M. William Chirdon
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Education University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Combined Ph.D., Macromolecular Science and Engineering/Biologic and Materials Science, December 2004 Thesis: Diffuse and Goniochromatic Reflectance of Translucent Materials University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Master of Science, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, December 2000 Master Project: Adsorption of Catechol and Comparative Solutes on Hydroxyapatite University of Delaware, Newark Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, Minor in Biology May 1998 Senior Project: Synthesis, Characterization of Polyurethane Copolymers
Research University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA Experience Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, August 2006 present
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Post-doctoral Research Associate, June 2005 August 2006 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Graduate Research Assistant, Fall 1999 - Spring 2002
Honors/ Awards
College of Engineering's Distinguished Achievement Award, Mar 2004 Outstanding Poster in Polymer Engineering, Fall 2003 Award for Research Excellence from Dow Chemical Co., Fall 2002 Sigma Xi, Research Honor Society, Spring 2002
Omega Chi Epsilon, member
AIChE, member
Refereed Journal Publications
Chirdon, W. M., O'Brien, W. J., Robertson, R. E. "Adsorption of catechol and comparative solutes on hydroxyapatite." J Biomed Mater Res., Part B: 66(2): 532-538, Aug 2003. Chirdon, W. M., O'Brien, W. J., Robertson, R. E. "Diffuse reflectance of shortfiber-reinforced composites aligned by an electric field." Dental Materials, 22(1): 57-62, Jan 2006. Chirdon, W. M., O'Brien, W. J., Robertson, R. E. "Fraunhofer diffraction of short-fiber-reinforced composites aligned by an electric field." Dental Materials, 22(2): 107-111, Feb 2006. Chirdon, W. M., Aquino, W. A., Hover, K. H. "Measurement of thermal diffusivity of hydrating mortars" Cement and Concrete Research. 37 (5): 680690 May 2007. Phillips, S. H., Aquino, W. A., Chirdon, W. M. "Simultaneous Inverse Identification of Transient Thermal Properties and Heat Sources Using Sparse Sensor Information." Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 133 (12) 1341-1351 December 2007. Chirdon, W. M., O'Brien, W. J., Robertson, R. E. "Mechanisms of goniochromism: translucent layering, filler alignment, and specular reflection." Dental Materials, 25(6): 802-809, June 2009.
Theses Mentored
Gandla, Deepthi, "Investogation of Trandient Thermal Properties of Portland Cement Mortar: Effect of Water-to-Cement and Cement-to-Mortar Ratios on the Thermal Diffusivity, Thermal Conductivity, and Intrinsic Heat Generation" University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Fall 2008. Nunna, Sandeep, "A Proposed Experimental Method for Determining Transient Thermal Properties of Reactive Solids" University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Fall 2008. Patil, Abhijeet, "Development of a Method for the Determination of Transient Thermal Properties of Exothermic Cementitious Composites Using Finite Element Models" University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Fall 2008.
Posters Presented
Chirdon, W.M. "Teaching Philosophy" presented at the ASEE Conference. Pullman, WA. July 2007. Chirdon, W. M., Aquino, W., Hover, K. C. "Remote Sensing of Concrete Structures." presented at IC Postdoctoral Colloquium. Research McLean, VA. April 2006. Chirdon, W. M., O'Brien, W. J., Robertson, R. E. "Anisotropic Translucency in Composites Aligned by Dielectrophoresis." presented at Macromolecular Science and Engineering Symposium. Ann Arbor, MI. Oct. 2003. Chirdon, W. M., O'Brien, W. J., Robertson, R. E. "Fraunhofer Diffraction of Composites Aligned by Dielectrophoresis." presented at Macromolecular Science and Engineering Symposium. Ann Arbor, MI. Oct. 2002. Chirdon, W. M., O'Brien, W. J., Robertson, R. E. "Adsorption of Catechol and Comparative Solutes on Hydroxyapatite." presented at ACS Regional Meeting at Eastern Michigan University. Ypsilanti, MI. June 2002.
Conference Presentations
Fundamentals of Heat Transfer with a Comparison of Novel and Conventional Methods for the Determination of Thermal Properties. International Week. Pole University, Paris, France, March 2009. Remote Sensing of Concrete Construction, Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Colloquium, Chantilly, VA, April 30-May 3, 2007. Modeling of Heat Generation and Transfer in Concrete for Remote Sensing Applications, ACBM/NIST Computer Modeling Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, June 2005.
Courses Taught
CHEE 317: Materials of Engineering CHEE 405: Process Heat Transfer CHEE 417(G): Polymer Engineering
Teaching Accomplishments
Enriched "Process Heat Transfer" course with lecture on finite element analysis, partially funded by an educational mini-grant. Spring 2007. Developed a new graduate course, "CHEE 417: Polymer Engineering," from several textbooks and courses from graduate work. Spring 2007. Consultant for creating an Etomica molecular simulation of polymerization reactions to be used by "Materials of Engineering" and "Polymer Engineering" students. Visit: Polymerization Simulator - Summer 2008. Demonstrated a polymerization reaction for "Materials of Engineering" and "Polymer Engineering" courses, funded by a mini-grant. ...