A.B. 1965, Princeton University Ph.D., 1970, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chemical sensor development, preparation of new polymeric materials for chemical sensing, remote chemical measurements through fiber optics.

C.A. Grimes, P.G. Stoyanov, Y. Liu, C. Tong, K.G. Ong, K. Loiselle, S. A. Doherty and W.R. Seitz, "A Magnetostatic-Coupling Based Remote Query Sensor For Environmental Monitoring," Journal of Physics D, Applied Physics 32 (1999) 1329-1335.

M.T.V. Rooney and W.R. Seitz, "An Optically Sensitive Membrane for pH Based on Swellable Polymer Microspheres in a Hydrogel," Anal. Comm. 36 (1999) 267-270.

H. Wang and W. Rudolf Seitz, "pH Sensor Based on Swellable Poly(3-nitro-4-hydroxystyrene) Microspheres in a Hydrogel," Proc. SPIE 3856 (1999) 224-231.

N. Kaval and W. Rudolf Seitz, "Aminated Poly(vinylbenzylchloride-co-2,4,5-trichlorophenyl acrylate) Microspheres for Optical pH Sensing," Proc. SPIE 3860 (1999) 224-231.

L. Gheorghiu, W. Rudolf Seitz, D. Arabuthnot and J.L. Elkind, "Amine-containing Poly(vinylchloride) Membranes for Detecting Polynitroaroamatic Vapors Above Land Mines," Proc. SPIE 3853 (1999) 296-302.

W. Rudolf Seitz, M. T. V. Rooney, E. W. Miele, H. Wang, N. Kaval, L. Zhang, S. Doherty, S.P. Milde and J. Lenda, "Derivatized, Swellable Polymer Microspheres for Chemical Transduction," Anal. Chim. Acta, 400 (2000) 55-64.

Z. M. Shakhsher, I. Odeh, S. Jabr and W.R. Seitz, An Optical Chemical Sensor Based on Swellable Dicarboxylate Functionalized Polymer Microspheres for pH, Copper and Calcium Determination, Michochim. Acta 144 (2004) 147-153.

O. Oktar, P. Caglar and W.R. Seitz, Chemical Modulation of Thermosensitive Poly9N-isopropylacrylamide Microsphere Swelling: A New Strategy for chemical Sensing, Sensors and Actuators B, in press.