Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Metallurgy and Materials Science

B.S., Yokohama National University, Japan
Electrochemistry

Glass Materials

Mass Transport

Reliability

Origin of  memory effect of glasses,, measurement of fictive temperature of glasses, effect of fictive temperature on mechanical strength of glasses, glasses with fictive-temperature-independent properties, Indentation size effect of glasses, mechanism of water diffusion, rare-earth doped glasses, measurement of defects in glasses, structural relaxation of glasses, ion-exchange of glasses

• Fellow, American Ceramic Society

• Research Fellowship, 1965-1967
• Wilbur B. Driver Fellowship, 1967-1968
• Science Award, The Japanese Ceramic Society, 1983
• The American Ceramic Society, Hudson Mohawk Section Award, 1988
• International Contribution Award, The Ceramic Society of Japan, 1991
• Louis C. Ianniello 54 Graduation Prize, 1996
• Ceramic Educational Council Outstanding Educator Award, 1997

• A Glass with High Crack Initiation Load: Role of Fictive Temperature- Independent Mechanical Properties (2009)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Glass Materials
• Towards the Origin of the Memory Effect in Oxide Glasses (2008)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Glass Materials
• Effect of Al2O3 on Phase Separation of SiO2Nd2O3 Glasses (2008)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Glass Materials
• Annihilation of E2 center Defects in Silica Glass by Hydrogen Treatment (2008)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Glass Materials
• Point Defect Formation and Annihilation in Silica Glass by Heat-Treatment: Role of Water and Stress (2008)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Glass Materials
• Fictive temperature measurement of amorphous SiO2 films by IR method (2006)
  Type: Article
  Topic: Glass Materials