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Education:

He received his B.S. in Ceramic Engineering in 1980, and his M.S. in Glass Science in 1982, both from the NYS College of Ceramics at AlfredUniversity.  Dr. Brow earned his Ph.D. in Ceramic Science from Pennsylvania State University in 1988.

ACerS Involvement:  

Dr. Brow has been an ACerS member since 1978.  He has served at all leadership levels of the Glass & Optical Materials Division, including Division chair (2003-04).  He has served the Division on a variety of committees, the most important of which was the program committee; more recently, he represented the division on the ACerS Panel of Fellows. 

He has also served on several other Society committees, including the Publications Committee.  Dick is a past associate editor of the Journal of the American Ceramic society. He has been on the ACerS Board of Directors since 2006.

While working at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, he was an active member of the New Mexico Section of ACerS, and served as chairman of the Section.  In 1989, he organized the first ‘Ceramics and Advanced Materials Symposium’ for the Section.  This annual meeting, now called the ‘Rio Grande Symposium on Advanced Materials’, provides a venue for about 100 scientists and students to review their research.  Dick also organized the first ‘Kreidl Memorial Lecture’ for this meeting in 1992.

Dr. Brow has been affiliated with Keramos for over 25 years and was the advisor for the Missouri Chapter for several years.  In 2005, he received the ‘Keramos Greaves-Walker Roll of Honor Award’ for his service.

Awards:

Dr. Brow has received several awards from the Glass & Optical Materials Division and other organizations affiliated with ACerS, including:

·         the George W. Morey Award for ‘new and original work in the field of glass science and technology’; Glass & Optical Materials Division, ACerS, 2004

·         Fellow of The American Ceramic Society, 1997

·         Schwartzwalder-PACE Award for the ‘nation’s outstanding young ceramic engineer’, The American Ceramic Society, 1994

Employment History:

Dr. Brow has been on the faculty of Missouri University of Science & Technology (previously known as the University of Missouri-Rolla) since 1998.  He is presently a Curators’ Professor of Ceramic Engineering and Senior Investigator in the Graduate Center for Materials Research.  He was Chairman of the Ceramic Engineering Department from 2001-2004, then Chairman of the Materials Science & Engineering Department until December 2006.  Prior to this, he was a Professional Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, NM, where he worked from 1985 through 1997. 

Accomplishments in Ceramic Science and Engineering:

Dick has published about 100 articles in peer-reviewed archival journals, and another fifty articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, book chapters and other venues.  He received nine US patents, principally for glasses used in a variety of packaging applications. 

He has received several awards for his research on glasses, including several fromThe American Ceramic Society, listed above.  In addition, he was the first American recipient of the ‘Gottardi Prize’ from the International Commission on Glass (ICG) for 'outstanding contributions to the field of glass science' (1996) and he received an R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine for the development of hermetic sealing glasses for aluminum components, one of the ‘100 most technologically significant new products of the year’ in 1996. He was named a Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology in 2004.  Dr. Brow is presently on the ‘Coordinating Technical Committee’ of the ICG, along with his service on the Board of Directors for ACerS. 

Beyond all this, however, the ‘accomplishment’ that gives him the greatest satisfaction are the students who succeed in the university program- his graduate students who successfully defend their theses and then start out on their own research careers, and the undergrads who will help maintain the highest quality of the profession.

Personal background:

Dick says:  “I owe much to Ceramic Engineering!  I grew up in western New York and knew about ceramic engineering from one of my grandfathers (Spicer Kenyon, Alfred University, class of 1920). My wife, Theresa McCarthy, is a ceramic engineer from Penn State.  We have two terrific daughters - Katie and Adelaide.  In my spare time, I enjoy playing golf and coaching my kids in softball, skiing, reading, and rooting for the St Louis Cardinals.”

Why do you belong to ACerS?

“Much of my professional success I can trace back to my association with ACerS.  The Society provided the technical venues, through meetings and publications, which first brought national and international attention to my research.  My closest professional colleagues are members of ACerS - and I have friends around the world that I first met through Society activities. I now encourage my students to become involved with the Society at as early a time in their careers as possible. I expect that the connections they will make and the experiences they will have will ultimately have the same positive impact on their careers as they did on mine.”