• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Leland T. Jordan ’29 Chair Professor
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Jaime Grunlan

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota — 2001
  • B.S., Chemistry, North Dakota State University — 1997

Research Interests

    • Polymer nanocomposites
    • Nanoparticle dispersion in solutions and composites
    • Polyelectrolyte complexes
    • Multilayer thin films
    • Environmentally-benign flame retardant treatments
    • Gas barrier thin films
    • High dielectric breakdown strength materials
    • High thermal and/or electrical conductivity materials
    • High dielectric breakdown strength insulation

Industry Experience

    • Three years at Avery Dennison’s Avery Research Center (ARC) as a Senior Research Engineer
    • Participated in various polymer-focused research and development efforts

Awards & Honors

  • 2023 TEES Research Impact Award
  • 2021 International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), Fellow
  • 2020 - present Leland T. Jordan ’29 Chair Professorship
  • 2019 National Academy of Inventors Senior Member
  • 2018 Doctor honoris causa, University of South Brittany, France
  • 2018 ASME Fellow
  • 2016 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Senior Faculty Fellow
  • 2015-2020 Linda & Ralph Schmidt ’68 Professorship
  • 2015 Dean of Engineering Excellence Award
  • 2013 E. D. Brockett Professorship
  • 2012 L.E. Scriven Young Investigator Award (sponsored by ISCST)
  • 2011-2014 Gulf Oil/Thomas A. Dietz Development Professor I
  • 2010 Carl Dahlquist Award
  • 2009 Dow Young Faculty Award
  • 2007 TEES Select Young Faculty
  • 2007-2012 NSF CAREER
  • 2007-2010 3M Untenured Faculty Grant

Selected Publications

  • D. Rodriguez-Melendez,b T. Mandal, B. Palen,b C. Long,b H.-C. Chiang,b S. Sarikaya , M. Naraghi, J. C. Grunlan,a “Heat shielding nanobrick wall for carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites,” ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2023, 5, 3270.
  • E. T. Iverson,b H.-C. Chiang,b T. J. Kolibaba,b K. Schmeig,c J. C. Grunlan,a “Extraordinarily high dielectric breakdown strength of multilayer polyelectrolyte thin films,” Macromolecules 2022, 55, 3151.
  • C. T. Long,b L. Chen, E. T. Iverson,b H. Castaneda, J. C. Grunlan,a “Crosslinking and silanization of clay-based multilayer films for improved corrosion protection of steel,” Journal of Materials Science 2022, 57, 2988.
  • S. Lazar,b T. J. Kolibaba,b J. C. Grunlan,a “Flame retardant surface treatments,” Nature Reviews Materials 2020, 5, 259.
  • T. J. Kolibaba,b C.-C. Shih, S. Lazar,b B. Tai, J. C. Grunlan,a “Self-extinguishing additive manufacturing filament from a unique combination of polylactic acid and a polyelectrolyte complex,” ACS Materials Letters 2020, 2, 15.
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