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FREDERICK F. LANGE
FREDERICK F. LANGE
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He spent his formative years in New Jersey, graduating from Verona High School in 1957 and from Rutgers University with a bachelor of science degree in ceramic engineering in 1961. He earned his PhD from Pennsylvania State University in the field of solid state technology in 1965.
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This expertise eventually bloomed into positions throughout the world where he spent time teaching, learning, and collaborating with his foreign colleagues. At the end of his stay in the United Kingdom, he went to work at the Westinghouse Research Laboratory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he studied structural ceramics for hightemperature operation.
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His principal contributions included the development of ways of processing ceramic materials with higher crack growth resistance and improved reliability. He became world renowned for his work on powder processing, transformation toughening of zirconium oxide, mechanical behavior of silicon nitride, and colloidal processing of ceramic materials.
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He participated fully in international meetings and held a number of important positions in countries outside the United States, including at the following institutions: Max Plank Institute in Stuttgart, Germany; Chalmers University, Sweden, as Jubilee Professor in 1983; University of Tianjin, China, in 1985; University of Melbourne, Australia, as a Miegunyah Distinguished Fellow; Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (Singapore) as a member of its Scientific Advisory Board; and National University of Singapore as a visiting professor.
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