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Biography
Dr. Richard E. Mistler received his Doctor of Science in Ceramics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967. He also holds a Master of Metallurgical Engineering degree from Renssalear Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Science degree in Ceramic Engineering from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University.
Dr. Mistler is presently Owner and President of Richard E. Mistler, Inc., a consulting and research firm involved in the technical ceramics field located in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Prior to starting his own business in 1985, he held several positions in industry. These included the following: from 1982 through December, 1984 he was Vice President of Research & Development for American Oil & Supply International. From June, 1978 through May, 1982 he was Director of Research and Development and Vice President of Frenchtown American Corporation. From June, 1969 through May, 1978 Dr. Mistler was Research Leader, Ceramic Processes and Chemical Processes at the Western Electric Company's Engineering Research Center in Princeton, New Jersey.
Under his direction as Research Leader at Western Electric Company, Dr. Mistler's group developed the ERC-105 process for the manufacture of the highest quality alumina thin film substrate in the world. He has published several papers on the process and on the general topic of tape cast ceramics.
Dr. Mistler's expertise lies in the development and control of ceramic processing technology. He has published over 50 papers on his work during his 30+ years of experience. He has also taught a portion of a short course relating to tape casting as a ceramic fabrication process at the annual meeting of the American Ceramic Society for the past ten years.
Dr. Mistler is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and a member of the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers. As a Chairman of the Ceramic Processing Advisory Committee for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at M.I.T. he was instrumental in establishing their University-Industrial Liason program in Ceramics Processing.
Dr. Mistler received an appointment as a Consultant Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, P.R. China at a ceramony held at the university on May 12, 2005.
Sc.D. in Ceramics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967.
Thesis: Grain Boundary Diffusion and Boundary Migration Kinetics in
Aluminum Oxide, Sodium Chloride, and Silver.
Advisor: Professor R.L. Coble
M. Metallurgical Eng., Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., 1961.
Thesis: Correlation Between Sieve Analysis, Surface Areas, and Shape
Factors of Ceramic and Metal Particles.
Advisor: Professor F.V. Lene
B.S. Ceramic Eng., SUNY College of Ceramics at Alfred University, 1959.
President : Keramos Industries, Inc.
Vice President R & D : American Oil & Supply International
Vice President : Frenchtown American Corp.
Director of R&D : Plessey Frenchtown
Res. Leader, Ceramic/Chemical Processes : Western Electric Company, Inc.
Member of Res. Staff, Ceramic Processes : Western Electric Company, Inc.
Research Assistant, Ceramics : Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ceramic Engineer : Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
American Ceramic Society : Elected Fellow - 1981
National Institute of Ceramic Engineers
Ceramic Association of N.J., Board of Directors, since 1979, President - 1985.
Pennsylvania Ceramics Association, Board of Directors, since 1994
Keramos National Ceramic Engineering Honors Fraternity
Sigma Xi National Honors Fraternity
International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics
Other Honors:
Chairman of the Ceramics Processing Advisory Committee for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Appointed Consultant Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China on May 12, 2005.
