About Dr. Kathy Lu

Tel: 205-934-1994

E-mail: klu@uab.edu 

• Polymer derived ceramics and composites

• High temperature and harsh environment materials

• Machine learning and simulation in materials processing

• Material synthesis, processing, and fundamental studies

• Composites, hybrids, functionally/structurally graded materials, porous materials

• Materials under non-equilibrium conditions

• Coatings

• B.S., Ceramics, Tianjin University, China

• M.S., Ceramics, Tianjin University, China

• M.S., MSE, Ohio State University

• Ph.D., MSE, Ohio State University

• Post-Doc, Penn State University, Innovative Sintered Products 

• 2025: Materials Letters Advisory Editorial Board

• 2024-2025: President of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society

• 2023-2024: Editor of Materials Letters

• ​2023: The American Ceramic Society’s Arthur L. Friedberg Ceramic Engineering Tutorial and Lecture Award

• 2022: Board of Trustees of the Science Museum of Virginia

• 2022: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Fellow

• 2022: Editorial Review Board Member of International Materials Reviews

• 2021-2026: Board of Directors of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society

• 2020: VEBELO Scientist Award

• 2020: ELATES (Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science) Fellow

• 2020: Fulbright Distinguished Chair Award

• 2017: Fellow of the American Ceramic Society

• 2015: Virginia Tech Alumni Award for Research Excellence

• 2015: Associate Editor of Journal of the American Ceramic Society

• 2018: JOM Journal Advisor and Guest Editor

• 2014: Editorial Review Board of Frontiers in Energy Research, section Fuel Cells

• 2014: Editorial Board Member of Annals of Material Science & Engineering

• 2012: College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Award, Virginia Tech

• 2011: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

• 2008: Karl Schwartzwalder- Professional Achievement in Ceramic Engineering Award, American Ceramic Society

• 2005: Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities

• 2001: P/M Metallography Competition Award, APMI International

• The American Ceramic Society

• Materials Research Society

• TMS, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers

• American Association for the Advancement of Science

• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

• Alpha Sigma Mu International Professional Honor Society

• National Institute of Ceramic Engineers

Nanoparticulate Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Processing 

Materials in Energy Conversion, Harvesting, and Storage ​