Faculty Profile

Simone Peterson Hruda, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, received her Ph.D. and S.M. degrees in Ceramics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992 and 1987, respectively. She received her B.S. in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1984. Prior to joining the Department in 1994, Dr. Peterson Hruda was a Staff Engineer in the Advanced Sintering Processing Department at the IBM Microelectronics East Fishkill facility. She currently teaches courses in thermodynamics and materials science and engineering. Dr. Peterson Hruda's research interests include materials processing, focusing on sintering, microstructural evolution, and texture development in ceramic materials.

• M.F. Ng, S.C. Peterson, and M.J. Cima, "Recrystallization of Non-Vacuum Derived Ba₂YCu₃O_7-d Films," in High Temperature Superconductors: Fundamental Properties and Novel Materials Processing, edited by J. Narayan, C.W. Chu, L.F. Schneemeyer, and D.K. Christen (Ed.), Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 169, Pittsburgh, PA, 1990.
• S.C. Peterson and M.J. Cima, "Magnetic Inducement of Texture in Ba₂YCu₃O_6.9 Particle Assemblies under Cryogenic Conditions," Journal of American Ceramic Society, Vol.71, No.11, 1988, pp.C458-C459.
• M.J. Cima, J.S. Schneider, S.C. Peterson, and W. Coblenz, "Reaction of Ba₂YCu₃O_6.9 Films with Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Substrates".