American Ceramic Society Names Professor Martha Mecartney a Fellow

Martha Mecartney, professor of chemical engineering and materials science at UCI’s The Henry Samueli School of Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). The Society gives the title of Fellow to scientists, engineers and business leaders who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to the ceramic arts or sciences, broad and productive scholarship in ceramic science and technology, conspicuous achievement in ceramic industry, or by outstanding service to the Society.

“It is an incredible honor to be selected as a Fellow among such esteemed colleagues, and I am delighted,” says Mecartney, whose research is in the development of new multiphase oxide ceramics for energy applications, understanding how grain boundaries and interfaces control physical and chemical properties, and analytical transmission electron microscopy. “What's taken me by surprise is the outpouring of congratulations from around the world."

Mecartney is among 18 Fellows named in 2013. An international cross-section of leaders in academia, research labs, industry and government, the new Fellows will be recognized at ACerS’ Annual Honors and Awards Banquet on Oct. 28, 2013 in Montréal, Québec Canada. For more information, see http://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/2013/04/09/the-american-ceramic-soc....