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Condensed
Curriculum Vitae
James E.
McGrath
University
Distinguished Professor, Chemistry and
Director, Materials Research Institute
Virginia Tech
2108 Hahn Hall
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0344
Phone:
(540) 231-5976
Fax: (540) 231-8517
E-Mail: jmcgrath@vt.edu
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EDUCATION
- B.S. Chemistry St.
Bernadine of Siena College, Loudonville, NY 1956
- M.S Chemistry University
of Akron, Akron, Ohio 1964
- Ph.D Polymer
Science University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 1967
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EMPLOYMENT
| 1997 to
Present: |
Visiting
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA |
| March
1996 to Present: |
University
Distinguished Professor, Virginia Tech |
| 1995 to
Present: |
Adjunct
Professor of the Department of Materials Science and
Engineering at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
(GIST) |
| February
1989 to January 2000: |
Director,
National Science Foundation
Science and Technology Center: High Performance Polymeric Adhesives
and Composites |
| September
1987 to February 1989: |
Director,
Materials Institute |
| November
1986 to Present: |
Ethyl
Chaired Professor of Chemistry |
| November
1979 to Present: |
Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Co-Director;
Polymer Materials and Interface Laboratory, Virginia Tech |
| September
1976 to September 1979: |
Associate
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech |
| September
1975 to September 1976: |
Assistant
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech |
| August
1967 to September 1975: |
Union
Carbide Corporation, Bound Brook, NJ
- 1974-75:
- Research
Scientist/Group Leader
Supervised group of eight technical people involved in the
molecular characterization of polyolefins, extrusion of polyethylene
pipe, blow molding of polyolefins, technical service, and market
introduction of new products.
- 1972-74:
- Research
Scientist
Synthesis and characterization of thermally stable engineering
thermoplastics and elastomer toughened materials.
- 1969-72:
- Project
Scientist
Synthesis of organosiloxane block copolymers, anionic (co-)
polymerization of lactams, polymers for desalination and gas
separation.
- 1967-69:
- Senior
Research Chemist
Novel block copolymers, polymer-polymer miscibility, polymer
characterization.
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| September
1965 to August 1967: |
Institute
of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron,
Ohio 44325 |
| May to
August 1967: |
Postdoctoral
Fellow
Anionic Polymerization, block copolymerization |
| 1965 to
May 1967: |
Graduate
Student
Synthesis and physical behavior of styrene-isoprene-styrene block
copolymers |
| October
1959 to September 1965: |
Research
Chemist, Research Division, Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Co., Akron, Ohio 44316
Polymer synthesis, crosslinking and stabilization chemistry, cationic
and Ziegler-Natta catalysis, structure-property relationships of rubbers |
| June 1956
to October 1959: |
Research
Chemist, Research Division, Rayonier, Inc.
Whippany, NJ
Chemically modified cellulose, viscose chemistry, graft copolymerization
of vinyl monomers onto cellulose |
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RECENT
AFFILIATIONS
- Board of Directors,
ChemFab Inc., New Hampshire, 1993-present
- Appointed to the
Fire Safety Report Committee by the National Academy of Science/National
Research Council (NAS/NRC)
- Editorial Board,
Journal of Macromolecular Science —Pure and Applied Chemistry,
1996 to present
- Member, Materials
Technology Vision 2020 Committee, 1998-1999
- Panel Member, Dept.
of the Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, Core External Review Panel,
1998
- Member, Materials
Engineering Peer Committee for the National Academy of Engineering 2000
Election (2/1/99 – 1/31/2002)
- Member, 1999 Committee
of Visitors for the Division of Materials Research, National Science
Foundation.
- Member of the Board, The Plastics Academy, 2001 to present
- Invited Member, National Science Foundation Nanoscale Working Group,
January 10, 2001
- Member, Advisory Board for the Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers
and Films, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
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RECENT
HONORS AND AWARDS
- Inducted into the
Plastics Hall of Fame by the Society for Plastics Engineers, June, 1997
- Received first “Outstanding
Alumni Award”, by the Department of Polymer Science, University
of Akron, Fall, 1997
- Received the Society
for Plastics Engineers “International Research Award,” April,
1998
- Recipient of the
1999 Distinguished Service Award from the ACS Polymer Division
- Recipient of the
2001 Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award, Rubber Division, American
Chemical Society, April 2001
- “Proton Exchange
Membrane Nanocomposites for Fuel Cells” Invited Lecture, Roanoke
College “Fisher Award Lecture” series, January 23, 2002
- Recipient of the
American Chemical Society (ACS) Award in Applied Polymer Science, April
2002
- Amercian Chemical
Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry, Inc., “Special Service
Award,” September 2003
- Recipient (with Thomas
C. Ward and Garth L. Wilkes) of the P.J. Flory Education Award from
the Polymer Division of the American Chemical Society, April 2004
- Recipient,
American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry, 2007-2008
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PRIMARY
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Synthesis
and characterization of high performance matrix polymers and structural adhesives,
new composite matrix and adhesive polymers for possible use in aerospace, new
high-temperature polymer dielectrics for computer development, fire-resistant
polymers and composites; and new sulfonated aromatic polymers for proton exchange
membranes (fuel cells).
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| SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS (FROM OVER 400)
- Li, Yanxiang; Roy,
Abhishek; Badami, Anand S.; Yang, Juan; Zhang, Zhongbiao; McGrath, James
E. Synthesis and characterization of partially fluorinated poly(arylene
ether ketone)- poly(arylene ether sulfone) (6FK-BPSH) multiblock copolymers
containing sulfonate groups for proton exchange membrane. Preprints
of Symposia - American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry
(2006), 51(2), 682-683.
- Lee, Hae-Seung; Roy,
Abhishek; Badami, Anand S.; McGrath, James E. Synthesis of multiblock
copolymers based on sulfonated segmented hydrophilic-hydrophobic blocks
for proton exchange membranes. PMSE Preprints (2006), 95 210-211.
- Wang, Hang; Badami,
Anand S.; Roy, Abhishek; McGrath, James E. Synthesis of poly(arylene
ether sulfone)-poly(benzophenone) multiblock copolymers for proton exchange
membrane. PMSE Preprints (2006), 95, 202-203.
- Roy, Abhishek; Lee,
Hae- Seung; Badami, Anand S.; Yu, Xiang; Li, Yanxiang; Glass, Thomas
E.; McGrath, James E .Transport properties of multiblock hydrophilic-hydrophobic
protein exchange membranes for fuel cells. Preprints of Symposia - American
Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry (2006), 51(2), 660-661.
- Paul, Mou; Roy, Abhishek;
Park, H. B.; Freeman, Benny D.; Riffle, Judy S.; McGrath, James E. Synthesis
and crosslinking of poly(arylene ether sulfone) blend membranes. Polymer
Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry)
(2007), 48(1), 334-335.
- Roy, Abhishek; Yu,
Xiang; Lee, Hae-Seung; Badami, Anand S.; Dunn, Stuart; McGrath, James
E. Proton exchange membranes for fuel cell applications. Polymer Preprints
(American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry) (2007), 48(1),
246-247.
- McGrath, J. E. From
polyurethanes to higher performance segmented and multiblock copolymers:
Tutorial. Abstracts of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago,
IL, United States, March 25-29, 2007 (2007), POLY-116.
- Park, Ho Bum; McGrath,
J. E. Desalination properties of sulfonated polysulfones. Abstracts
of Papers, 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States, March
25-29, 2007 (2007).
- McGrath, J. E. Progress
in alternate proton exchange membrane materials for fuel cells. Abstracts
of Papers, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August
19-23, 2007 (2007).
- McGrath, J. E. Applying
the polymer parameters to advanced polymeric membrane systems. Abstracts
of Papers, 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August
19-23, 2007 (2007).
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SELECTED
PATENTS (FROM OVER 40)
- Y. Delaviz, H.W.
Gibson, A. Gungor and J.E. McGrath, “Aramid Compositions of Improved
Solubility and Flame Retardancy, U.S. #5,420,225 to Virginia Tech, May
30, 1995
- J.E. McGrath, U.S.
#5,493,002 to Virginia Tech, “Aryl Ethynyl Anhydrides and Polymers
with Terminal or Pendant Amines Prepared with Aryl Ethynyl Phthalic
Anhydrides,” February 20, 1996.
- James E. McGrath
and Venkateshwaran Sekharipuram U.S. Patent #6,008,299 to Innotech,
Inc., Johnson & Johnson Vision Care and Virginia Tech. "Optical
Devices Formed from Melt Processable Thermoplastic Materials Having
a High Refractive Index," December 28, 1999.
- James E. McGrath,
U.S. Patent #6,040,416 to Virginia Tech. “Melt Polymer Synthesis
of Polether Phosphine Oxide,” March 21, 2000.
- James E. McGrath,
U.S. Patent #6,090,486 to Virginia Tech. “Fiber Materials for
Manufacturing Fiber Reinforced Phenolic Composites and Adhesives with
Nucleuphilic Initiators Positioned on the Fiber Surfaces,” March
21, 2001.
- James E. McGrath,
U.S. Patent #6,288,210 to Virginia Tech. “High Refractive Index
Thermoplastic Polyphosphonates,” September 11, 2001.
- James E. McGrath
and Sue J. Mecham, U.S. Patent #6,569,984 to Virginia Tech, “Method
for Making Polyimide,” May 27, 2003.
- J. Huang, D.G. Baird,
and J.E. McGrath “Highly Conductive Thermoplastic Composites for
Rapid Production of Fuel Cell Bipolar Plates, U.S. Patent Application
No. 2004-779804.
- B. Akle, D. Leo,
M. Bennett, K. Wiles, and J.E. McGrath, “Direct Assemby Process
for Fabrication of Ionomeric Polymer Devices,” U.S. Patent Application
No. 2006-0266642. November 30, 2006.
- McGrath, James E.;
Park, Ho Bum; Freeman, Benny D. Chlorine resistant desalination membranes
based on directly sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymers.
U.S. Pat. Appl. Publ. (2007), 44pp.
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RECENT
KEYNOTE/PLENARY LECTURES
- Advances in Materials
for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Systems, Asilomar Advances 2005
Conference on n Materials for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Systems,
February 21, 2005.
- Advanced Materials
for Proton Exchange Membranes, Stanford University, February 18, 2005.
- Polymer Electrolyte
Membrane (PEM) Based Fuel Cells: A Virginia Tech Vision for Realization
of the Potential Via Enhanced R&D, University Distinguished Professor
Lecture, Virginia Tech, March 1, 2005.
- Disulfonated Poly(arylene
ether sulfone) Ion Containing Copolymers: Transducer Components in Electromechanical
Systems for Sensors and Actuators,” Symposium Honoring Dr. Joe
DeSimone, Spring ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA March 15, 2005.
- New PEM Membranes
and MEAs for DMFC-Based Portable Power Systems, Harris-Cheng Award Symposium,
March 15, 2005.
- Water Research Workshop,
Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 26, 2005.
- Texas Distinguished
Faculty Lecture, University of Texas, Austin, November 8, 2005.
- Poly(arylene ether
benzonitrile) Homo and Statistical Copolymers, Pacific Polymer Conference,
Session on Advances in Engineering Polymers, Pacific Polymer Conference
9, Maui, Hawaii, December 11, 2005.
- Advanced Materials
for Proton Exchange Membranes, Session on Microelectronic and Conducting
Materials, Pacific Polymer Conference 9, Maui, Hawaii, December 11,
2005.
- Advanced Materials
for Proton Exchange Membranes, PacifiChem Meeting, December 20, 2005.
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MCGRATH'S COMPREHENSIVE CV
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