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Lisa Porter received her Ph.D. and B.S. in materials science and engineering from N.C. State University and Cornell University, respectively. She serves as a research and academic advisor to both graduate and undergraduate students and is actively involved in several outreach activities and societies. She was the 2018 president of the American Vacuum Society (AVS), an international society pertaining to the Science & Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing. She recently served as the Conference Chair for the Electronic Materials Conference. Her awards include the N.C. State MSE Alumni Hall of Fame (2018), the Philbrook Prize in Engineering from CMU (2012), the “Women Driving the Material World” Award from the Women & Girls Foundation (2006), a National Science Foundation Career Award (1999-2004), and a National Swedish Foundation Visiting Professorship (2000-2002).

Office
145 Roberts Engineering Hall
Phone
412-268-4047
Email
lporter@andrew.cmu.edu
Assistant
Marygrace Antkowski
Google Scholar
Lisa Porter

Semiconductors for an Energy Efficient Future

Education

1994 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University

1989 BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University

Media mentions


Materials Science and Engineering

MSE hosts undergraduate research program

Over the summer, ten undergraduate students from across the country participated in a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program focused on Materials for Future Computing.

Materials Science and Engineering

Exploring alternatives to silicon semiconductors

Researchers in the Materials Science and Engineering department at Carnegie Mellon University are exploring ways to produce gallium oxide semiconducting films and their structural properties

CMU Engineering

Lisa Porter to lead Faculty and Graduate Affairs

Lisa Porter has been named the next Associate Dean for Faculty and Graduate Affairs in the College of Engineering.

CMU Engineering

Lab work makes for easier class work

Terry Feng says his research experience gave him an edge in working with the tools and equipment he used in his materials science courses—particularly in using the scanning electron microscope to study material properties of the gallium oxide films he grew in Lisa Porter’s lab.