Dr. Michael Sayer

Professor Michael Sayer, of Queen's University, with research interests in solid state physics, has been a leader in bringing to Canadian industry the results of his scholarship. His research group has produced new knowledge and understanding of ceramic materials and have brought to industrial development acoustic transducers, ferro-electric detectors, thermo-electric power generation materials, superconducting demonstration ceramics for high schools, and recently a sol gel process to make thin film transducers for optical fibers. Dr. Sayer has also created and managed many effective collaborations between industry and university and has encouraged this activity and attitude through his many students and colleagues.