David Clarke

Professor

Materials
Mechanical Engineering

David Clarke

Contacts

Materials Department
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

tel: (805) 893-8275
fax: 805-893-8486
clarke@engineering.ucsb.edu

Personal web site

Research Description

Clarke has three main research areas: (i) high temperature materials, including thermal barrier coatings; (ii)materials for electronics and MEMS devices; and (iii) electrical and piezoelectric properties of ceramics. The research includes the development and application of novel sensor for measuring stress and temperature with a focus on optical based methods.

Biography

After receiving his B.Sc. degree in Applied Sciences, with a specialization in Materials Science, from the University of Sussex, Professor Clarke joined the research staff of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in England. Whilst on leave from NPL, he studied at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Physics. In 1974, he came to the USA joining the University of California, Berkeley and then in 1977 moved to Rockwell International Science Center as a member of the Structural Ceramics Group, later becoming group leader. Subsequently, he was an Associate Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then joined the staff at IBM Research Division in Yorktown Heights, New York. There, he was successively Manager of the Ceramic Sciences Group and then Senior Manager of the Materials Department. In 1990, he joined the UCSB faculty. As a consequence of his experience and responsibilies in government, industry and academia, Professor Clarke has been involved in many different materials research and development programs, contributing to ceramics, metals, composites and semiconductors, as well as introducing new approaches for studying the interrelations between microstructure and properties. Professor Clarke is author or co-author of more than 350 papers and 6 patents.


Awards/Honors

  • National Academy of Engineering, 1999

Selected Publications

  • Oxide Materials with Low Thermal Conductivity, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 90, 2007, M. R. Winter and D. R. Clarke
  • Interrelation between Adhesion, Contact Creep and Roughness on the Life of Gold Contacts in RF MEMS, Journal of Applied Physics, 100, 2006, 094904, G. Gregori and D. R. Clarke
  • Stress and Defect Characterization of AlN Films by Raman Spectroscopy, Applied Physics Letters, 89, 2006, 241911, V. Lughi and D. R. Clarke
  • Non-Destructive Thermal Barrier Coating Damage Assessment Using Laser-Induced Luminescence and Infra-red Radiometry, Surface and Coatings Technology, 200, 2005, 1298-1302, B. Heeg and D. R. Clarke
  • Concepts for Luminescence Sensing of Thermal Barrier Coatings, Surface and Coatings Technology, 188-189, 2004, 93-100, M. M. Gentleman and D. R. Clarke
  • On the Rumpling Mechanism in Nickel-Aluminide Coatings, Acta Materialia, 52, 2004, 5115-5141, V. K. Tolpygo and D. R. Clarke
  • Materials Design for the Next Generation Thermal Barrier Coatings, Annual Reviews of Materials Research, 33, 2003, 383-417, D. R. Clarke and C. G. Levi
  • Epitaxial Regrowth of Ruby on Sapphire For An Integrated Thin Film Stress Sensor, Applied Physics Letter, 66 [3], 1995, 293-295, Q. Wen, N. Yu, D. R. Clarke and M. Nastassi
  • High Spatial Resolution Determination of Stresses in Individual Interconnect Lines and Their Variation Due to Electromigration, Journal of Applied Physics, 78 [3], 1995, 1614-1622, Q. Ma, S. Chiras, D. R. Clarke and Z. Suo