**Thomas W. Coyle** has over 30 years of experience in understanding processing – structure – property relationships in ceramics and coatings. He holds a Sc.D. in Ceramic Science and Engineering from MIT and dual undergraduate degrees in Ceramic Science and Chemistry from Alfred University. After completing his education, Dr. Coyle joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto. Dr. Coyle is a founding member and Associate Director of the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies and has served as Vice Dean Undergraduate for the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies for Department of Materials Science and Engineering. With his colleagues in the Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, he was awarded the Brockhouse Canada Prize by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. In addition to his work at the University of Toronto, Dr. Coyle has also held visiting positions at institutions such as Korea University, Instituto de Ceramico y Vidrio, and the University of Tokyo. His research in recent years focuses on deposition and characterization of advanced ceramic coatings, particularly thermal sprayed coatings. Of particular interest are solution precursor plasma spray and aerosol deposition techniques, coupled with characterization and analyses of microstructure, chemical and phase composition, and physical, electrical and mechanical properties. He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers and conference proceedings and is a recognized authority in this area.

Dr. Thomas W. Coyle, Sc.D.

Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Research Expertise

Deposition and characterization of advanced ceramic coatings. Characterization and analyses of microstructure, chemical and phase composition, and physical, electrical and mechanical properties.

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Role of powder microstructure in aerosol-deposited alumina coatings

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

2026

Deposition of dual-scale superhydrophobic coatings with uniform arrayed surface structures and controllable morphologies via plasma spray processes

Surfaces and Interfaces

2025

Molecular dynamics and experimental characterization of amorphization in silicon substrates during aerosol deposition

Ceramics International

2025

Understanding the effect of surface topography on the formation of aerosol-deposited coatings

Ceramics International

2025

Marginal Discrepancy and Internal Fit of Bi-Layered and Monolithic Zirconia Fixed Dental Prostheses: An In Vitro Study

Applied Sciences

2023

Superhydrophobic ceramic coatings with lotus leaf-like hierarchical surface structures deposited via suspension plasma spray process

Surfaces and Interfaces

2023

From lotus effect to petal effect: Tuning the water adhesion of non-wetting rare earth oxide coatings

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

2020

Understanding the correlations between the mechanical robustness, coating structures and surface composition for highly-/super-hydrophobic ceramic coatings

Surface and Coatings Technology

2019

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sc.D., Ceramic Science and Engineering / February, 1985

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alfred University

B.S., Ceramic Science / June, 1979

Alfred, New York, United States of America

Alfred University

B.A., Chemistry / June, 1979

Alfred, New York, United States of America

Experience

University of Toronto

Associate Professor / July, 1994 — Present

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toronto

Vice Dean Undergraduate / April, 2015 — June, 2024

Associate Chair, Graduate Studies / May, 2013 — March, 2015

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Associate Director, Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies / May, 1998 — Present

Associate Professor / July, 1994 — June, 2004

Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry

Assistant Professor / August, 1989 — June, 1994

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Assistant Professor / August, 1989 — June, 1994

Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry

Korea University

Visiting Professor / July, 2010 — August, 2010

Instituto de Ceramico y Vidrio

Visiting Researcher / April, 2003 — July, 2003

University of Tokyo

Visiting Researcher / December, 2012 — February, 2012

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

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Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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