Dr. Dale E. Wittmer

1. Name and Academic Rank: Dale E. Wittmer, Professor and Chair

2. Degrees With Fields, Institution, and Date:

Ph.D., Ceramic Engineering, UIUC, 1980

M.S., Ceramic Engineering, UIUC, 1975

B.S., Ceramic Engineering, UIUC, 1973

3. Number of Years of Service on This Faculty: 22

Date of Original Appointment: February 15, 1986, Associate Professor

Dates of Advancement in Rank: May 16, 1990, Tenured Associate Professor

    May 16, 1995, Professor

4. Other Related Experience--Teaching, Industrial, etc.:

1984   1986 Manager of Technical Ceramics, GTE Products Corp., Towanda, PA. (Promotion)

1983   1984 Advanced Research Engineer, GTE Products Corp., Towanda, PA.

1979   1983 Ceramic Research Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Tuscaloosa Research Center, Tuscaloosa, AL.

1973 – 1976 US Army Corp of Engineers, Champaign, IL

1968 - 1970 United States Army, Vietnam Combat Veteran

5. Consulting, Patents, etc. :

• Intermetallic Bonded Diamond Composite Composition and Methods of Forming Articles From Same, Dale E. Wittmer and Peter Filip, U.S. Patent Applied for April 1, 2005, Currently Pending.

• U.S. Patent No. 5,900,208, May 1999; U.S. Patent No. 5,456,877, October 1995; U.S. Patent No. 4,788,049, November 1988; U.S. Patent No. 4,717,693 Jan. 1988; U.S. Patent No. 4,650,592, Jan. 1987; U.S. Patent No. 4,607,017, Aug. 1986; U.S. Patent No. 4,283,228, Aug. 1981.

• Consulting relationships with over 25 government agencies and corporations

• Gratis consulting with several local companies and agencies.

6. State(s) in Which Registered: None

7. Principal Publications of Last Five Years:

• D. E. Wittmer, S. Piquard, T. Miller, P. Pejcochova, and P. Filip, “Processing and Friction Properties of Intermetallic-Bonded Diamond Ceramic Composites”, S1-65; and

• D. E. Wittmer, S. Ozcan, P. Filip, “Effect of Heat Treatment on Crystal Structure and Wear Performance of Carbon-Carbon Composites,” S1-62, The Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites-Developments in Advanced Ceramics and Composites, CD Wiley ISBN: 0-470-11702-8 (2007).

• D. E. Wittmer, T. Miller, A. Keeney and P. Filip, “Intermetallic Bonded WC-Diamond Composites,” PowderMet 2006, International Conference on Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials, June 18-21, San Diego, CA, S8, pp. 1-10, 2006. CD MPIF ISBN: 0-9762057-6-9 (2006).
  

• D. E. Wittmer, T. Miller, A. Keeney and P. Filip, “WC as a Constituent in Intermetallic-Bonded Diamond Composites,” Tungsten Refractory & Hardmetals VI, S3, pp.141-148, 2006. CD MPIF ISBN 0-9762057-4-2 (2006).

• D. E. Wittmer and P. Filip, “Thermal Shock Impact on C/C and Si Melt Infiltrated C/C Materials (SiMI),”, Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites - Developments in Advanced Ceramics and Composites Volume 26, Issue 8, pp. 195-203 (2005).

• D. E. Wittmer and J. W. Steffen, “Effect of High Sintering Rates on Microstructure of Ni3Al-TiC Cermets,” Adv. in Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials – 2004, Part 9, pp. 38-43 (2004).

• D. E. Wittmer, “A Formula for Success in Research Partnerships,” Proceedings of INEER 2004, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Paper 31504, June, 2004, published electronically.

• Y. Xiao, D. E. Wittmer, F. Izumi, S. Mini, T. Graber, P. J. Viccaro, “Determination of Cations Distribution in Mn3O4 by Anomalous X-ray Powder Diffraction,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 85, No. 5, pp. 736-738 (2004).

• Jeffrey Hazelwood, Dale E. Wittmer, and Joshua Steffen SIUC and Terry N. Tiegs ORNL, “Low Pressure Injection Molding of Intermetallic-TiC Cermets,” Advances in Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials – 2003, Part 8, Pages 82-87 (2003) Received Poster of Merit Award from APMI-MPIF

• Y. Xiao, P. Izumi, T. Graber, P.J. Viccaro, and D. E. Wittmer, “Update in a Reitveld Analysis Program for X-ray Powder Spectro-Diffractometry,” Powder Diffraction 18 (1) pp. 32-35 (2003).

8. Scientific and Professional Societies of Which a Member:

Am. Cer. Soc. NICE KERAMOS AIME

ASTM ASMI Tau Beta Pi Sigma Xi

ASME ASEE

9. Honors and Awards:

• College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher 1996, 1994 and 1991

• Department Outstanding Teacher 11 consecutive years 1989-2000

• Poster of Merit Award from APMI-MPIF, 2003

10. Institutional and Professional Service in the Last Five Years:

• Department Chair 2005-Present

• Multiple University, College, and Departmental Committees

• Multiple conferences session chair

• DOE/NSF Proposal Reviewer

• Reviewer of multiple technical journals and books

11. Professional Development Activities in the Last Five Years:

• Teaching and ABET workshops

• International Conference Session Chair (multiple)