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Dean A. Waldow
Curriculum Vitae (brief version)
Academic Experience:
- Associate Professor, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 1998 -
- Assistant Professor, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, 1992 -1998
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, 1991-92
- Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 4 years
- Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1 year
Other Professional Experience:
- National Research Council / National Institute of Standards and Technology Postdoctoral Fellowship, October 1989 through August 1991
- Polymer Blends and Solutions Group, Polymers Division
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Education:
- Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, August 1989, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, Research Director: Mark D. Ediger
- B.A. in Chemistry (American Chemical Society approved), Mathematics, and Physics, May 1984, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Professional Societies:
American Chemical Society
American Physical Society
Council of Undergraduate Research
Funded Grants:
National Science Foundation, Research at Undergraduate Institutions Program - Renewal, "Phase Separation Behavior of Polymer Blends Modified by Copolymer Additives," Funded: May, 2000, Budget $141,000, 3 years.
Research Corporation / Murdock Charitable Trust Partners in Science Program, Funded Spring 1999, Budget $14,000, 2 years. High School Partner: Daryl Mathews, Rogers High School, Puyallup Washington
National Institute of Standards and Technology Cold Neutron Reactor Facility, "Small Angle Neutron Scattering on a Polymer Blend Modified with an Added Random Copolymer," Grant of small angle neutron scattering instrument time, Spring 1999
Council on Undergraduate Research Collaboration Travel Grant, Funded Fall 1998, $800, one-time grant.
National Science Foundation, Research at Undergraduate Institutions Program Supplement to, "Phase Separation Kinetics of Ternary Polymer Blends Containing a Random Copolymer," Funded: July, 1999, Budget $6,157, 1 years.
National Science Foundation, Research at Undergraduate Institutions Program, "Phase Separation Kinetics of Ternary Polymer Blends Containing a Random Copolymer," Funded: May, 1997, Budget $87,417, 3 years.
National Science Foundation, Academic Research Infrastructure Program, "Acquisition of High Performance Computing for Undergraduate Chemical Research and Research Training," Funded: September 1994, Budget $102,122. [co-principal investigator]
Energy Related Laboratory Equipment Grant, Instrument: Used Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Department of Energy, Funded 12/94, $12,000
Petroleum Research Fund, ‘13C Spin-Lattice Relaxation Studies of Local Segmental Dynamics in Polymer Blends,’ Funded: July, 1994, Budget $20,000.
Regency Advancement Award (internal to Pacific Lutheran University), "Fluorescence Anisotropy Measurements of Local Dynamics in Polymer Blends," Funded 1/94, Budget $3,500.
Energy Related Laboratory Equipment Grant, Instrument: Used Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Department of Energy, Funded 12/93, $12,000
The "William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Award of Research Corporation," a Cottrell College Award, ‘Phase Separation Behavior of Ternary Polymer Systems,’ Funded: May, 1993, Budget $35,200.
Undergraduate Research Projects: PLU Students:
15 Students to date whom have continued in
graduate school (5),
medical/dental (3),
chemical industry (2),
mathematics field (1), or
are continuing students (4).
- Brita Willis, Investigations of Phase Separation Kinetics as a function of concentration in a Polystyrene, Polybutadiene, and Styrene-Butadiene Random Copolymer Blend, Summer 2000.
Doing research between junior and senior years.
Scott Stewart, Investigations of Phase Separation Kinetics in a blend system where the homopolymers are above their entanglement molecular weights, Summer 2000.
Doing research between junior and senior years.
- Jason Higbee, Temperature Jump Monte Carlo Simulations of Phase Separation Behavior in Ternary Polymer Blends and Building a Linux Cluster, Summer 2000.
Doing research between freshman and sophomore years.
- Kris Russell, Investigations of Phase Separation Kinetics as a function of concentration in a Polystyrene, Polybutadiene, and Styrene-Butadiene Random Copolymer Blend and initial work on polymer dispersed liquid crystals, Summer 1998.
- Gretchen Voge, Investigations of Phase Separation Kinetics in a Polystyrene, Polybutadiene, and Styrene-Butadiene Random Copolymer Blend using both light scattering and neutron scatter, Summer 1999.
- Steve Wolbrecht, Monte Carlo Simulations of Phase Separation Behavior in Ternary Polymer Blends, Summer 1998.
- Kari Fosser, Investigations of Phase Separation Kinetics in a Polystyrene, Polybutadiene, and Styrene-Butadiene Block Copolymer Blend, Summer 1998.
Post Undergraduate: Graduate School, Un. of Illinois
- Gretchen Voge, Investigations of Phase Separation Kinetics in a Polystyrene, Polybutadiene, and Styrene-Butadiene Random Copolymer Blend using both light scattering, Summer 1998.
- Mako Furukawa, Initial studies into setting up an anionic polymerization setup for homopolymers and copolymers in a positive pressure reactor, Fall 1997 and Jan. 1998.
Post Undergraduate: Graduate School, Un. of Nebraska, Lincoln.
- Jessica Ross, Spin-lattice relaxation measurements of Styrene-Butadiene Copolymer in Dilute Solution, Fall 1997.
- Bethany Barham, Investigations of Phase Separation Kinetics in a Polystyrene, Polybutadiene, and Styrene-Butadiene Random Copolymer Blend, Summer 1997.
Post Undergraduate: Graduate School, Un. of Washington.
- Steve Wolbrecht, Monte Carlo Simulations of Phase Separation Behavior in Ternary Polymer Blends, Summer 1997.
- Chris Bock, Construction of a Cloud Point Instrument for Measuring Phase Boundaries in Polymer Blends, Summer 1995.
- Shayne Williams, Spin-lattice relaxation measurements of polybutadiene in a polybutadiene/polystyrene blend in toluene, Summer 1995.
- Jennifer Carhart-Rupp, Investigation of phase separation as related to the development of cataracts in the human eye’s ocular lens, Fall/Spring semesters 1994-1995.
- Julia Conley, Chemical education project on spinodal decomposition, Fall/Spring semesters 1993-1994.
Post Undergraduate: Graduate School, USD
- Brad Reppen, Construction of a temperature jump light scattering instrument, Summer 1993
Publications: (8 of 20 included)
Steven Wolbrecht‡, Dean A. Waldow, and Mark Dadmun "The Effect of Copolymer Molecular Weight on the Critical Properties of Polymer Mixtures," currently in preparation.
Bethany Barham‡, Kari Fosser‡, Gretchen Voge‡, Dean A. Waldow "The Effect of Added Copolymer on the Critical Properties of Polymer Mixtures," Macromolecules, Accepted October, 2000
Shenda Baker and Dean Waldow, "CUR, Materials Science Linkages Travel Grant," CUR Quarterly, (to appear) March, 2000 [Invited Publication]
Mark Dadmun, Dean A. Waldow "The Effect of Added Copolymer on the Critical Properties of Polymer Mixtures," Physcial Review E 1999
Dean A. Waldow, Craig B. Fryhle, J. Chris Bock‡ "CIRRUS: A Chemistry Internet Resource for Research by Undergraduate Students," Journal of Chemical Education, Accepted June, 1996
Craig B. Fryhle, Dean A. Waldow, J. Chris Bock‡ "The FTNMR Free Induction Decay Archive," Journal of Chemical Education, Accepted May, 1996
Dean A. Waldow, Craig B. Fryhle, and J. Chris Bock, 'CIRRUS: The Chemistry Internet Resource for Research by Undergraduate Students, "in Chemistry"[sic] (American Chemical Society Student Affiliate Publication) October/November, 6(1), 14, (1995) [Invited Publication] †
Dean A. Waldow, Alan I. Nakatani, and Charles C. Han, 'Anisotropic Phase Separation Kinetics in a Polymer Blend Solution Following Cessation of Shear Studied by Light Scattering,' Polymer 33(21), 4635 (1992)
Bulem Hammouda, Alan I. Nakatani, Dean A. Waldow, and Charles C. Han, 'Small Angle Neutron Scattering from Deuterated Polystyrene in Dioctyl Phthalate Solution Under Shear,' Macromolecules , 25(11), 2903 (1992)
Alan I. Nakatani, Dean A. Waldow, and Charles C. Han, 'A Rheometer with Two-Dimensional Area Detection for Light Scattering Studies of Polymer Melts and Solutions,' Reviews of Scientific Instruments 65(7), 3590 (1992) (patent pending)
‡ undergraduate coauthors
† non-refereed papers
Invited Presentations:
Spectroscopy Symposium, Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (NORM 2001), Title to be announced, Seattle, WA (To be presented, June 2001)
University of Leeds, UK, Physics Seminar, "Investigations of Phase Separation Behavior in Polymer Blends with Added Copolymer," Leeds, UK (October 1998)
Portland State University, Chemistry Seminar, "Kinetics of Phase Separation in Polymer Blends, Portland, OR (February 1994)
Calvin College, Chemistry Seminar, "Diffusion in Polymers Studied by a Holographic Grating Technique," Grand Rapids, MI (December 1990)
American Chemistry Society, Fall National Meeting, "Self-Diffusion Measurements of a Probe in Various Bulk Polymers," Representative of the Division of Polymer Science, Washington, DC (August 1990), Sci-Mix Poster Session
Polymers Division Seminar, National Institute of Standards and Technology, "Effect of Solvent on the Local Dynamics of Anthracene Labeled Polystyrene," Gaithersburg, MD (April 1989)
Augustana College, Chemistry Seminar, "Probing Macromolecular Motion Using Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy," Sioux Falls, SD (January 1987)
Presentations: (8 of 18 included)
"Effect of Copolymer Structure on the Phase Separation Kinetics of a Ternary Polymer Blend," American Physical Society, National Meeting Division of High Polymer Physics, Atlanta, GA (March 1999), Talk
"NMR" American Physical Society, National Meeting Division of High Polymer Physics, Atlanta, GA (March 1999), Poster
"Effect of Copolymer Structure on the Phase Separation Kinetics of a Ternary Polymer Blend," American Physical Society, National Meeting Division of High Polymer Physics, Atlanta, GA (March 1998), Talk
"Local Segmental Dynamics of a Copolymer in Dilute Solution Studied by Carbon-13 Spin-Lattice Relaxation," American Physical Society, National Meeting Division of High Polymer Physics, Atlanta, GA (March 1998), Poster
"Phase Separation Kinetics of a Binary Polymer Blend with Added Random Copolymer," American Physical Society, National Meeting Division of High Polymer Physics, Los Angeles, CA (March 1997), Talk
"Monte Carlo Simulation of a Ternary Polymer Blend Studying the Effect of Copolymer Structure and Molecular Weight," American Physical Society, National Meeting Division of High Polymer Physics, Los Angeles, CA (March 1997), Poster
"CIRRUS, A Chemistry Internet Resource for Research by Undergraduate Students," Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, Provo, UT (June, 1995), Talk
"Influence of Critical Slowing Down on Local Segmental Motions in a Polymer Blend Solution," American Physical Society, National Meeting Division of High Polymer Physics, San Jose, CA (March 1995), Talk
Honors:
- Sigma Xi Honor Society, 1992
- NRC/NIST Postdoctoral Research Associate Award, 1989-1991
- Engelhard Research Fellowship, 1988
- Blue Key National Honor Fraternity, 1984
- Outstanding Senior Chemistry Major, American Institute of Chemists, 1984
- Phi Lambda Upsilon, 1984
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