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Robert Sinclair

 
Title:Professor
Department(s):Materials Science and Engineering
Affiliation(s):Chair, Materials Science and Engineering; Director, Materials Science & Engineering Affiliates Program; Director, Stanford Nanocharacterization Laboratory
Location:Durand Bldg. Rm. 113
Mail Code:2205
Phone:650.723.1102       
Fax:650.725.4034
E-mail: bobsinc@stanford.edu
Administrator: Billie B. Kader

Research Statement

Using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, Sinclair studies microelectronic and magnetic thin film microstructure.

Degree Discipline Year School
PhD Materials Science 1972 Cambridge University
MA Materials Science 1972 Cambridge University
BA Materials Science 1968 Cambridge University
Publication TitleAuthor(s)/Speaker(s)Open Document
Analytical TEM Examinations of CoPt-TiO2 Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media J. Risner; J. Bentley; R. Sinclair
Orientation Relationship in Diamond and Silicon Carbide Composites J.S. Park; R. Sinclair; D. Rowcliffe...
FIB and TEM Studies of Interface Structure in Diamond-SiC Composites J.S. Park; R. Sinclair; D. Rowcliffe...
Observation of the Effect of Grain Orientation on Chromium Segregation in Longitudinal Magnetic Media J.D. Risner; R. Sinclair; J. Bentley
Midsize Facilities: the Infrastructure for Materials Research Committee on Smaller Facilities; R. Sinclair (chair); A. Aprahamian...
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Course NumberCourse TitleLink
ENGR 50 Intro to Materials Science-Nanotechnology Emphasis
MATSCI 153 Nanostructure and Characterization
MATSCI 159Q Japanese Companies and Japanese Society
MATSCI 193/203 Atomic Arrangements in Solids
MATSCI 320 Nanocharacterization of Materials
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Academic Honors & Awards

First Prize, Modern Metallography Micrograph Competition, 1972 First Prize Physical Science, Electron Microscopy Society of America Scientific Exhibit, 1975, 1976 Robert Lansing Hardy Gold Medal, The Metallurgical Society of AIME, 1976 Eli Franklin Burton Award, Electron Microscopy Society of America, 1977 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 1979 Marcus E. Grossman Award, American Society for Metals, 1982 Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Stanford University Society for Black Scientists and Engineers, 1984, Stanford Society of Chicano/Latino Engineers and Scientists, 1993 Yamaha Prize for Best Poster, 1st International Conference on Metallic Multilayers, Kyoto, 1993.