James Shackelford
Professor
- Contact Information
- jfshackelford@ucdavis.edu
- (530) 752-4030
- 2013 Kemper Hall
- Educational Background
- B.S., 1966, University of Washington, Seattle
- M.S., 1967, University of Washington, Seattle
- Ph.D., 1971, University of California, Berkeley
Biography
James F. Shackelford has BS and MS degrees in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of California, Davis. For many years, he served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering and currently serves as the Director of the Integrated Studies Honors Program, an invitational program for students from a wide spectrum of majors. Dr. Shackelford also serves as an Associate Director for Education for the National Science Foundation-funded Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (CBST). He teaches and conducts research in the areas of materials science, the structure of materials, nondestructive testing, and biomaterials. A member of the American Ceramic Society and ASM International, he was named a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society in 1992 and received the Outstanding Educator Award of the American Ceramic Society in 1996. In 2003, he received a Distinguished Teaching Award from the Academic Senate of the University of California, Davis. He has published over 100 archived papers and books including Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers now in its 7th Edition and which has been translated into Chinese, German, Italian, Korean, and Spanish. The web site for the North American edition is at: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/0,3110,0136012604,00.html