Randall GermanProfessor German obtained his PhD from the University of California at Davis (1975), He is a Fellow of the American Society for Metals and Fellow of American Powder Metallurgy Institute. His awardsinclude the Tesla Medal, Nanyang Professorship, JapanInstitute for Materials ResearchLectureship, Penn State Engineering Society Outstanding Research Award and PremiereResearch Award, Distinguished Research Award from the Japan Society for Powder Metallurgy, Kuczynski Prize, and Samsonov Prize. He is listed in several Who's Who and serves as an editoror key reader for more than 20 journals and held several director positions, including two termswith APMI, and served on the Fellows Awards Committee of two professional societies. He has supervised 100 theses, published over 960 articles, 25 patents, and 16 books, including Mathematical Relations in Particulate Materials Processing (2008), Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials Processing (2005), Liquid Phase Sintering (1985), Sintering Theory and Practice (1996), and Powder Injection Molding - Design and Applications (2003). He has edited 19 books and co-chaired more than 30 conferences. Professor German's research and teaching deal with the net-shape fabrication of engineering materials via sintering techniques as used in powder metallurgy, cemented carbides, and ceramics. Read More Read Less