Amy Peterson is an Associate Professor, Associate Chair - Master's Studies in the Plastics Engineering Department at UMass Lowell.

Amy Peterson, Ph.D.

Professor, Associate Chair - Master's Studies

Pronouns
she/her
College
Francis College of Engineering
Department
Plastics Engineering
Phone
978-934-2937
Office
Ball Hall - 213
Email
Amy_Peterson@uml.edu
Links

Expertise

Additive Manufacturing, Polyelectrolyte Processing, Cell-Material Interactions, Interfacial Phenomena, Packaging

Research Interests

My research group studies functional surfaces and interfaces in multilayered structures. We push the boundaries of manufacturing practice by integrating chemistry, physics, and engineering principles across length and time scales; hence, our work considers the relevant physics and chemistries from multiple perspectives. Our recent research activities can be divided into three main thrusts: 1. Experimental and computational approaches to advance polymer additive manufacturing; 2. Multilayered flexible food packaging; 3. Polyelectrolytes and polyelectrolyte multilayers for therapeutic cell biomanufacturing.

Education

  • Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, (2011), Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA
    Dissertation/Thesis Title: Development of Remendable Polymer Composites using a Thermoreversible Reaction
  • BS: Chemical Engineering, (2007), Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA

Biosketch

Amy Peterson, Ph.D., is a professor of Plastics Engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell with expertise in interfacial phenomena and additive manufacturing (AM). Her research group studies processing-structure-property relationships in polymers and polymer composites, with a focus on interfacial phenomena in multilayered systems. She received her Ph.D. in 2011 from Drexel University, where she was an NSF IGERT and Graduate Research Fellow. She was an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow while at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces 2011-2013 and was an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2013-2018.

Selected Awards and Honors

  • James V. Dandeneau Professorship in Plastics Engineering
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Panel Fellow, 2021
  • Sigma Xi Full Member, 2017
  • Alpha Sigma Mu Member, 2017
  • Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer, 2016

Selected Publications

  1. Pourkamali-Anaraki, F.; Nasrin, T; Jensen, R. E.; Peterson, A. M.; Hansen, C. J. Adaptive Activation Functions for Predictive Modeling with Sparse Experimental Data, Neural Computing and Applications 
  2. Colon, A. R.; Kazmer, D.; Peterson, A. M.; Seppala, J. E. Steady Melting in Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2024, 30(1), 85-94.
  3. Nasrin, T; Adisa, A.; Hansen, C. J.; Pourkamali-Anaraki, F.; Jensen, R. E.; Peterson, A. M. Emergent mechanical properties in highly filled additively manufactured polymer composite, MRS Communications, 2024
  4. Esan, O.; Hansen, C. J.; Peterson, A. M. Multiphysics and Geometry-Based Modeling of Incorporating Mass Transport Networks in Ceramic Green Bodies to Improve Thermal Debinding, Ceramics International, 2024, 50(6), 9789-9800.
  5. Nasrin, T; Pourkamali-Anaraki, F.; Peterson, A. M. Application of Machine Learning in Polymer Additive Manufacturing: A Review, Journal of Polymer Science, 2024, 62(12), 2639-2669. Invited
  6. Haque, Md. A.; Candlen, K.; Froio-Blumsack, D.; Peterson, A. M.; Ratto, J.; Chen, W.-T. Degradation Behavior of Multilayer Pouches Containing Liquid and Powder Hot Sauce for Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) Rations, Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 2023, 40, 101209.
  7. Adisa, A. O.; Colon, A. R.; Kazmer, D. O.; Peterson, A. M. Interrelationships between process parameters, cross-sectional geometry, fracture behavior, and mechanical properties in material extrusion additive manufacturing, Polymer Engineering and Science, 2023, 63(11), 3906-3918. Editor’s Choice Article
  8. Colon, A. R.; Kazmer, D.; Peterson, A. M. The dependency chain in material extrusion additive manufacturing: shaft torque, infeed load, melt pressure, and melt temperature, Additive Manufacturing, 2023, 77, 103780.
  9. Pourkamali-Anaraki, F.; Nasrin, T.; Jensen, R. E.; Peterson, A. M.; Hansen, C. J. Evaluation of Classification Models in Limited Data Scenarios with Application to Additive Manufacturing, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2023, 126(C), 106983.
  10. Delarue, A. P.; McAninch, I. M.; Peterson, A. M.; Hansen, C. J. Increasing Printable Solids Loading in Digital Light Processing Using a Bimodal Particle Size Distribution, 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing
  11. Wang, Y.; Hansen, C. J.; Wu, C.-C.; Robinette, E. J.; Peterson, A. M. Effect of surface wettability on the interfacial adhesion of a thermosetting elastomer on glass, RSC Advances, 2021, 11, 31142-31151.
  12. Pourali, M.; Peterson, A. M.; Fused Filament Fabrication of Void-Free Parts using Low Viscosity Hot Melt Adhesives, Additive Manufacturing, 2021, 46, 102110.
  13. Kazmer, D. O.; Colon, A.; Peterson, A. M.; Kim, S. K. Concurrent Characterization of Compressibility and Viscosity in Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene with Fault Diagnoses, Additive Manufacturing, 2021, 46, 102106.
  14. Ding, I.; Peterson, A. M.; Half-Life Modeling of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and its Media Concentration from Growth Factor-Eluting Polyelectrolyte Multilayers. Scientific Reports, 2021, 11, 9808.
  15. Kim, S. K.; Kazmer, D. O.; Colon, A. R.; Coogan, T. J.; Peterson, A. M. Non-Newtonian Modeling of Contact Pressure in Fused Filament Fabrication. Journal of Rheology, 2021, 65(1), 27.
  16. D'Amico, T.; Peterson, A. M.; Bead parameterization of desktop and room-scale material extrusion additive manufacturing: How print speed and thermal properties affect heat transfer. Additive Manufacturing, 2020, 34, 101239.
  17. Towle, E. G.; Ding, I.; Peterson, A. M.; Impact of Molecular Weight on Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Assembly and Surface Properties. Journal of Colloid & Interface Science, 2020, 570, 135-142.
  18. Braconnier, D. J.; Jensen, R. E.; Peterson, A. M.; Processing parameter correlations in material extrusion additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 2020, 31, 100924.
  19. D'Amico, T.; Barrett, C.; Presing, J.; Patnayakuni, R.; Pourali, M.; Peterson, A. M.; Harnessing Irreversible Thermal Strain for Shape Memory in Polymer Additive Manufacturing. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2019, 136, 48239.
  20. Peterson, A. M.; Review of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene in fused filament fabrication: a plastics engineering-focused perspective. Additive Manufacturing, 2019, 27, 363-371.
  21. Ding, I.; Walz, J. A.; Mace, C. R.; Peterson, A. M.; Early hMSC morphology and proliferation on model polyelectrolyte multilayers. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2019, 178, 276-284.
  22. D'Amico, T.; Barrett, C.; Presing, J.; Peterson, A. M.; Micromechanical modeling of Irreversible Thermal Strain. Additive Manufacturing, 2019, 27, 91-98.
  23. Lyu, X.; Peterson, A. M.; Humidity tempering of polyelectrolyte complexes. Macromolecules, 2018, 51(23), 10003-10010.
  24. Weishaar, A.; Carpenter, M.; Loucks, R.; Sakulich, A.; Peterson, A. M.; Evaluation of Self-Healing Epoxy Coatings for Steel Reinforcement. Construction & Building Materials, 2018, 191, 125-135.
  25. Kim, S.; Peterson, A. M.; Holten-Andersen, N. Enhanced water retention maintains energy dissipation in dehydrated polymer networks: Another role for Fe-catechol coordinate crosslinks? Chem. Mater. 2018, 30(11), 3648-3655.
  26. D'Amico, A.; Peterson, A. M An Adaptable FEA Simulation of Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing Heat Transfer in 3D. Additive Manufacturing, 2018, 21, 422-430.
  27. Ryder, M. A.; Lados, D. A.; Iannacchione, G. S.; Peterson, A. M. Fabrication and properties of novel polymer-metal composites using fused deposition modeling, Composites Science and Technology, 2018, 158, 43-50.
  28. Ding, I.; Shendi, D. M.; Rolle, M. W.; Peterson, A. M. Growth factor-releasing polyelectrolyte multilayer films for controlling cell culture environment, Langmuir, 2018, 34(3), 1178-1189.

Selected Intellectual Property

  1. Peterson, A.; Rolle, M.; Ding, I. Coated Cell Culture Apparatus and Methods of Use. US Patent Application 16/931,967.
  2. Peterson, A.; Rolle, M.; Ding, I. Coated Cell Culture Apparatus. International Patent Application PCT/US2016/066950.
  3. Peterson, A.; Rolle, M.; Ding, I. Coated Cell Culture Apparatus. US Patent 10,731,145.
  4. Palmese, G. R.; Jensen, R. E.; Peterson, A. M. Remendable Interfaces for Polymer Composites. PCT WO2011/146577.
  5. Palmese, G. R.; Jensen, R. E.; Peterson, A. M. Remendable Interfaces for Polymer Composites. US Patent 9,884,944.

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • GOALI: Experimental and Computational Approaches to Tailor Properties of Additively Manufactured Semi-Crystalline Polymers (2018), Grant - NSF
    Peterson, A.
  • Automated coating of cell culture surfaces with cytokine releasing-polyelectrolyte multilayer (2018), Grant - ARMI BioFabUSA
    Peterson, A.
  • Identification of Critical Performance Properties for Barrier Materials in Hot Sauce Packaging for Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) Rations (2019), Grant - Defense Logistics Agency
    Chen, W., Peterson, A., Mead, J.
  • REU Site: Advanced materials and processes for a resilient society (2017), Grant - NSF (EEC), Research Experiences for Undergraduates
    Peterson, A. (Co-Principal), Sakulich, A. (Principal)
  • Thermal Modeling of BAAM for Tailoring Residual Stresses and Strength Amount (2017), Grant - ONR, Code 332 Naval Materials
    Peterson, A. (Principal)