Name:
Roy Wilcox
Country:
United States
City:
Knoxville
State/Province:
TN
ACS Member:
true
Local Section:
East Tennessee
International Chapter:
Technical Division Membership:
Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering Division
Technical Division Membership Emeritus:
Subdivision Member:
ACS Activities:
Company/Institution Name:
Career Stage:
Professional
Research and Special Interests:
Numerical modeling of blood rheology and flow in branched arterial configurations.
Simulation of composite bone formation with hydroxyapatite and biomimetic materials such as chitosan.
Surface treatment of switchgrass and enzymatic and microbrial conversion to ethanol.
Area of Expertise:
Chemistry Professor (7 years).Instructor in General Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Selected Topics such as Applied Chemistry.PhD in Materials Science & Polymer Engineering,Dissertation "Surface Composition and Interaction of Thermally Treated White Oak with White Spirits", University of TN. Knoxville, Dec. 2006, T. Rials , Advisor.MS in Organic Chemistry,Industrial Experience in Drilling Fluids(13 years) and Soaps, Detergents, and Coatings(6 years).Numerical Modeling of heat transfer and fluid flow in polymer processing and biological systems using COMSOL multiphysics software, Presented Paper at COMSOL conference, Boston, October 2007 "Numerical Modeling of Crystallinity Distribution Distribution Developed in the Extrusion of Thick Walled Polypropylene Pipe", R.D. Wilcox and J. Collier.Rheology of Non-Newtonian Fluids (Drilling fluids, detergents, blood),Surface Chemistry of Biomass Materials using XPS and surface energy measurements, Polarized Light Microscopy,Drilling Fluids,Surfactants, Detergents, and Waterborne Polyurethane Coatings
Years of Expertise:
21-25