Richard Carl Bradt (17 November 1938 – 3 January 2019) was an American materials engineer. Bradt was born in

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, and raised in

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. He graduated from the

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in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in metallurgy and began working for Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation. After four years with Fansteel, Bradt enrolled at

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for graduate study in materials engineering. He earned a master's degree in 1965 and a doctorate in 1967. Bradt joined the

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faculty upon earning his Ph.D. He taught at Penn State until 1983, when he became a member of the

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faculty. While in Seattle, Beadt was appointed to the Kyocera Professorship. In 1989, Bradt began teaching at the Mackay School of Mines within the

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. He was a professor at the

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between 1994 and 2009. Five years prior to retirement, Bradt was named Alton N. Scott Professor of Engineering. He died at

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, in

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, on 3 January 2019, aged 80.

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