Erica Perry Murray received her BS in Physics from the University of California San
Diego in 1992. Upon graduating she joined the Department of Academic Enrichment at
UCSD and became the coordinator for the Minority Science Program. Thereafter, she
earned her PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering
at Northwestern University in 1999. Her thesis research concentrated on solid oxide
fuel cells for low-temperature operation and hydrocarbon fuel utilization. She joined
the Physical and Environmental Sciences Department at Ford Motor Company in 2000 where
her research activities focused on exhaust gas sensing. In 2010, she joined the Institute
for Micromanufacturing that is a part of the College of Engineering and Science at
Louisiana Tech University. Her research applies electrochemical techniques to study
the role of microstructure on the electrical response of solid state gas sensors,
and the corrosion of complex metal alloys fabricated by various additive manufacturing
methods.
