Artist CV
Age 40, Born in Alabama, USA
Currently lives and works in High Point, North Carolina, USA
Education
2013 Johns Hopkins University, Master of Materials Science and Engineering
2008 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Bachelor of Science in Materials Engineering
2000 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Bachelor of Arts
1998 Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, Florence, Italy, Italian language and art history
Selected Exhibitions
2019 High Point Market, COHAB Space, High Point, NC
2018 We Art GSO, Center for Visual Arts, Greensboro, NC
2011-’14 The Big Show, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2012, 2013 Don’t Wear it Out! Erotica show curated by Sarah Eargle, Gallery 1448, Baltimore, MD
2008 Explorations, curated by Ron Platt, director of contemporary and modern art, Birmingham Museum of Art, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL
2006 The Bridge, Federal Bureau of Investigation Birmingham Field Office, curated by Carmen Aadams
2001 Amazing Grace, Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL, curated by Lawrence Pijeaux, president and CEO of Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, AL
2001 Amazing Grace, Lamar’s Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2000 Southern Living Parade of Homes, Birmingham, AL
2000 Birmingham Art Association, juried show, Birmingham, AL
2000 Melissa’s Visionaries, curated by Melissa Springer, Studio 50, Birmingham, AL
1998-’01 UAB Juried Student Annual, Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL, 2 awards
Selected Publications and Presentations
2017 When history is captured by chance, by Annie Nguyen, al.com, Alabama
2013 Acta Astronautica, Subject Matter Expert Reviewer: Radar Absorbing Materials, Nanomaterials, Composite Manufacturing
2012 European Space Agency, EMC Conference, Venice, Italy, presentation
2012 Carbon Nanostructures for Electromagnetic Shielding and Lightning Strike Protection Applications in Aircraft” European Space Agency Workshop, Aerospace ElectroMagnetic Compatibility, published
2010 “Microstructural characterization of titania coated glass microballoons and cenospheres” (author), Journal of Materials Science, reviewed, 2010
2009 "Titania Coated Glass Microballoons and Cenospheres for Environmental Applications, (co-author), Journal of Materials Science, published
2008 International Conference on Syntactic Foams, Davos, Switzerlad, research funded by National Science Foundation, presentation and publication
2008 American Composites Manufacturers Association, presentation and publication
2008 Alabama Academy of Science Conference, Award for first place presentation, presentation and publication
Patents
Six co-author patents: continuous tow manufacturing, electromagnetic applications of nanostructures, radar absorbing materials with nanostructures, thermoplastic materials with nanostructures, lightning strike protection with nanostructures, water filtration with nanostructures
Two primary author patents: composite tooling, multilayered radar absorbing materials with nanostructures
Composite tooling containing CNTs. Sole patent author.
Carbon Nanostructure separation membranes Co-author.
Systems and methods for continuously producing carbon nanostructures. Co-author.
Collections
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama