

Dr. Fahrenholtz currently serves as a member of the ACerS Publications committee and chair of the Education Integration Committee. He is a reviewer for both the Journal of The American Ceramic Society and the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. Previously, he was an officer of the Ceramic Educational Council and the New Mexico Section.