I-Wei Chen
Peter & Geri Skirkanich Professor of Innovation
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Honors and Awards: Sosman Award of the American Ceramic Society - 2006, Edward C. Henry Award, Electronic Division, American Ceramic Society - 1999, Humboldt Prize - 1997, Ross Coffin Purdy Award, American Ceramic Society - 1994, Fellow, American Ceramic Society - 1991
Research Expertise: Ceramics | Polymers | Electronic Materials
Chen's interests span several aspects of nanomaterial research. He investigates magnetic and fluorescent smart colloids for molecular imaging, primarily MRI; nanograin ceramics, which deals with multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC), specifically sintering and dielectric/ferroelectric properties of barium titanate; and thin film nanometallic electronic devices for resistance random access memory (RRAM). Chen is also studying energy materials, such as zirconia, thermoelectrics and transparent electrodes.
Member of:- Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM)
- Nano/Bio Interface Center (NBIC)
- Penn Center for Energy Innovation
Education:
PhD Metallurgy 1980 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS Physics 1975 - University of Pennsylvania
BS Physics 1972 - Tsinghua University