Don Lipkin

Educational Background

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

- Synthesis of high-temperature structural materials and coatings
- Harsh-environment testing
- Sustainability in materials design and life cycles
- Fundamentals of adhesion and fracture

Katherine Blodgett Award, General Electric (GE) – 2020
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Application to Practice Award – 2019
Dushman Award, General Electric (GE) – 2013
Research Technical Career Path (TCP) Excellence Award, General Electric (GE) – 2011
Healthcare Imaging Subsystems Innovation Award, General Electric (GE) – 2008
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship – 1991-1994

D.J. Jorgensen, A. Suzuki, D.M. Lipkin, T.M. Pollock, “Competition of failure mechanisms in high strength bond coats during furnace cycling at 1163°C,” in preparation.
K.T. Faber et al, “The role of ceramic and glass science research in meeting societal challenges: Report form an NSF-sponsored workshop,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 100[5] 1777-1803 (2017).
D.J. Jorgensen, A. Suzuki, D.M. Lipkin, T.M. Pollock, “Sulfur and Minor Element Effects on the Oxidation of Bilayer ’+ Bond Coats for Thermal Barrier Coatings on Rene N5,” Superalloys 2016: Proceedings of the 13th Symposium of Superalloys (2016).
D.J. Jorgensen, A. Suzuki, D.M. Lipkin, T.M. Pollock, “Bond Coatings with High Rumpling Resistance: Design and Characterization,” Surface and Coatings Technology 300 25-34(2016).
J.A. Krogstad, Y. Gao, J. Bai, J. Wang, D.M. Lipkin, C.G. Levi, “In Situ Diffraction Study of the High-Temperature Decomposition of t’-Zirconia,” in press, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 98[1] 247-54 (2015).