John B. Hudson
Professor Emeritus
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Phone: (518) 276-6447
Email: hudsoj@rpi.edu 
Mailing Address:
Materials Research Center
rm: 104
110 8th Street
Troy, New York
12180
Education
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Metallurgy
Professional Background
Professor Hudson received the Ph.D. in Metallurgy from Rensselaer in 1960. After three years at a General Dynamics research laboratory, he returned to join the Rensselaer faculty in 1963. He is the author or co-author of over 80 publications, primarily in the area of surface structure and reactivity, and is the author of the texts "Surface Science: An Introduction" and "Thermodynamics of Materials". He is also actively engaged in applying interactive learning techniques to materials education.
Research
Nanotechnology
Metallurgy
Research Bio
Professor Hudson's current research interests involve the study of chemical reactions on surfaces. He is currently studying the surface decomposition chemistry of precursor molecules used in chemical vapor deposition and using molecular beam scattering techniques to study the surface chemistry of diamond growth. He is also studying the growth mechanisms of carbon nanotubes, and is the director of the Department's Surface Characterization Facility. Understanding of surface chemical reactions is critical to the economical production of advanced materials by molecular level processing.
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