Richard Carl Bradt (17 November 1938 – 3 January 2019) was an American materials engineer.
Bradt was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and raised in Mascoutah, Illinois. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in metallurgy and began working for Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation. After four years with Fansteel, Bradt enrolled at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for graduate study in materials engineering. He earned a master's degree in 1965 and a doctorate in 1967. Bradt joined the Pennsylvania State University faculty upon earning his Ph.D. He taught at Penn State until 1983, when he became a member of the University of Washington faculty. While in Seattle, Beadt was appointed to the Kyocera Professorship. In 1989, Bradt began teaching at the Mackay School of Mines within the University of Nevada, Reno. He was a professor at the University of Alabama between 1994 and 2009. Five years prior to retirement, Bradt was named Alton N. Scott Professor of Engineering. He died at UAB Hospital, in Birmingham, Alabama, on 3 January 2019, aged 80.
References
- ^ "Dr. Richard C. "Dick" Bradt". Tuscaloosa News. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Richard C. Bradt". American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Dr. Richard C. Bradt". University of Alabama. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- "Richard C. Bradt". American Ceramic Society. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- 1938 births
- 2019 deaths
- American materials scientists
- 20th-century American engineers
- 21st-century American engineers
- Scientists from St. Louis
- Scientists from Illinois
- People from St. Clair County, Illinois
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- Pennsylvania State University faculty
- University of Alabama faculty
- University of Nevada, Reno faculty
- University of Washington faculty