Leadership

  • Joey Mead
    Joey Mead
    University Professor, Co-Director of Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence; Deputy Director, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing; Center Director, SHAP3D
    Plastics Engineering

    Rubber technology, thermoplastic elastomers, design, properties and processing of elastomers, nano materials.

  • Carol Barry
    Carol Barry
    Chair, Professor
    Plastics Engineering

    Plastics processing, including extrusion, injection molding, and novel processing techniques; nanomanufacturing with polymers; 3D printing

  • Brent Segal
    Brent Segal
    Chair, Executive Advisory Board

    Chairman, Nano EAB Chief Scientist, Lockheed Martin Nanosystems

Executive Advisory Board

Liaison Board Members

  • Joseph Downing
    Joseph Downing
    Liaison Board Member

    Chief Operating Officer, John Adams Innovation Institute Massachusetts Technology Collaborative

  • Dana Granville
    Dana Granville
    Liaison Board Member

    Retired, Senior Materials Engineer, U.S. Army Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Materials Manufacturing Technology Branch of the Weapons and Materials Research Directorate

  • Jo Ann Ratto, Ph.D.
    Jo Ann Ratto, Ph.D.
    Adjunct Faculty

    Biodegradable polymers and sustainable materials, High barrier polymers, Multilayer films, Extrusion, Nanocomposites, Polymeric coatings, Food packaging, and Pollution prevention.

  • Lynne Samuelson, Ph.D.
    Lynne Samuelson, Ph.D.
    Researcher
    HEROES / NSRDEC Scientist

    electronic and photonic polymers, nanomaterials nanofabrication, biosensors, smart membranes, supramolecular assemblies, biomolecular signal transduction, and electronic and optical devices

Ex-Officio Board Members

  • Carol Barry
    Carol Barry
    Chair, Professor
    Plastics Engineering

    Plastics processing, including extrusion, injection molding, and novel processing techniques; nanomanufacturing with polymers; 3D printing

  • Doug Freitag
    Doug Freitag
    Ex-Officio Board Member

    Bayside Material

  • Joseph C. Hartman, Ph.D., P.E.
    Joseph C. Hartman, Ph.D., P.E.
    Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic & Student Affairs; ADVANCE Office for Faculty Equity & Resilience Advisory Board
    Academic Affairs
  • George Kachen, Ph.D.
    George Kachen, Ph.D.
    Ex-Officio Board Member, CWR Consultant

    GK Enterprise, Previous Dir. Nanomanufacturing Bus. Development 30+ years bus. development & tech transfer experience

  • Joey Mead
    Joey Mead
    University Professor, Co-Director of Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence; Deputy Director, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing; Center Director, SHAP3D
    Plastics Engineering

    Rubber technology, thermoplastic elastomers, design, properties and processing of elastomers, nano materials.