Roger has worked on the fabrication, processing, development, material performance and commercialization of advanced ceramics and components for over 25 years. He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society, and has won Innovation awards from TRW Inc, Battelle’s Columbus Laboratories and Seagate Technologies Inc. He has authored over 40 technical papers and has 7 patents. He is a co-inventor of the ceramic “Sialon” and some of the silicon metaloxynitrides. He has worked extensively in structural ceramics and composites for heat engines, armor, semiconductor processing, tool bits and other refractory and wear parts. In addition, he has worked on optical and electronic ceramics, bioceramics, several glasses and polymer ceramic composites.

Currently he is Principal Investigator on an Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Department of Energy program to determine the mechanical properties of structural ceramics for microturbines. He is also the Principal Investigator on an NSF project to develop a Digital Library of Ceramic Microstructures combined with virtual experiments that can be conducted using web-based data, micrographs, and embedded mathematical equations.

Roger holds degrees in Chemistry and Metallurgy from Manchester University, England and has taken numerous technical and management courses in his career. He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society.