Microwave Processing Laboratory for Advanced Materials
Faculty Members
Yuval Carmel, Senior Research Scientist, received the B.S. (EE) and M.S. (EE) degrees from the Technion, Israel Institute for Technology, in 1966 and 1971, respectively, and the Ph.D. (EE) degree from Cornell University in 1974. His research interests include electromagnetic radiation from intense electron beams, plasma microwave devices, advanced concepts in millimeter-wave tubes, gyrotrons, and backward wave oscillators, and microwave processing of ceramics.
Isabel K. Lloyd is an Associate Professor in the Materials and Nuclear Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is also a member of the Institute for Plasma Research. She received her Ph.D. in Ceramics from MIT in 1980 and her B.S. in Ceramic Science from Penn State in 1975. Prof. Lloyd is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society. Her interests include structure-property-processing relationships in advanced ceramics, particularly the effects of processing on specific structural elements (e.g., point defects, grain boundaries, interfaces, and powder and device surfaces) and how these elements affect behavior (electrical conductivity, diffusion, sintering, lifetime, strength and toughness). She has more than 30 publications and 2 patents. In addition to her position at the University of Maryland, she has experience as a Visiting Scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory (1988-1989), as a Senior Engineer at the Westinghouse Research and Development Center (1980-1982) and the University of Pittsburgh (1982-1989). Prof. Lloyd has had 5 Ph.D. and 13 M.S. students graduate at the University of Maryland and she currently has 3 Ph.D. students and 1 M.S. student.
Mark Walter, Assistant Research Scientist, received a B.S. in physics from the United States Military Academy in 1985, and a MSE and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1995. He joined the University of Maryland in 1995. His current research interests include design, modeling, and experimental optimization of microwave oscillators and amplifiers.
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