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SURFACE AND INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA Professor Hudson received the Ph.D. in Metallurgy from Rensselaer in 1960. After three years at a General Dynamics research laboratory, he returned to join the Rensselaer faculty in 1963. He is the author or co-author of over 80 publications, primarily in the area of surface structure and reactivity, and is the author of the texts "Surface Science: An Introduction" and "Thermodynamics of Materials". He is also actively engaged in applying interactive learning techniques to materials education. Professor
Hudson's current research interests involve the study of chemical reactions
on surfaces. He is currently studying the surface decomposition chemistry
of precursor molecules used in chemical vapor deposition and using molecular
beam scattering techniques to study the surface chemistry of diamond
growth. He is also studying the growth mechanisms of carbon nanotubes,
and is the director of the Department's Surface Characterization Facility.
Understanding of surface chemical reactions is critical to the economical
production of advanced materials by molecular level processing. |
