M. Grant Norton

Present Position
Associate Professor, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Education
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Southampton University (1981)
Doctor of Philosophy, Materials; DIC, Ceramics and Glasses;
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine; University of London, UK (1989)

Professional Experience
M. Grant Norton is an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Chair of the Materials Science Program. He received his B.Sc. degree with honors in Chemistry from Southampton University in the UK. In 1989 he obtained his Ph.D. and D.I.C. from Imperial College of Science and Technology in London. From 1981 to 1989 Norton worked for two multinational industrial companies in Europe before moving to Cornell University for a postdoctoral. He joined Washington State University in 1991 and was promoted to his present position in 1996. Dr. Norton’s research interests lie in the field of electron microscopy. His most recently funded research is the characterization of two-dimensional photonic crystals for near IR and visible optoelectronic applications. He is active in involving undergraduates in research and is co-PI of the REU site in Characterization of Advanced Materials. He is also interested in the history of materials and materials education. Dr. Norton has received several awards for his teaching including the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Outstanding Teaching Award for the Pacific Northwest in 1996. He is author or co-author of over 100 articles in the archival literature and co-author of a textbook on X-ray diffraction.

Instructions and Seminar Topics
Ceramic Materials
Introduction to Materials Science
Electronic Materials
Transmission Electron Microscopy

Specialities and Research Areas
Ceramic materials
Thin films
Superconductivity
Transmission electron microscopy
Ion implantation
Interfaces

Recent Publications
Y. Geng and M.G. Norton, ‘The Early Stages of Oxidation of Aluminum Nitride, Journal of Materials Research 14, 2708 (1999)

D.N. McIlroy, D. Zhang, R.M. Cohen, J. Wharton, Y. Geng, M.G. Norton, G. De Stasio, B. Gilbert, L. Perfetti, J.H. Streiff, B. Broocks, and J.L. McHale, ‘Electronic and Dynamic Studies of Boron Carbide Nanowires’, Phys. Rev. B 60, 4874 (1999)

P.P. Bourque, D.F. Bahr, and M.G. Norton, ‘Effect of Thermal Treatment on Failure Modes in Tungsten Wire’, Materials Science and Engineering A 298, 73 (2001)

D.N. McIlroy, D. Zhang, M.G. Norton, W.L. O’Brien, M.M. Schwickert, and G.R. Harp, ‘Synthesis and Reactivity of Fe Nanoparticles Embedded in a Semi-Insulating Matrix Journal of Applied Physics 87, 7213 (2000)

M. Pang, D.P. Eakins, M.G. Norton, and D.F. Bahr, ‘Structural and Mechanical Characteristics of Anodic Oxide Films on Titanium’, Corrosion (2001 in press).