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  Jeff Campbell

  Method to manufacture composites with lightning strike mitigation capability

  Method for manufacturing lightning strike mitigation composites

  Jeff Campbell

• 1994

  Rutgers University

  MER Corporation

  Research Associate on two projects: Testing and characterization of low cost ceramic composites (LC3) project funded by DARPA and ONR; Research Associate on one of the first research groups that developed the Fused Deposition of Ceramics (FDC) for rapid prototyping of silicon nitride ceramic parts.

  Rutgers University

• 1988

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Materials Science and Engineering

  North Carolina State University

  Professional Engineering in Ceramics from the State of Ohio

  National Society of Professional Engineers

• 1985

  North Carolina A&T State University

  Johns Hopkins University

  Testing and characterization of sintered silicon nitride and SiC/SiC composites in pure tension.

  North Carolina A&T State University

  Herrington Professor in Advanced Materials

  Director

  New Product Development Center

  I was the Carl G. and Gladys L. Herrington Professor in Advanced Materials at the Helmerich Research Center

  Oklahoma State University

  Tulsa campus till June 2011. The Herrington Professorship focuses on research involving composite materials in OSU’s College of Engineering

  Architecture and Technology. \n\nMy role at OSU-Tulsa will be to connect the university with local industry and business partners and help Helmerich Center faculty take their research to commercialization. I will also seek out new research opportunities

  particularly those that will contribute to the growth and success of businesses in northeastern Oklahoma. The Helmerich Research Center is designed to be a driver in economic development in Oklahoma and particularly around the Tulsa area.\n\nI work with small manufacturers in the state of Oklahoma to solve their product development problems. My colleagues assist them with business planning and business communications. \n\nI also assist small manufacturers to apply for Small Business Innovation (SBIR) and Small Technology Transfer Research (STTR) grants to various government agencies. Additionally

  I also work with faculty members in engineering and agriculture to develop applications with polymer composite materials for multifunctional applications.

  Helmerich Research Center

  Oklahoma State University

  MSME

  Mechanical Engineering

  Tau Beta Pi

  International Students Association

• 1975

  Institute of Technology

  Banaras Hindu University

  Oklahoma State University

  My work here produced 10 U.S. patents

  with 22 additional patent applications pending. I developed six products from concept to commercialization including an environmentally friendly water-soluble tooling material that is being sold commercially to Airbus

  Eurocopter

  Lockheed Martin and Boeing.

  Advanced Ceramics Research

  Post Doctoral Research Fellow

  Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University Mechanical Engineering Department under Professor Bill Sharpe. I did mechanical testing of MEMS type of materials. Our group performed the very first Poisson's ratio measurement of MEMS type of thin films.

  Johns Hopkins University

  Oklahoma State University

  I am currently the Varnadow Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa. I continue to work with small manufacturers in Oklahoma to develop new products and processes to enhance their commercial viability and success.

  Varnadow Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

  Tulsa

  Oklahoma Area

  Institute of Technology

  Banaras Hindu University

  Senior Scientist

  Performed R&D in high temperature composite materials

  MER Corporation

  B. Tech

  Metallurgical Engineering

  B. Tech

  Metallurgical Engineering

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  Merlyn X. Pulikkathara

  Meisha Shofner

  Rick Wilkins

  Enrique V. Barrera

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  Society for Advanced Manufacturing and Process Engineering (SAMPE)

  Member and advisor for SAMPE student chapter

  Oklahoma State University

  Yes

  American Society for Engineering Education

  Hindi

  English

  R&D 100 award

  Won R&D 100 award for water-soluble tooling materials for fabrication of polymer matrix composite articles - co-winner with John L. Lombardi

  Greg Artz and Joseph Walish

  R&D Magazine

• OSU-Tulsa 2016 Materials Science Research Experience for Undergraduates

  Uploaded by Oklahoma State University-Tulsa on 2016-08-01.

  School of Materials Science and Engineering - Ranji Vaidyanathan

  Ph.D.

  P.E.

  Information about Dr. Ranji Vaidyanathan

  School of Materials Science and Engineering - Ranji Vaidyanathan

  Ph.D.

  P.E.

  Information about Dr. Ranji Vaidyanathan

  Scanning Electron Microscopy

  Thin Films

  Proposal Writing

  Testing

  Product Development

  MEMS

  Engineering Management

  Mechanical Testing

  Manufacturing

  Engineering

  Composites

  Mechanical Engineering

  Materials

  Characterization

  R&D

  Technology Transfer

  Design of Experiments

  Materials Science

  Minitab

  Polymers

  Photooxidation of Epoxy-Based Nanocomposites

  Epoxy composites have been extensively used as coatings

  structural elements

  and insulators. However

  epoxy composites deteriorate under Ultraviolet (UV) exposure and in high temperature/humidity environments. The present work investigates photooxidation of epoxybased nanocomposites by optical spectroscopy as well as vibrational spectroscopy. The nanocomposite film samples were prepared by spin-coating on quartz. Under UV exposure

  the optical absorption reveals systematic rise of a broad optical absorption band peaking at 280 nm that is responsible for the formation of yellow color. Further

  this degradation is found to be enhanced by the presence of water. We attribute broadening of the optical absorption band to n to * transitions in carbonyl groups

  which form due to the replacement of ­CH2­or ­CH­ sites by C=O. Therefore

  we associate the degradation mechanism with the UV-generation of active oxygen and hydroxyl species. Fullerenes are known to produce reactive oxygen species during photoexcitation. Accordingly

  to confirm the effect of active oxygen

  we explored photooxidation for C60-blended epoxy polymer films. In the presence of C60

  the development of the 280 nm band was found to be significantly faster. The degradation rate was also found to be increased in the presence of nanoclay as the filler. The adverse effect of the nanoclay is credited to the inherent ammonium salts as well as the acidic sites that facilitate the cleavage of C­H bonds by oxygen.

  Photooxidation of Epoxy-Based Nanocomposites

  New product development

  new business planning

  inventor assistance

  small business innovative research proposal assistance to small manufacturers and inventors in Oklahoma

  assistance in enterprise development for Oklahoma State University faculty and students from the College of Engineering

  Architecture and Technology.\n\nSpecialties: New product development

  best practices in creativity and innovation

  Ranji

  Vaidyanathan

  Advanced Ceramics Research