Meet Our SHAP3D Center Leadership Directors

  • Joey Mead
    Joey Mead
    University Professor, Co-Director of Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence; Deputy Director, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing; Center Director, SHAP3D
    Plastics Engineering

    Rubber technology, thermoplastic elastomers, design, properties and processing of elastomers, nano materials.

  • Tim Long, Ph.D.
    Tim Long, Ph.D.
    Professor, Director of the Biodesign Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing at Arizona State University
    SHAP3D, School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University
  • Jerry Qi, Ph.D., Sc.D.
    Jerry Qi, Ph.D., Sc.D.
    Georgia Tech SHAP3D Site Director, Professor and The Woodruff Faculty Fellow, Mechanical Engineering Georgia Technological Institute
  • Patrick Drane, Ph.D.
    Patrick Drane, Ph.D.
    Research Associate Professor, Director, Assistant Director, Technical Program Manager, SHAP3D Technical Program Manager and Industry Liaison Officer
    Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Center for Sports Engineering and Performance, Center for Energy Innovation, Advanced Composite Materials & Textile Research Lab (ACMTRL), Harnessing Emerging Research Opportunities to Empower Soldiers (HEROES), WindSTAR, SHAP3D, Sports Collaborative for Open Research and Education (SCORE)

    Sports equipment mechanics, composite and foam characterization, research center operations

  • Anson Ma, Ph.D.
    Anson Ma, Ph.D.
    UCONN-SHAP3D Partner Lead, Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering University of Connecticut
    SHAP3D, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering University of Connecticut (UConn)

Meet Our SHAP3D Industrial Advisory Board Chairs

  • Tim Lawton, Ph.D.
    Tim Lawton, Ph.D.
    Research Chemist, Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Co-Chair, Emerging Materials Development Team - Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center
    SHAP3D, HEROES
  • Daniel Moser, Ph.D.
    Daniel Moser, Ph.D.
    Researcher, Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Co-Chair
    SHAP3D