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Dr. Jim Smay

Associate Professor

423 Engineering North
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078-5021
Phone: (405) 744-5280
E-mail: smay@okstate.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Materials Science

B.S., 1996, Mechanical Engineering, Oklahoma State University
Ph.D., 2002, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Awards and Honors

  • 2007 Big 12 Center for Economic Development, Innovation and Commercialization – Rising Star
  • 2005 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, President George W. Bush
  • 2005 - NSF CAREER Award, Div. of Mfg. and Industrial Innovation, Engineering Directorate
  • 2004 - Victor K. LaMer Award by American Chemical Society, Surfaces and Colloids Division
  • 2001 - 1st Prize: Student Paper Competition, Ceramics for Wireless Technologies Symposium, American Ceramic Society Annual Conference
  • 2000 - 2nd Prize: Poster Competition, Rio Grande Regional Symposium on Advanced Materials
  • 1998 - Gordon Research Conference in Ceramics, Graduate Student Scholar
  • 1997 - International Microelectronics and Packaging Society Educational Foundation Grant
  • 1996 - National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellowship
  • 1996 - National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, Honorable Mention
  • 1996 - Graduation with High Distinction, OSU MAE Department
  • 1995 - Floyd R. Denham Memorial Scholarship - Awarded by ASHRAE at OSU
  • 1990 - Foundation Leadership Council Scholarship - Northeastern State University
  • Pi Tau Sigma - National Mechanical Engineering Honor Society
  • Sigma Xi Epsilon - National Chemical Engineering Honor Society
  • Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering Honor Society

In the Smay lab, we specialize in the assembly of complex structures using a colloidal processing approach coupled with direct write technology.  Above is a variety of structures assembled by direct writing of colloidal gels including Cu, polymer, Al2O3, ZrO2 and BaTiO3

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