About Us
Meet the Poly Adaptive
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Alexandru S. Biris, PhD Dr. Biris received his PhD in 2004 from
the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Applied Science Department and holds
a Masters Degree in Materials Science from the National Center for Scientific Research
in Grenoble France and the Babes Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Dr.
Biris serves as director and leads the research at the Nanotechnology Center at
UALR, exploring the science of nanostructures that can be used to alter the properties
of other substances at the atomic level. Through collaborations with private
corporations, universities in the state and nation, and research institutes in the
United States and abroad the Center's, mission is to accelerate the development
of applications of nanotechnology – which have the potential to revolutionize the
way we manufacture the next generation of products. Dr. Biris is also an Associate
Professor at the Systems Engineering Department at UALR and in 2011 was awarded
the Roy and Christine Sturgis Endowed Professorship for Excellence in Nanosciences.
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Key to Dr. Biris' vision for the Nanotechnology Center is its aggressive outreach
program to train and educate young people and other world class scientists who will
serve and attract business and industry to Arkansas from the region and the nation.
His areas of expertise include Nanotechnology, Raman Spectroscopy and X-Ray
Diffraction, Planetary Instrumentation (Mars Dust Analyzer), Particulate Science,
Nanoparticle and Carbon Nanotube Generation, Nanomedicine, Nanocomposite Materials
for Space Exploration, Surface Technology, Nano-Sensors and Bio Nano-Sensors, Materials
Science and Engineering, Coating Technology, Hydrogen Interaction with Metals, Alloys,
and Carbon Nanostructures etc.
Dr. Biris has over one hundred fifty peer reviewed publications, 7 issued patents,
and over twenty patent applications and serves as a Manager Editor and member of
the Editorial Board for the Particulate Science and Technology Journal. Close
Charles Buhler, PhD
Dr. Charles Buhler, the Principal Investigator for Poly-Adaptive, LLC is also the
owner of CRB High Field, LLC an electrostatics research and testing facility in
Cape Canaveral, Florida. For 10 years as a senior research scientist in the
Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory at NASA Kennedy Space Center, Dr.
Buhler worked on several electrostatic discharge (ESD) issues, including ESD safety,
gaseous discharges (e.g., corona, pulsed corona, glow, brush, and propagating brush
discharges) in hazardous environments for the Space Shuttle Program, the International
Space Station Program, and the Hubble Space Telescope Program. More...
He was a Co-investigator for three NASA Research Announcements funded by the Mars
Exploration Program with research in the areas of: instrumentation for the classification
of Martian aerosols, methods to prevent dust accumulation on surfaces under Martian
conditions, and the link between electrostatically charged dust and the lack of
organics on the Martian surface for the planetary science community. He continues
to serve as a subject matter expert on NASA's E3 Panel, the agency's leading board
regarding all ESD-, EMI-, and EMC-related issues for the space program. Dr.
Buhler has spent five years on NASA's Dust Project focused on electrostatic methods
to remove dust from personnel and equipment to be sent to the Moon through NASA's
Constellation Program. He now leads the research effort for Poly-Adaptive
performing guidance over all dust mitigation strategies for commercial and non-commercial
applications. Dr. Buhler completed his doctorate in Condensed Matter Physics
at The Florida State University in 2000. Close
Steve Trigwell, PhD, FIMMM, PMP
Dr. Steve Trigwell serves as the Project Manager and Research Scientist for Poly
Adaptive and is currently a Subject Matter Expert for Sierra Lobo, Inc. at Kennedy
Space Center, Florida. Dr. Trigwell has over 30 year experience in materials science;
his research has included development of the electrodynamic shield for dust mitigation
on solar panels and spacesuits, superhydrophobic coatings for ice mitigation on
the space shuttle, electrostatic beneficiation of lunar dust for mineral enrichment,
plasma surface modification of polymeric materials, and aerospace and biomedical
applications of shape memory alloys. He has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed
journals and conference proceedings. He is a co-inventor on two patents with four
patents pending. More...
Prior to coming to Florida, Dr. Trigwell worked in Silicon Valley in California
as a Staff Scientist in the materials science group at Raychem Corporation and as
a Laboratory Director at Surface Science Laboratories. Dr. Trigwell is a Fellow
of the Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining, a Senior Member of the IEEE,
and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is a Professional
Chartered Engineer in electronic engineering with the European Engineering Council,
and a Certified Project Management Professional with the Institute of Project Management.
He also serves as a Graduate Faculty Member for the Applied Science Department and
an Associate Scientist in the Nanotechnology Center at the University of Arkansas
at Little Rock and on the editorial board of the Particulate Science and Technology
Journal. Dr. Trigwell received his Masters’ degree in Materials Engineering from
San Jose State University in 1998 and doctorate in Applied Science at UALR in 2002.
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