Professor William J. van Ooij University Of Cincinnati Dept of Chemical & Materials Engineering 497 Rhodes Hall Cincinnati, OH 45221 Biographical Sketch: Dr. Van Ooij received his PhD in Physical Chemistry (with highest honors) from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. Some of his professional and society affiliations include the American Chemical Society, Materials Research Society, China Ordnance Research Society and Royal Dutch Chemical Society. His interests include corrosion control of metals by organic coatings and chemistry of silanes at metal surfaces. Among his numerous honors and awards, the most recent was the UC Special Achievement Award (for submitting 100 invention disclosures) and the UC Emerging Entrepreneur Award. He also has over 350 technical and scientific publications and more than 50 patents with companies such as Akzo Corporate Research, 3M, Pirelli SpA (Italy) and Armco Research & Technology. |