Didier de Fontaine

Professor, Dept. of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering
469 Evans Hall
University of California, Berkeley CA 94720

510-642-8177
ddf@berkeley.edu





EDUCATION

  • M.S. (Metallurgical Engineering), University of Louvain (Belgium), 1955
  • Ph.D. (Materials Science), Northwestern University, 1967

    • PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Lecturer, Lovanium University, Congo, 1962-1963
  • Postdoctoral Research, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1966-1968
  • Associate Professor of Materials Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1969-1975
  • Professor of Materials Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1976-1978
  • Visiting Professor, Ecole Polytechnique de Grenoble (France), Jan.-June 1979
  • Professor of Materials Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1979-1994
  • Associate Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1981-1997
  • Emeritus Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1994-present
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    CURRENT RESEARCH

    Research is in the area of phase transformations in alloys, crystallography and thermodynamics of phase changes, particularly ordering reactions and phase separation. Specifically: calculations of phase equilibria by combined quantum and statistical mechanical methods.

    AWARDS AND HONORS

  • TMS Hume Rothery Award, 2010
  • Senior Visiting Fellow, Science Research Council, Oxford, 1974
  • Exceptional Creativity Awards, National Science Foundation, 1981 and 1985
  • Chairman, Physical Metallurgy, Gordon Research Conference, 1984
  • Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1987
  • Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Metallurgy and Ceramics, U.S. DOE Awards, 1987 and 1990
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1993
  • Awarded Berkeley Citation, 1994
  • Turnbull Award, Materials Research Society, 1995
  • Honorary Member, Japanese Institute of Metals, 2000
  • Fellow, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), 2003
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    PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, COMMITTEES, EDITORIAL BOARDS

  • Société Royale Belge des Ingénieurs et Industriels, 1955-present
  • American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 1966-present
  • American Crystallographic Association, 1969-present
  • American Physical Society, 1975-present; elected Fellow, 1993
  • ASM Phase Transformation Committee, 1971-1973
  • TMS-AIME Chemistry and Physics of Metals Committee, 1981-1986
  • Hume-Rothery Award Committee, 1982-1984
  • Editorial Board of Phase Transitions, an international journal, 1980-1984
  • Advisory Editorial Board of Computational Materials Science, an international journal, 1991-present
  • Advisory Board, Northwestern University Materials Science Department, 2000-2002
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    PUBLICATIONS

    Over 225 publications in the fields of Materials Science and Condensed Matter Physics, including two major review articles for "Solid State Physics". Complete bibliography.

    PERSONAL

    Please go to Prof. de Fontaine's personal home page for additional selected writings, short bio, lectures and blog.


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