Hosted Sabbaticals for Internationally Known Scientists  Prof. Mitzumachi, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.  Prof. Walter Bradley, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX.  Dean Alan Gent, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio.  Dr. Tony Kinloch, Imperial College, London, England.  Prof. Jim Koutsky, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin.

Employment / Education  National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST (formerly the National Bureau of Standards): Acting Deputy Chief of the Polymers Division, and Leader of the Polymer Composites Group ($1.7M per year effort addressed the science base needed for commercial applications of composites). Special Assignments: o Advanced Technology Program (ATP), NIST: General Competition, and Focus Program on Manufacturing Composite Structures (provided $55M/year cost share support for industry to conduct high-risk research related to introduction of composites in automotive, off-shore oil, and infrastructure). o Technology Reinvestment Program, DARPA: Advanced Manufacturing Board (provided $150M of cost share support for research related to dual use technology).  Naval Research Laboratory: Acting Head of Adhesives and Composites Section, and staff of Surface Chemistry Branch  Northwestern University, Postdoctoral Fellow in Physical Biochemistry (data analysis techniques for interactions between biopolymers and small molecules).  Kent State University, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry; BS in Mathematics and Chemistry.

Advisory Boards Great Lakes Composites Consortium (1990-1997), Center for Micro- and Molecular Composites (Case-Akron Univ.) (1992-1996), Center for Composite Materials and Structures (Michigan State Univ.) (1989-1991), Composites Center (Penn State Univ.) (1990-1992), and NASA Langley Research Center, Advanced Materials, March 14-15, 1990. Short Courses Presented over 95 lectures on Adhesion Science, Composite Mechanics, and Rheology in short courses sponsored by Kent State University, Center for Professional Advancement, New York University, American Chemical Society, and the Adhesion Society.

Major Workshops and Meetings organized or co-organized Workshops:  Workshop on Micro-Mechanics Measurement Technologies for Fiber-Polymer Interfaces, NIST, May 28-30, 1997.  Industry Workshop for On-Line Composite Process Monitoring, NIST, April 3-4, 1996.  Workshop on Composites in the Next Generation of Vehicles and the Role of Data, NIST, March 22, 1995.  Multi-laboratory Strategic Planning Workshops, Construction Research Roundtable, NIST, September 22, 1994.  Workshop on Manufacturing Polymer Composites by Liquid Molding, NIST, September 20-22, 1993.  Industry Workshop on Qualification Testing for Passport Laminates, NIST-State Department, Oct. 1993.  Government Programs on Resin Transfer Molding and Structural Reaction Injection Molding, NIST, August, 13, 1992.  3rd Industry Workshop on Polymer Composite Processing, NIST, May 20-21, 1992.  STEP Materials Conference, Gaithersburg, MD, NIST, December 2-4, 1992.  Measurements of the Properties of Materials in Microelectronics Packaging, NIST, May 1-3, 1990.  2nd Industry Workshop on Polymer Composite Processing, NIST, May 18-19, 1990.  Federation of Materials Societies, 10th Biennial conference on National Materials Policy, Creating a Materials Future - Translating Scientific Leadership into Commercial Advantage, Session of Polymers and polymer Matrix Composites, Richmond, June 13-16, 1988.  An Industry Workshop on Polymer Composite Processing, NIST, Oct. 7, 1987. Meetings:  Pacific Polymer Conference, ACS - 4, December 12-15, 1995.  Retreat for Office of Naval Research, Materials and Mechanics Divisions, NIST, Oct. 1991.  The Technical Coordination Panel of DOD, NIST, May 7-10, 1991.  Chairman of Adhesion Society Annual Meeting, Hilton Head, Feb. 20-22, 1989.  Chairman of Gordon Conference on Thermoset Polymers, August 1987.