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Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering Department 325-D Steidle Building Penn State University University Park, PA 16802 (printable cv, Oct. 2005) (in greek) |
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| [ Education ] | [ Awards ] | [ Affiliations ] | [ Publications ] | [ Conferences ] |
| 7/04 to present 12/01 to 7/04 11/98 to 12/01 |
Associate Professor Phil Walker Assist. Professor Assistant Professor |
Materials Science & Eng. Department
Penn State University, University Park |
| 11/95 to 11/98 | Post-doctoral Associate |
Materials Science & Eng. Dept.,
Cornell University, Ithaca NY |
| Ph.D. | (17 Nov. 1995): Chemistry
School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Groningen; The Netherlands. "Nanorheology of strongly confined molecular fluids" [also from the RuG library]. Graduated with highest honours (awarded "cum laude" from the Netherlands National Academy of Sciences: top 1.0% of all Ph.D. in the Netherlands) Thesis advisors: Georges Hadziioannou, Gerrit ten Brinke Defense Committe: D. Theodorou, H. Berendsen, A. Semenov |
| M.Sc. | (17 Oct. 1991): Physics
Physics dept., Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Honour graduate: Ranked 2nd in a class of 250 with a GPA of 9.2 (/10). |
| MRS | Materials Research Society | EEF | Hellinic Association of Physicists |
| ACS | American Chemical Society | SON | Chemical Society of Netherlands |
| APS | American Physical Society | STW | Dutch Organization of Technology |
| AIChE | Amer.Inst. of Chemical Engineers | ESF | European Science Foundation |
| ASC | Amer.Soc. of Composite Materials | FRCA | Fire Retardant Chemicals Assoc. |
| Reviewer: | Nature Materials, Phys. Rev. Lett., Chemistry of Materials, J. Chem. Phys, Langmuir, Macromolecules, NSF, Europhysics Letters, NSF panels (ENG, MPS, MRI), Phys. Rev. E, ACS/PRF grants/panel, Colloids and Surfaces, Polymer, J. Polym. Sci. B: Physics, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., Phys. Rev. Lett. |
| Editor: | book: Materials Research Society (MRS), volume 734 (2002)
journal's special issue: J. Polym. Sci. B: Polym. Phys., "organic/inorganic nanocomposites" (2003) |
NANOSCOPICALLY CONFINED LUBRICANT FILMS
UNDER STRONG SHEAR:
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Polypropylene/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites: A Review of Synthetic Routes and Materials Properties. Chemistry of Materials, 13(10), 3516-3523 (2001). Invited REVIEW for the special issue on:
"Organic/Inorganic Nanocomposite Materials." [Abstract] [Full text PDF] [Cover] |
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| Invited presentations: | ||
| (plenary lectures in bold) | ||
| MSC biannual meeting | Vlieland; NL | Apr. 1993 |
| University of Strasbourg | Strasbourg; FR | Oct. 1993 |
| 3rd Euroconference on Polymers | Thessaloniki; GR | Dec. 1993 |
| Molecular confined liquids | Les Houches; FR | Mar. 1994 |
| IBM Almaden Research Center | San Jose; USA | Mar. 1994 |
| ACS National meeting (RHEO) | Anaheim; USA | Apr. 1995 |
| Computer Modeling for Industry | Santa Barbara; USA | Jan. 1996 |
| Reading University | Reading; UK | May 1996 |
| SON Macromolecules | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1994 |
| FOM Statistical Physics | Lunteren; NL | Jan. 1995 |
| German Physical Society | Munster; D | Mar. 1994 |
| SON Macromolecules | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1995 |
| University of Patras | Patras; GR | May 1995 |
| Princeton University | Princeton; NJ | Jan. 1997 |
| U Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Urbana-Champaign;IL | Feb. 1997 |
| MRS meeting | Boston; MA | Dec. 1997 |
| APS National meeting | Los Angeles; CA | Mar. 1998 |
| ACS National meeting (PHYS) | Boston; MA | Aug. 1998 |
| Clay Minerals Society Shortcourse | W. Lafayette; IN | Mar. 1999 |
| North Caroline State University | Raleigh; NC | Jun. 1999 |
| Air Force Reasearch Labs | WPAFB; Dayton; OH | Aug. 1999 |
| ACS National meeting (POLY) | San Francisco;CA | Mar. 2000 |
| ACS National meeting (PMSE) | San Francisco;CA | Mar. 2000 |
| TRI/Princeton workshop | Princeton; NJ | Jun. 2000 |
| ACS Colloids & Surfaces | Pittsburgh; PA | Jun. 2001 |
| Nanocomposites 2001 | Chicago; IL | Jun. 2001 |
| ACS National meeting (POLY) | Chicago; IL | Aug. 2001 |
| Am.Soc.Composites National Conference | Blacksburg; VA | Sep. 2001 |
| FRCA National Meeting | San Antonio; TX | Mar. 2002 |
| APS National Meeting (POLY) | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 2002 |
| NSF/Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) | Arlington; VA | Sep. 2002 |
| PA Nanotechnology 2002 | Harrisburg; PA | Oct. 2002 |
| Am.Soc.Composites Nat.Conf.(award lecture) | W. Lafayette, IN | Oct. 2002 |
| MRS National meeting | Boston;MA | Dec. 2002 |
| Intern.Workshop on Dynamics in Confinement | Grenoble; France | Jan. 2003 |
| ACS National Meeting | New Orleans; LA | Mar. 2003 |
| Additives 2003 | San Francisco; CA | Apr. 2003 |
| PPG Industries, Corporate R&D | Pittsburgh; PA | May 2003 |
| Intern. Conf. Intelligent Mater. | University Park; PA | Jun. 2003 |
| NIST seminar series | Gaithersburg; MD | Jun. 2003 |
| 45th Rocky Mountain Conf on Anal Chem (w/ Zax) | Denver; CO | Jul. 2003 |
| Nelson Taylor award seminars | University Park; PA | Sep. 2003 |
| Cornell University: Materials Sci & Eng | Ithaca; NY | Sep. 2003 |
| Frontiers in Fuel Cells | Univ. Park; PA | Oct. 2003 |
| MRS National Meeting | Boston; MA | Dec. 2003 |
| 32nd Intern.Conf. of Israel Polym & Plastic Soc | Tel-Aviv; Israel | Jan. 2004 |
| TMS National Meeting | Charlotte; NC | Mar. 2004 |
| TMS National Meeting (w/ Rackaitis) | Charlotte; NC | Mar. 2004 |
| National Starch & Chemical Co | Bridgewater; NJ | Apr. 2004 |
| AFRL/Manufacturing Dir. | WPAFB; OH | Apr. 2004 |
| ACS National Meeting | Philadelphia; PA | Aug. 2004 |
| 56th SERM ACS Meeting | Raleigh; NC | Nov. 2004 |
| ACS National Meeting (CONF) | San Diego; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| ACS National Meeting (NANO) | San Diego; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| APS National Meeting (Dillon session) | Los Angeles; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| ShiHut workshop on Biological Materials | Cornell, Ithaca; NY | Jan. 2006 |
| TMS National Meeting (nanocomposites) | San Antonio; TX | Mar. 2006 |
| TMS National Meeting (w/ Vaia) | San Antonio; TX | Mar. 2006 |
| IFT Food Packaging Research Summit | Baltimore; MD | May 2006 |
| TMS PA NanoMaterials Commerialization | Pittsburgh; PA | Sep. 2006 |
| Carbon Workshop | State College; PA | Oct. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Responsive Soft) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| ACS National Meeting (Nanocomposites) | Chicago; IL | Mar. 2007 |
| ACS National Meeting (POLY, w/ Vaia) | Chicago; IL | Mar. 2007 |
| AFOSR Workshop on Dielectrics (w/ Polizos and Tomer) | Dayton; OH | Jun. 2007 |
| ICCMSE07 (Keynote Symposium 3) | Corfu; GR | Sep. 2007 |
| APS National Meeting (Ion Containing Polymers) | New Orleans; LA | Mar. 2008 |
| ACS National Meeting (POLY, w/ Vaia) | New Orleans; LA | Apr. 2008 |
| Contributed presentations: | ||
| APS March meeting | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 1992 |
| ACS National meeting | San Francisco; CA | Apr. 1992 |
| SON Biochemistry | Lunteren; NL | Oct. 1992 |
| EuroConf. on Capillary dynamics | Arnhem; NL | Sep. 1992 |
| APS March meeting | Seattle; WA | Mar. 1993 |
| ACS National meeting | Denver; USA | Apr. 1993 |
| FOM Statistical Physics | Lunteren; NL | Jan. 1993 |
| SON Macromolecules | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1993 |
| SON Fluids and Interfaces | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1993 |
| MSC biannual meeting | Vlieland; NL | Apr. 1993 |
| FOM Condensed Matter | Bilthoven; NL | Nov. 1993 |
| APS March meeting | Pittsburgh; PA | Mar. 1994 |
| ACS National meeting | San Diego; CA | Mar. 1994 |
| FOM Statistical Physics | Lunteren; NL | Jan. 1994 |
| SON Macromolecules | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1994 |
| SON Fluids and Interfaces | Lunteren;NL | Feb. 1994 |
| NATO ASI "Forces in SPM" | Schluchsee; D | Mar. 1994 |
| APS March meeting | San Jose; CA | Mar. 1995 |
| ACS National meeting | Anaheim; CA | Apr. 1995 |
| FOM Statistical Physics | Lunteren; NL | Jan. 1995 |
| SON Macromolecules | Lunteren; NL | Feb. 1995 |
| EuroConference Complex Systems | Patras; GR | Sep. 1995 |
| EuroConf. Wetting & Capillarity | Aghia Pelagia; GR | Mar. 1996 |
| MRS meeting | Boston; MA | Dec. 1996 |
| APS March meeting | Kansas City; MI | Mar. 1997 |
| ACS National meeting | San Francisco; CA | Apr. 1997 |
| AIChE meeting | Los Angeles; CA | Nov. 1997 |
| MRS meeting | Boston; USA | Dec. 1997 |
| APS National meeting | Los Angeles; CA | Mar. 1998 |
| MRS meeting | Boston; MA | Dec. 1999 |
| APS National meeting | Minneapolis; MN | Mar. 2000 |
| MRS meeting | San Francisco; CA | Apr. 2000 |
| NIH Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | NIH Bethesda; MD | Jun. 2000 |
| ACS Colloids & Surfaces | Pittsburgh; PA | Jun. 2001 |
| APS Nat. Meeting | Seattle; WA | Mar. 2001 |
| "Relaxations in Complex Systems" | Heraklion; GR | Jun. 2001 |
| ACS Nat. Meeting | Chicago; IL | Aug. 2001 |
| APS Nat. Meeting (DPOLY w/Kuppa) | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 2002 |
| APS Nat. Meeting (DBP w/Rackaitis) | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 2002 |
| APS Nat. Meeting (DPOLY w/Runt) | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 2002 |
| APS Nat. Meeting (DMR w/Strawhecker) | Indianapolis; IN | Mar. 2002 |
| Society for Biomaterials National Conference | Bethesda; MD | Apr. 2002 |
| Gordon Research Conference (Polymer Physics) | Newport; RI | Aug. 2002 |
| MRS National Meeting (w/ Kuppa) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2002 |
| Hydrogen Conference (w/Lu) | University Park; PA | Mar. 2003 |
| Hydrogen Conference (w/Cho) | University Park; PA | Mar. 2003 |
| APS Nat. Meeting (DPOLY w/Anastasiadis) | Austin; TX | Mar. 2003 |
| XII World Lith. Conf. (w/ Rackaitis) | Chicago; IL | May 2003 |
| Intern. Conf. Intelligent Mater. (w/ Rackaitis) | University Park; PA | Jun. 2003 |
| ACS Graduate Conf. (w/ Kuppa) | Lehigh; PA | Jul. 2003 |
| Electrochemical Soc., 204th meeting (w/ Lu) | Orlando; FL | Oct. 2003 |
| Electrochemical Soc., 204th meeting (w/ Cho) | Orlando; FL | Oct. 2003 |
| MRS National Meeting (w/ Kuppa) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2003 |
| MRS National Meeting (w/ Rackaitis) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2003 |
| TMS National Meeting (w/ Foley) | Charlotte; NC | Mar. 2004 |
| APS National Meeting | Montreal; QC | Mar. 2004 |
| APS National Meeting (w/ Kuppa) | Montreal; QC | Mar. 2004 |
| ICCE-11 Meeting (w/ Harrison) | Hilton-Head; SC | Aug. 2004 |
| MRS National Meeting (w/ Kuppa) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2004 |
| ACS National Meeting (w/ Farmer) | San Diego; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| APS National Meeting (w/ Genzer) | Los Angeles; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| APS National Meeting (w/ Farmer) | Los Angeles; CA | Mar. 2005 |
| ElectroChem Soc Nat Meet (w/ Lu) | Montreal; QB | May 2005 |
| ACS National Meeting (w/ Foley) | Washington; DC | Aug. 2005 |
| ACS National Meeting (w/ Anderson) | Washington; DC | Aug. 2005 |
| "Seeing in the Nanoscale III" (w/ Rackaitis) | Santa Barbara; CA | Aug. 2005 |
| TMS National Meeting (w/ Vaia) | San Antonio; TX | Mar. 2006 |
| APS National Meeting (e-Field) | Baltimore; MD | Mar. 2006 |
| APS National Meeting (w/ Foley) | Baltimore; MD | Mar. 2006 |
| APS National Meeting (w/ Polyzos) | Baltimore; MD | Mar. 2006 |
| PPS-22 International Meeting (w/ Nakajima) | Yamagata; Japan | Jul. 2006 |
| "Seeing in the Nanoscale IV" (w/ Strawhecker) | Philadelphia; PA | Jul. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Responsive Soft, w/ Foley) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Responsive Soft, w/ Kroener) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Responsive Soft, w/ Diamanti) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Smart Dielectric, w/ Polizos) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| MRS meeting (Solid State Ionics) | Boston; MA | Dec. 2006 |
| APS meeting (H2O in Nafion) | Denver; CO | Mar. 2007 |
| APS meeting (Nanocomposites) | Denver; CO | Mar. 2007 |
| APS meeting (w/ Koerner) | Denver; CO | Mar. 2007 |
| "Seeing at the Nanoscale V" (w/ Strawhecker & Dow) | Santa Barbara; CA | Jun. 2007 |
| APS: American Physical Society | FOM: Dutch Physical Society |
| ACS: American Chemical Society | SON: Dutch Chemical Society |
| MRS: Materials Research Society | FRCA: Fire Retardant Chemicals Assoc. |