W. Howard Poisl

Ph.D 1995, University of Arizona
Research Professor
The University of Arizona
Arizona Materials Laboratory
4715 E. Fort Lowell Rd.
Tucson, Arizona 85712
(520) 322-2968
Fax: (520) 322-2993
Email: poisl@u.arizona.edu

Teaching Interests

Introduction to Solid State Chemistry (MSE 110)
Materials Processing Laboratory (MSE 223L)
Mechanics of Materials (MSE 360R)
Mechanics of Materials Laboratories (MSE 360L)
Glass Science
Ceramic Processing

Research Interests

Scintillating and fluorescent properties in glass
Glass nucleation and crystallization
Thermal, mechanical and viscoelastic properties of materials
Polymer and ceramic foam structures and properties
Polymeric and ceramic biomaterials

Selected Publications

• W.H. Poisl, M.C. Weinberg, and D.P. Birnie III, “Scintillation of Cerium in Borate and Phosphate Glasses,” presented at the 105th American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting and published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
• M.C. Weinberg, W.H. Poisl, and L. Granasy, “Crystal Growth and Classical Nucleation Theory,” Comptes Rendus Chimie, 5 (2002) 765-771
• R.K. Kukkadapu, H. Li, G.L. Smith, J.D. Crum, J.S. Jeoung, W.H. Poisl, and M.C. Weinberg, “Mossbauer and Optical Spectroscopic Study of Temperature and Redox Effects on Iron Local Environments in a Fe-Doped (0.5 mol% Fe2O3) 18Na2O-82SiO2 Glass,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 317 (2003) 301-318.
• J.S. Jeoung, W.H. Poisl, M.C. Weinberg, G.L. Smith, and H. Li, “Effect of Oxidation State of Iron on Phase Separation in Sodium Silicate Glasses,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 84 (2001) 1859-1864.
• D.R. Uhlmann, J.T. Dawley, W.H. Poisl, B.J.J. Zelinski, and G. Teowee, “Ferroelectric Films,” Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, 19 (2000) 53-64.
• M.C. Weinberg, D.R. Uhlmann, and W.H. Poisl, "The Boron Oxide 'Anomaly' Revisited," pp. 63-70 in Borate Glasses, Crystals and Melts, Edited by A.C. Wright, S.A. Feller, and A.C. Hannon. Society of Glass Technology, Oxford, 1997.
• W.H. Poisl, W.C. Oliver, and B.D. Fabes, "The Relationship Between Indentation and Uniaxial Creep in Amorphous Selenium," Journal of Materials Research, 10 (1995) 2024-2032.
• W.H. Poisl, B.D. Fabes, “Processing of Lunar Materials,” Aerospace Engineering, 7 (1994) 263-275.