Uma Chowdhry

Uma Chowdhry
Born1947 (age 76–77)
Mumbai, India
DiedJanuary 7, 2024
Alma materMumbai University, Caltech, MIT
AwardsIRI Medal (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials science
InstitutionsFord Motor Company, DuPont
External videos
Uma Chowdhry in 2008
video icon "I had the courage to dream the impossible", Uma Chowdhry, Science History Institute (14:21)

Uma Chowdhry (1947 – January 7, 2024) was an American chemist whose career was spent in research and management positions with E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.[1][2] She specialized in the science of ceramic materials, including catalysts,[3][4] proton conductors,[5] superconductors[6][7][8] and ceramic packaging for microelectronics.[9][10]

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  3. ^ Machiels, C. J.; Chowdhry, U.; Staley, R. H.; Ohuchi, F.; Sleight, A. W. Formaldehyde from methanol. Catal. Convers. Synth. Gas Alcohols Chem., [Proc. Symp.] (1984), 413-18.
  4. ^ Contractor, R. M.; Bergna, H. E.; Horowitz, H. S.; Blackstone, C. M.; Malone, B.; Torardi, C. C.; Griffiths, B.; Chowdhry, U.; Sleight, A. W. Butane oxidation to maleic anhydride over vanadium phosphate catalysts. Catalysis Today (1987), 1(1-2), 49-58.
  5. ^ Chowdhry, U.; Barkley, J. R.; English, A. D.; Sleight, A. W. New inorganic proton conductors. Materials Research Bulletin (1982), 17(7), 917-33.
  6. ^ Sleight, Arthur W.; Chowdhry, Uma. Superconductivity and the metal-semiconductor transition. Advanced Ceramic Materials (1987), 2(3B), 713-18.
  7. ^ Subramanian, M. A.; Torardi, C. C.; Calabrese, J. C.; Gopalakrishnan, J.; Morrissey, K. J.; Askew, T. R.; Flippen, R. B.; Chowdhry, U.; Sleight, A. W. A new high-temperature superconductor: Bi2Sr3−xCaxCu2O8+y. Science (Washington, DC, United States) (1988), 239(4843), 1015-17.
  8. ^ Torardi, C. C.; Subramanian, M. A.; Calabrese, J. C.; Gopalakrishnan, J.; Morrissey, K. J.; Askew, T. R.; Flippen, R. B.; Chowdhry, U.; Sleight, A. W. Crystal structure of Tl2Ba2Ca2Cu3O10, a 125 K superconductor. Science (Washington, DC, United States) (1988), 240(4852), 631-4.
  9. ^ Chowdhry, U.; Sleight, A. W. (1987). "Ceramic Substrates for Microelectronic Packaging". Annual Review of Materials Science. 17: 323–340. Bibcode:1987AnRMS..17..323C. doi:10.1146/annurev.ms.17.080187.001543.
  10. ^ Subramanian, M. A.; Corbin, D. R.; Chowdhry, U.. Zeolites as precursors to aluminosilicate-based ceramics for microelectronic packaging. Advances in Ceramics (1989), 26(Ceram. Substrates Packages Electron. Appl.), 239-47.