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David
Michael Hess, Ph.D., Research Scientist,
has 6 years of experience in the field of chemical and materials
engineering, specializing in the phase separation properties of polymers to
form templates for a variety of applications ranging from photovoltaic to
biomaterial applications. He is skilled in a suite of material
characterization techniques including atomic force microscopy (AFM), Fourier
transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), transmission and scanning electron
microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning
calorimetry (DSC) and both small and wide angle x-ray scattering/diffraction
techniques. David graduated from the State University of New York at
Buffalo with a B.S. in chemical engineering in 2002 where he participated in
undergraduate research in the field of materials science. He then earned a
Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 2007 from the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst (UMass). While at UMass, David worked on a novel method for
fabricating mesoporous metal oxide thin films using supercritical carbon
dioxide as a delivery medium. After finishing his Ph.D., he went on to a
post-doctoral fellowship at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division in
China Lake, CA (NAWCWD) from 2007 to 2009. While at NAWCWD, David
fabricated low volume fraction interconnecting polymer networks for varying
Naval applications. He has two peer-reviewed journal articles and three
patent applications to his credit.
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