Dr. Timothy Bunning

Biography

Timothy Bunning is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also a Principal Materials Research Engineer at the Materials Manufacturing Directorate, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut. His current research interests focus on the optical, electro-optical, and photo-optical performance of structured polymeric liquid crystalline materials. His central research areas include the development of 1-, 2-, and 3-D switchable polymeric diffractive structures using complex holographic photopolymerization techniques. Additionally, he works on the development of novel polymeric thin films using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and phototunable materials based on azo-materials thin film actuators, as well as phototunable cholesteric liquid crystal materials. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and received the APS Dillon Medal. His research credentials include over 230 technical publications, with more than 150 being peer-reviewed, and over 420 presentations, including 140 invited presentations, alongside contributions to 12 patents and edited book chapters. He is actively involved in technical communities including the Materials Research Society, American Chemical Society, SPIE, and American Physical Society.

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