Plenary Speaker: Prof. Clive A. Randall
Title: Rethinking Design, Reliability, and Processing of Passive Components
Clive A. Randall is an Evan Pugh Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Director of Materials Research Institute at The Pennsylvania State University. He has a B.Sc. (Honors) in Physics from University of East Anglia, UK (1983), and a Ph.D. in Experimental Physics from University of Essex, UK (1987). He was Director for the Center for Dielectric Studies 1997-2013, and Co-Director of the Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics 2013-2015 (now Technical Advisor). Interests include discovery, processing, material physics, and compositional design of functional materials. Among his awards are Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, Academician of World Academy of Ceramics, National Academy of Inventors, IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, and honorary Fellow of the European Ceramic Society. Prof. Randall has a h-factor of 102 and over 38,000 citations, and over 30 patents.