3-Part Workshop: Thermoplastic Elastomers - From Fundamental Insights to Contemporary Technologies: Stimuli-Responsive and Functional TPEs - Resources | SPE
3-Part Workshop: Thermoplastic Elastomers - From Fundamental Insights to Contemporary Technologies: Stimuli-Responsive and Functional TPEs - Resources
Workshop
Thermoplastic Elastomers - From Fundamental Insights to Contemporary
Technologies: Stimuli-Responsive and Functional TPEs
Dr. Richard J. Spontak, Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State
University, has over 40 years of experience concerning thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs). During
the past 25 years, he has explored new and exciting applications of TPEs as stimuli-responsive
and functional soft materials ranging from electroactive and shape-memory media to
carbon-capture membranes and antimicrobial surfaces. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. in chemical
engineering from Penn State and UC Berkeley, respectively, and he pursued post-doctoral studies
at Cambridge University (UK) and the Institute for Energy Technology (Norway) before joining the
Procter & Gamble Company and later North Carolina State University. He has published over
300 peer-reviewed journal publications and presented nearly 400 invited presentations worldwide.
He has received numerous awards in recognition of his research: the SPE International Award, the
ACS (Rubber) Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award, the ACS (PMSE) Roy W. Tess Award in
Coatings, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, International Award, and the Institute of
Materials, Minerals, and Mining (IOM3) Colwyn Medal. He is a fellow of the American Physical
Society, the IOM3, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the ACS PMSE Division, as well as a
member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
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