Chris Robertson.

Christopher G. Robertson, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor

College
Francis College of Engineering
Email
Chris_Robertson@uml.edu

Expertise

Polymer viscoelasticity/rheology, including nanoparticle effects; fatigue and fracture of elastomers; materials R&D for tires, anti-vibration systems, seals, and other rubber applications; glass transition and segmental dynamics.

Education

Post-doctoral Researcher: Polymer Physics Section of Chemistry Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 1999-2001
Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (1999)
Dissertation Title: Physical Aging of Miscible Polymer Blends
M.S.: Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (1995)
Thesis Title: Processing of Composite Fibers Based on Polypropylene and a Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer
B.S.: Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (1993)

Biosketch

Chris Robertson joined the Department of Plastics Engineering at UMass Lowell in 2022 as part-time faculty to teach elastomer-related online courses. Robertson is the founder and principal consultant at Polymer Technology Services LLC - which offers technical consulting, expert witness services, and training for the rubber/elastomer industry and the polymer technology field in general. He has more than 20 years of research and product development experience as a materials engineer in the tire, synthetic rubber, rubber additives, and plastics industries. The companies that Robertson worked for include Bridgestone Americas, Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, ExxonMobil Chemical, Eastman Chemical, and Endurica LLC. He also spent two years in Saudi Arabia leading the education program at an elastomer technical college as a representative of The University of Akron. Through his collaborations with numerous scientists and engineers in industry and academia, Robertson is co-inventor of 32 patents and co-author of 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals with a citation h-index of 38. Since 2020, Chris is serving as the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Rubber Chemistry and Technology and was an associate editor for 10 years prior.