• Linda & Ralph Schmidt '’68 Professor
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Jaime Grunlan

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2001
  • B.S., North Dakota State University, 1997

Research Interests

  • Broadly speaking, our research is focused on polymer nanocomposites with transport properties that rival metals and ceramics, while maintaining beneficial polymer mechanical behavior.  We are particularly interested in the development of multifunctional surfaces (e.g. flame retardant, gas barrier, antimicrobial, etc.) prepared using water-based nanocoating technologies.  Additionally, we are developing fully organic thermoelectric materials that can efficiently convert waste heat to useful voltage.

     

Awards & Honors

  • Doctor honoris causa, University of South Brittany, France (2018)
  • ASME Fellow (2018)
  • Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Senior Faculty Fellow, 2016
  • Linda & Ralph Schmidt ’68 Professorship, 2015 – present
  • Dean of Engineering Excellence Award, 2015
  • E. D. Brockett Professorship, 2013
  • L.E. Scriven Young Investigator Award (sponsored by ISCST), 2012
  • Gulf Oil/Thomas A. Dietz Development Professor I, 2011 – 2014
  • Carl Dahlquist Award, 2010
  • Dow Young Faculty Award, 2009
  • TEES Select Young Faculty, 2007
  • NSF CAREER, 2007-2012
  • 3M Untenured Faculty Grant, 2007-2010

Selected Publications

  • J. L. Blackburn, A. J. Ferguson, C. Cho,d J. C. Grunlan,a “Carbon nanotube-based thermoelectric materials and devices,” Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1704386 (front cover article).
  • Y. Song,b E. Lugo, S. Powell, P. Tzeng,b B. Wilhite,a J. C. Grunlan,a “Highly selective multilayer polymer thin films for CO2/N2 separation,” Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 2017, 55, 1730.
  • K. M. Holder,b R. J. Smith,b J. C. Grunlan,a “A review of flame retardant nanocoatings prepared using layer-by-layer assembly of polyelectrolytes,” Journal of Materials Science 2017, 52, 12923 (front cover article).
  • R. J. Smith,b M. G. Moule, P. Sule, T. Smith,c J. D. Cirillo, J. C. Grunlan,a “Polyelectrolyte multilayer nanocoating dramatically reduces bacterial adhesion to polyester fabric,” ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2017, 3, 1845.
  • M. Haile,b C. B. Sweeney, B. Lackey, O. Sarwar,c R. Henderson,c M. A. Saed, M. J. Green,a J. C. Grunlan,a “Ultrafast and highly localized microwave heating in carbon nanotube multilayer thin films,” Advanced Materials Interfaces 2017, 4, 1700371.
  • Y. Song,b K. P. Meyers, J. Gerringer,c R. K. Ramakrishnan, M. Humood, S. Qin,b A. A. Polycarpou, S. Nazarenko,a J. C. Grunlan,a “Fast self-healing of polyelectrolyte multilayer nanocoating and restoration of super oxygen barrier,” Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2017, 38, 1700064 (front cover article).
  • S. Qin,b Y. Song,b M. E. Floto,c J. C. Grunlan,a “Combined high stretchability and gas barrier in hydrogen-bonded multilayer nanobrick wall thin films,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2017, 9, 7903.
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