Uma Chowdhry
Physicist • Chemist • Engineer
Uma Chowdhry is an American chemist who researched and managed positions with E. I. duPont de Nemours and Company. She specialized in ceramic materials, including proton conductors, catalysts, superconductors, and ceramic packaging for microelectronics. We worked with the respected scientist in making a documentary about her career and works.
Excerpt from my work with Uma Chowdhry and the Science History Institute.
Electronic Ceramics
Ceramics do not normally conduct electricity but Chowdhry cleverly applied chemistry to make ceramics that conduct electricity. She was able to make ceramics that conduct electricity called superconductors. They have many potential uses in computers, batteries, and other electrical devices.
High-temperature Superconductors
Chowdhry cleverly applied chemistry to make ceramics that conduct electricity even better than metals do. Such materials are called high-temperature superconductors. They have many potential uses in computers, batteries, and other electrical devices.
Electronic packaging
Uma Chowdhry has specialized in the science of ceramic materials, including catalysts, proton conductors, superconductors, and electronic packaging, which serves four primary functions in the electronic systems: The interconnection of electrical signals at several levels, distribution of power to the electronic circuits, and devices, mechanical and environmental protection of the components, circuits, and devices, and the dissipation of the heat.