The tools necessary for atomic scale engineering have only recently been developed. Our improved understanding and the new tools herald a coming decade where the rate of progress will not only continue, but accelerate. Progress in the complex development of new materials can be agonizingly slow. The average time from inception to production may require more than a decade for many advanced materials. Nevertheless, neglect of this important area would be costly in the long run.
Materials are the literal building blocks of the future.
He obtained his undergraduate degree in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Utah and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science from Stanford University. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Stringfellow worked from 1967-1980 at Hewlett Packard Laboratories in Palo Alto, California. Along with his teaching and administrative duties at the U of U, Professor Stringfellow if former director of both the Center for Advanced Materials and the Microelectronics Center. His research interests center on the chemistry, epitaxial crystal growth, properties, and device applications of new semiconductor materials. Dr. Stringfellow is also a professor of Electrical Engineering and of Physics at the University of Utah.