Faculty: Dr. D. Potter

 

 

Associate Member
Department of Chemical Engineering

Associate Professor
Xerox Centre for Engineering Entrepreneurship
& Innovation
School of Engineering Practice

McMcMaster University
1280 Main Street West, Hamilton
Ontario, Canada  L8S 4L7

office:ETB-516
email: potterd@mcmaster.ca
voice: (905) 525-9140 ext.23442
fax: (905) 528-7901

B.Sc. University of Waterloo (1984)
Ph.D. University of Waterloo (1989)

 

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Research Interests

I have been managing industrial research efforts for the past sixteen years, most recently
focused on emerging technologies such as novel curatives for one part thermosets,
polymer blends and compounds, UV curable materials, and polymer-based nanocomposites.
This work entailed novel development work with a broad range of thermosets and thermoplastics.

As a new faculty member, I am building my research program around three main themes:

1. The use of polymer structure-property relationships to design novel materials
   and/or morphologies with enhanced properties.
   
   
2. The achievement of novel materials, morphologies, or processing methodologies
   through the use of reactive polymer systems.
   
   
3. The synthesis of polymer nanocomposites based on hightly ordered micro-structural
   domains
   

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Most Recent Technical Publication in the Public Domain

Kozakiewicz, W. E., Potter, D. K. and Young, S. A. "Moisture-Curable Modified Acrylic
Copolymer Sealant Composition" US 5, 705, 561, January 6, 1998.