Carlos Suchicital

Carlos Suchicital is a Research Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Virginia Tech. He is affiliated with the College of Engineering and holds office in Holden Hall. His research focuses on advanced materials development for manufacturing processes, microelectronics applications, and biomedical uses.

Education:

• B.A. in Physics, Oakland University (1970)
• M.Sc. in Physics, State University of Sao Paulo at San Carlos (Brazil, 1977)
• Ph.D. in Ceramic Engineering, University of Illinois (1988)

Research Interests:

• Development and processing of materials for rapid prototyping and free-form manufacturing
• Materials science in microelectronics
• Microwave processing of ceramics
• Applications of high-performance ceramics (HPC) in electronics, optics, and biomedicine
• Microstructural and microanalytical characterization of HPC materials