Gary R Pickrell
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Phone: 540 231-3504
E-mail: pickrell@vt.edu
Work Experience:
08/99-present | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
08/12-present | Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department |
08/08-present | Chair of Graduate Program, Materials Science and Engineering |
08/10-present | Director, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing |
03/02-present | Associate Director, Center for Photonics Technology |
08/04-present | Director, NanoBio Materials Laboratory, Materials Science and Engineering Dept. |
08/08-08/12 | Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department |
08/04-08/08 | Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department |
11/01-08/04 | Research Assistant Professor, Elect. and Comp. Eng. Department |
1/00 – 08/04 | Affiliated Research Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Dept. |
08/99-11/01 | Research Scientist, Elect. and Comp. Eng. Department |
1995-1999 | Technical Director, Porvair Advanced Materials, Hendersonville, NC - Porous metals and ceramics development for molten metal filtration, ceramic matrix composites, catalytic applications, etc |
1994-1995 | General Manager, Materials Technologies of Virginia - Low Expansion Ceramic Materials Research and Development |
1991-1994 | Graduate Project Assistant, Virginia Tech. Corrosion of structural materials for use in coal gasification systems and phase equilibria research sponsored by PETC |
1989-1994 | Glass Technologist, Corning, Inc. Greenville, Ohio (educational leave
to pursue Ph.D. from 1991-1994) - Responsible for glass for million lbs/day glass production facility |
1987-1989 | Research and Development Engineer, Owens Illinois, TV Products Division, Perrysburg, Ohio - Developed several products for the microelectronics industry |
1985-1987 | Graduate Research Assistant, The Ohio State University. Phosphor research sponsored by General Electric and phase equilibria research |
1985-1985 | Summer Intern, USBM, Avondale, Maryland. Performed Research on nitride reclamation and ternary salt equilibrium |
1984-1984 | Summer Intern, Lawrence Livermore National Labs, Wrote User’s Guide to Protocol: a Numerical Simulator for the Dissolution Reactions of Inorganic Solids in Nuclear Waste Glass |
Editorial Board Member:
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Phone: 540 231-3504
E-mail: pickrell@vt.edu