Rodney S. Ruoff
Encyclopedia
Rodney S. Ruoff is a world-leading pioneer in graphene
-based materials. He is currently the Cockrell Family Regents Chair VII Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute at the University of Texas at Austin
. He received a Doctor of Philosophy
in Chemical Physics
by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988. He was then a Fulbright Fellow in 1988-89 with the Max Planck Institute fuer Stroemungsforschung in Goettingen, Germany
and later the John Evans Professor of Nanoengineering and a Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University
. From 2002 to 2007 he was the director of the Northwestern University Biologically Inspired Materials Institute.
Graphene
Graphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. The term graphene was coined as a combination of graphite and the suffix -ene by Hanns-Peter Boehm, who described single-layer...
-based materials. He is currently the Cockrell Family Regents Chair VII Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute at the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
. He received a Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in Chemical Physics
Chemical physics
Chemical physics is a subdiscipline of chemistry and physics that investigates physicochemical phenomena using techniques from atomic and molecular physics and condensed matter physics; it is the branch of physics that studies chemical processes from the point of view of physics...
by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988. He was then a Fulbright Fellow in 1988-89 with the Max Planck Institute fuer Stroemungsforschung in Goettingen, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and later the John Evans Professor of Nanoengineering and a Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
. From 2002 to 2007 he was the director of the Northwestern University Biologically Inspired Materials Institute.
Rod Ruoff's major research interests include
- Energy and the environment
- Novel materials (graphene, nanotubes, composites, others), their properties, and applications
- Technology transition
- Instrument development
- New tools and methods for the biomedical sciences
External links
- http://bucky-central.me.utexas.edu/
- http://bucky-central.me.utexas.edu/publications/index.html
- http://www.engr.utexas.edu/news/releases/3335
- http://www2.electronicproducts.com/Graphene_could_double_ultracapacitor_density-article-olrr01_nov2008-html.aspx
- http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/25385
- http://www.utexas.edu/news/2011/01/18/graphene_grant/