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C. Barry Carter

Professor of Materials Science

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About C. Barry Carter

C. Barry Carter was an editor, researcher, professor, university teacher, materials scientist and chemical engineer, known for Materials science.

C. Barry Carter is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. He is a CINT Distinguished Affiliate Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Materials Science. Carter's research areas of focus include Transmission Electron Microscopy and Atomic-force microscopy. He then spent 16 years as a professor and the 3M Endowed Multidisciplinary Chair in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota. Carter chaired the University of Connecticut's Department of Chemical, Materials, and Biomolecular Engineering for 5 years.

Books and publications Carter is the co-author of three textbooks: Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials Science (2009), Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering (2013), and Transmission Electron Microscopy: Diffraction, Imaging, and Spectrometry (2016). He is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Materials Science.

Honors Ceramic Education Council (ACerS) Outstanding Educator Award Oct. 2014 JSPS Fellowship May 2014 MSA Distinguished Physical Scientist, August 2013 Elected Fellow of AAAS (2011), MRS (2009), MSA (2009), RMS (1996), ACerS (1995) Elected Member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) ACerS Roland B Snow Award 1989, 1993, 1995, 2000-2002 Alexander von Humboldt Senior Award 1997 Bernd Matthias Scholar, LANL, Los Alamos, NM 1997 Guggenheim Fellow 1985

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Important facts

Known for
Materials science
Education
University of Oxford, Cambridge University, Oxford University
Employers
University of Connecticut, University of Minnesota, Cornell University, University of Oxford
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Also known as
C Barry Carter

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Professor of Materials Science

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C. Barry Carter was an editor, researcher, professor, university teacher, materials scientist and chemical engineer.

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C. Barry Carter was known for Materials science.

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