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Alexi Biris PhD 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. More...

Charles Buhler PhD 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...

Steve Trigwell BSc MS PhD CEng FIMMM 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...