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John R. Abelson
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
OFFICE 1-109 Engineering Sciences Building
Telephone 217-333-7258 Fax 217-333-2736
Mail Address Department of Materials Science and Engineering
1304 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801
Professor Abelson received his BS from Yale University in 1979, was a researcher at the Solar Energy Research Institute (1979-81) and the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1981-82), received his PhD from Stanford in 1987, then joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UIUC. He is active in the Materials Research Society and is a Fellow of the American Vacuum Society.
Academic and Scientific Experience
Academic Training
B.S. Yale University, Engineering and Applied Science, 1979
Ph.D. Stanford University, Materials Science and Engineering, 1987
Research Positions
Research Assistant, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden Colorado, 1979-1981
Visiting Scientist, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris France, 1981-1982
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988-present
Mâitre de Recherches, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris France, autumn 2002 (sabbatical)
Consultant Positions
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 1982-1983
EG&G Reticon, Sunnyvale, CA, 1986-1987
Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, 1987
Intevac Corporation, 1993-1997
BP Solar Corporation, 1997-2002
3M Corporation, 2000-2003
Dow Corning New Venture Energy, 2002-present
Courses Taught at UIUC
MatSE 200, Introduction to Engineering Materials
MatSE 201, Phases and Microstructures
MatSE 204, Electronic Properties of Materials
MatSE 346, Metallurgy for Engineers
MatSE 360, Electronic Materials and Processing I
MatSE 362, Thin Film Laboratory
MatSE 392, Fundamentals of Laboratory Safety
MatSE 404, Point and Line Defects in Electronic and Ionic Materials
MatSE 462, Electronic Materials Characterization
MatSE 464, Materials Science of Thin Film Growth
MatSE 484, Point and Line Defects in Electronic and Ionic Materials