Susan Trolier-McKinstry |
Dr. Susan Trolier-McKinstry is a Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering and director of the W. M. Keck Smart Materials Integration Laboratory at the Pennsylvania State University. She obtained her Ph.D. degrees in Ceramic Scienceat Penn State in 1992. Her main research interests include ferroelectric thin films for dielectric and piezoelectric applications, microelectromechanical systems, and the development of texture in bulk ceramic piezoelectrics. She has published approximately 170 peer-reviewed articles on her research. Trolier-McKinstry has been actively involved in MRS, having served as one of the Fall 2003 Meeting Co-chairs, as well as co-organizer of several symposia. Currently, she is a member of the program development sub-committee. She has also engaged extensively in other professional societies; she is past-president of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society (UFFC), Keramos and the Ceramics Education Council. She isa fellow of the American Ceramic Society, an academician of the World Academy of Ceramics, a fellow of IEEE, and a member of the Materials Research Society. Currently, she serves as an associate editor for Applied Physics Letters, the Journal of the American Ceramic Society, and the IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. |
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The W. M. Keck Smart Materials Integration Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University |
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Susan has held visiting appointments at the Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, the Army Research Laboratory, and the Ecole PolytechniqueFederale de Lausanne. She is the recipient of the Fulrath and Robert Coble Awards of the American Ceramic Society, a National Security Science and Engineering Fellowship, the Wilson Awards for Outstanding Teaching and Excellence in Research from Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the Materials Research Laboratory Outstanding Faculty Award, and a National Science Foundation Career grant. She is particularly proud that 17 people that she has advised/co-advised have gone on to take faculty positions around the world. |
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Fundamentals of Ferroelectric Materials
This tutorial will cover the fundamental phenomena that underpin the field of ferroelectricity, with an emphasis on the relationship between crystal structure and the allowed domain states. The mechanisms which contribute to the pyroelectric, piezoelectric dielectric responses will be covered, along with a review of the critical materials for these different applications.
