Charles GilmoreCharles Gilmore holds a BS and MS degree in Engineering Mechanics from Penn State, and a PhD in Engineering Materials from the University of Maryland. He taught undergraduate materials science and engineering courses at the George Washington Universiy for 35 years, has published more than 50 refereed papers on crystallography, X-ray diffraction, X-ray spectroscopy, fracture, fatigue life, fatigue crack growth, creep, corrosion, titanium metallurgy, molecular dynamics simulation of thin film growth, and the growth of thin films of alumina-zirconia ceramics and intermetallic high temperature metals. Read More Read Less