Dr. David Kranbuehl

Professor of Chemistry and Applied Science

College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, Virginia 23187

DEKRAN@wm.edu

Phone: (757)221-2542    Fax: (757)221-2715

 

 

Education:

 

·National Research Council -National Academy of Sciences, Postdoctoral Fellow at National Bureau of Standards, 1960-1970

·Ph.D.- Physical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1969
·B.A.-  Chemistry, DePauw University, 1965

 

 

Positions:

 

·1983-Present                 Professor of Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA
·1999 (one month)          Visitor Senior Professor, Univ. Claude Bernard, Lyon France
·1996 (one month)          Visiting Professor, Univ. Claude Bernard, Lyon France
·1981                             Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
·1974-1983                     Assoc. Professor of Chemistry, College of William and Mary

          ·1971-1974                     Asst. Professor of Chemistry, College of William and Mary

          ·1969-1970                     NIST (formerly NBS) NRC-NAS postdoctoral fellow

 

 

Research Areas:

       

·Frequency Dependent dielectric-impedance measurements of polymeric materials.

·Characterization of the physical and chemical state of a polymeric material from measurement of change in the molecular translational diffusion of ions and rotational diffusion of dipoles.

          ·Intelligent-sensor monitored process control.

·Monte Carlo simulations of polymer dynamics.

 

 

Honors & Awards:

 

·Sept. 1989 recipient of Research and Development Magazines R&D-100 award for one of the 100 most significant inventions of the year.
·Phi Beta Kappa
·National Science Foundation Fellow  (1965 – 1969)
·Woodrow Wilson Fellow  (1965 – 1969)
·Danforth Fellow  (1965 – 1969)
·National Research Council-National Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow.