Professional Preparation

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The Ohio State University

M.S., Chemical Engineering, The Ohio State University

B.S., Chemical Engineering, The Ohio State University

Appointments

2003-present:Director, Electron Microscope Center, College of Engineering, University of Kentucky

2003-2015: Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, University of Kentucky

2000-2003: Director, Advanced Carbon Materials Center, NSF MRSEC, University of Kentucky

1993-Present: Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky

1993-2001: Chairman, Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky. Director, Materials Characterization Center, Associate Director, Carbon Materials Group. CAER

1987-1990: Acting Associate Dean, College of Engineering, Michigan State University

1981-1982: Congressional Engineering Fellow with Senator Carl Levin, Michigan.

1978-1993: Professor, Associate Professor (81-87), Assistant Professor (78-81) Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University. Adjunct; Food Science, Agricultural Engineering

1975-1978: Senior R&D Engineer, B.F. Goodrich Chemical Division, Brecksville, Ohio

Advanced Carbon Materials and Nanotechnology, Diffusion in Polymers, Polymerization