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Katherine Faber

Simon Ramo Professor of Materials Science
B.S., Alfred University, 1975; M.S., The Pennsylvania State University, 1978; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1982. Ramo Professor, Caltech, 2014-.
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Research interests: mechanical behavior, brittle solids, structural ceramics, coatings, porous solids and cultural heritage science

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Katherine Faber is interested in the fracture of brittle materials and mechanisms by which such materials can be toughened and strengthened. Her studies comprise ceramics for energy-related applications including thermal and environmental barrier coatings for power generation components and porous solids for filters and flow in applications that extend to medicine. She has also worked with art museums on scientific studies in the arts, where advanced materials characterization and analytical techniques are used in support of conservation science.

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Böttger Luster: Solving an Artistic Cold Case
Professor Hunt Named 2019 SURF Dedicatee
Professor Faber Receives the John Jeppson Award
Making Hotter Engines and Lasting Artwork
Professor Faber Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Professors Faber and Brady Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Caltech Names Ninth President
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Related Courses

2022-23
MS 115 – Fundamentals of Materials Science
MS 133 – Kinetic Processes in Materials
2021-22
MS 110 abc – Materials Research Lectures
MS 115 – Fundamentals of Materials Science
MS/ME 166 – Fracture of Brittle Solids
2020-21
MS 110 abc – Materials Research Lectures
MS 115 – Fundamentals of Materials Science
MS 133 – Kinetic Processes in Materials
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