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

US20120280430A1

Composite tooling containing CNTs. Sole patent author. 

US20140097146A1

Carbon Nanostructure separation membranes Co-author.

US20130101495A1

Systems and methods for continuously producing carbon nanostructures. Co-author.

Collections

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama