Background
Duquette, David Joseph was born on November 4, 1939 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Albert and Jeannette Marie (Bernier) Duquette.
Materials science and engineering educator
Duquette, David Joseph was born on November 4, 1939 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph Albert and Jeannette Marie (Bernier) Duquette.
Bachelor of Science, United States Coast Guard Academy, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968.
Commissioned officer United States Coast Guard, 1961, advanced through grades to lieutenant, 1965. Research assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965-1968. Senior research associate Advisory Materials Research and Development Laboratory Pratt & Whitney, Middletown, Connecticut, 1968-1970.
Faculty member Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, since 1970, associate director Center for Advanced Interconnects Science and Technology, since 1999, department head. New York, 2000—2008. Joh Tod Norton professor engineering, since 2008.
Visiting professor Imperial College of Science and Technology, University London, 1973. Visiting senior scientist Max Planck Institut fur Eisenforschung, Dusseldorf, 1983-1984. Member 6 panels on material performance NAS/National Academy of Engineering, Washington, since 1980, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Processing Review Committee, Huntsville, Alabama, 1978-1983.
Member United States Nuclear Waste Technology Review Board, since 2002.
Member North Colonie Board of Education, 1974-1979, Albany County Airport Advisory Committee, 1976-1979. Fellow National Association Corrosion Engineers International. Member Alpha Sigma Mu (honorary).
Married JoAnn Nazarko, July 31, 1982. Children: David Joseph Junior, Peter James.