- Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Leland T. Jordan ’29 Chair Professor
- Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
- Phone: 979-845-3027
- Email: jgrunlan@tamu.edu
- Office: MEOB 220A
- Website: Research Webpage
- Linkedin: Profile
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota — 2001
- B.S., Chemistry, North Dakota State University — 1997
Research Interests
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- Polymer nanocomposites
- Nanoparticle dispersion in solutions and composites
- Polyelectrolyte complexes
- Multilayer thin films
- Environmentally-benign flame retardant treatments
- Gas barrier thin films
- High dielectric breakdown strength materials
- High thermal and/or electrical conductivity materials
- High dielectric breakdown strength insulation
Industry Experience
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- Three years as Research Engineer and Senior Research Engineer for Avery Dennison Corporation.
Awards & Honors
- ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry Fellow - 2024
- ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Fellow - 2024
- American Chemical Society Fellow - 2023
- TEES Research Impact Award - 2023
- National Academy of Inventors Senior Member - 2019
- Doctor honoris causa, University of South Brittany, France - 2018
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow - 2018
- Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Senior Faculty Fellow - 2016
Selected Publications
- S. G. Fisher,b H.-C. Chiang, E. T. Iverson,b E. Chang, J. C. Grunlan, “Hydrogen bonded polymer complex thin films for highly stretchable gas barriers,” RSC Applied Polymers 2024, 2, 356
- N. A. Vest, A. O. Afonso, D. Rodriguez-Melendez, J. Ponis, D. L. Smith, E. T. Iverson, Z. Zhang, J. A. D. Marquez, S. Banerjee, Q. Wang, J. C. Grunlan, “Polyelectrolyte complex for flame retardant silk,” Polymer Degradation and Stability 2023, 216, 110491.
- E. T. Iverson, H. Legendre, S. V. Chavan, A. Aryal, M. Singh, S. Chakravarty, K. Schmeig, H.-C. Cheng, P. Shamberger, A. Karim, J. C. Grunlan, “Nanobrick wall multilayer thin films with high dielectric breakdown strength,” ACS Applied Engineering Materials 2023, 1, 9429.
- S. G. Fisher, D. Rodriguez-Melendez, E. T. Iverson, T. J. Kolibaba, J. C. Grunlan, “Fire protection of wood with an environmentally benign UV-cured polyelectrolyte complex,” Polymer Degradation and Stability 2023, 215, 110467.
- E. T. Iverson, H.-C. Chiang,b T. J. Kolibaba, K. Schmeig, J. C. Grunlan, “Extraordinarily high dielectric breakdown strength of multilayer polyelectrolyte thin films,” Macromolecules 2022, 55, 3151.