Richard Spontak
Dr.
North Carolina State University Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
911 Partners Way
Engineering Building I
Raleigh,
NC
USA
27606
Email:
spontak@ncsu.edu
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Richard J. Spontak is an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. He received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1983 and was later awarded the Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988. He then pursued post-doctoral research in Materials Science & Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge (U.K.) and Condensed Matter Physics at the Institute for Energy Technology (Norway). In 1992, he accepted a faculty position at North Carolina State University. Since that time, Spontak has published over 275 research papers. His primary research interests relate to the phase behavior and morphology/property development of nanostructured polymers, polymer nanocomposites, electron microscopy, and stimuli-responsive media. He resides in Raleigh with his wife Josie and his two children, Danielle and Joshua.
Papers:
18
PAPER CANCELLED - Advances of Thermoplastic Elastomer Systems As Electroresponsive Media