Casey Grenier, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Norwood, Ma, Us

Research and development of conductive, carbon-based pressure pressure-sensitive, dielectric, and adhesive polymer inks with the application of measuring pressure and force. These polymer inks are designed within sensor arrays using various materials that allow for flexibility, use at high and low temperatures, wearable applications, and the ability to combine with temperature and humidity sensing arrays. Polymer and ink formulations are designed for screen printing manufacturing and the use of ink jet printing prototypes and specialty applications. My responsibilities include overseeing and managing several research and development projects, as well as ink and chemistry production, innovation at all levels, chemical and materials safety, hazardous waste management, providing funding and federally sourced research and development projects, creating new products/product development, quality control, grant writing, presenting findings internally, and to funding agencies through written reports and oral presentations. Recently, I have been optimizing a manufacturing line and scaling up operations. This has allowed me to develop my business-to-business skills in building relationships with our vendors, suppliers, and production personnel to help facilitate future sales and innovation. Overseeing and assigning working responsibilities to a team consisting of two chemistry technicians, a mechanical, an electrical, and applications engineer to complete projects and develop products within the scope of Tekscan’s market space as well as troubleshoot current manufacturing issues. Tekscan, Inc. is a technology leader and fast-growing manufacturer of tactile pressure and force measurement systems for industrial and medical applications. Our systems and sensors are used in test & measurement, research & development, quality assurance, and machine set-up applications worldwide.

Norwood, Ma, Us

Research and development of conductive, carbon-based pressure pressure-sensitive, dielectric, and adhesive polymer inks with the application of measuring pressure and force. These polymer inks are designed within sensor arrays using various materials that allow for flexibility, use at high and low temperatures, wearable applications, and the ability to combine with temperature and humidity sensing arrays. Polymer and ink formulations are designed for screen printing manufacturing and for the use of inkjet printing prototypes and specialty applications. My responsibilities include overseeing and managing several research and development projects, as well as ink and chemistry production, innovation at all levels, chemical and materials safety, hazardous waste management, providing funding and federally sourced research and development projects, creating new products/product development, quality control, grant writing, presenting findings internally, and to funding agencies through written reports and oral presentations. Recently, I have been optimizing a manufacturing line and scaling up operations. This has allowed me to develop my business-to-business skills in building relationships with our vendors, suppliers, and production personnel to help facilitate future sales and innovation. Overseeing and assigning working responsibilities to a team consisting of two chemistry technicians, a mechanical, an electrical, and applications engineer to complete projects and develop products within the scope of Tekscan’s market space as well as troubleshoot current manufacturing issues. Tekscan, Inc. is a technology leader and fast-growing manufacturer of tactile pressure and force measurement systems for industrial and medical applications. Our systems and sensors are used in test & measurement, research & development, quality assurance, and machine set-up applications worldwide.

Norwood, Ma, Us

Research and development of conductive, pressure sensitive, dielectric, and adhesive polymer inks with the application of measuring pressure and force. These polymer inks are designed within sensor arrays using various materials that allow for flexibility, use at high and low temperatures, wearable applications, and the ability to combine with temperature and humidity sensing arrays. Polymer and ink formulations are designed for screen printing manufacturing and for the use of ink jet printing prototypes and specialty applications. Tekscan, Inc. is a technology leader and fast growing manufacturer of tactile pressure and force measurement systems for industrial and medical applications. Our systems and sensors are used in test & measurement, research & development, quality assurance, and machine set-up applications worldwide.

Boston, Ma, Us

Teaching organic chemistry for the College of Professional Studies in a hybrid format with both online and in person class lectures and laboratory. Responsible for curriculum design: lecture material, homework, test, laboratory assignments, and assigning final grades. Creating a safe and productive class environment for students in addition to holding office hours, student help sessions, managing co-ops and working with fellow chemistry instructors and the lab coordinator. Responsible for pre-laboratory talk, organizing students performing lab, managing a safe productive working environment for students, preparing lab materials, interacting with fellow TA’s, lab instructors, and professors to complete course goals, grading of lab materials.

Developing a polymer mimic for antibody receptors that are being used in healthcare diagnostics. These materials are known as molecularly imprinted polymers because they involve forming the polymer in the presence of the selected molecule to produce selective binding sites to sense that molecule. We have patented a process for producing such materials with binding affinities similar to antibodies. While molecularly imprinted polymers are not a new idea, our new formulation results in a liquid polymer that senses at nanomolar levels (ppb) and at a faster binding rate (in seconds) than existing materials. These materials have the required properties and characteristics to replace antibodies currently being used in diagnostic kits for measuring hormones, drugs, and other small organic molecules. With our materials, we can design an analyte dependent fluorescence into the polymer at little or no additional cost. The only additional piece of equipment needed to take a binding or sensing measurement using this type of polymer is a standard black light (long wave hand lamp at 365 nm). With these characteristics, our TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM promises to drastically reduce the cost of diagnostic medicine. On average, to synthesize a polymer including all chemicals, cost of equipment, and labor for any one of these targets cost about $100 per gram and a gram of polymer is enough to complete 5,000 tests. Overall cost is two-cents per test. This results in lowering health care diagnostic costs and time to produce diagnostic results for medical providers when compared to traditional methods. In addition, this polymer makes continuous health care measurements possible and can allow for immediate results in the doctor’s office rather than having to send biological samples out to a separate laboratory. This would eliminate the need for time-wasting and current expensive health care diagnostics, creating a needed option for monitoring wellness and nutrition for all communities.

Biddeford, Me, Us

Part-time and remote Instructor for the College of Graduate and Professional Studies (CGPS) at the University of New England specifically for the Science Prerequisites Program. As an instructor at UNE I facilitate the learning process for online students through timely and effective instruction and communication. Also serving as a mentor, sharing my experiences to help guide students and ensure they achieve their educational and professional goals. I provide expert knowledge in chemistry specific content. I am responsible for guiding students through their educational experience while upholding and adhering to the CGPS commitment to student success. I pride myself on providing timely responses to student inquiries, within 24 hours but usually 12 hours. Facilitate class instruction by engaging in the online course portal a minimum of 5 times per week. I host a minimum of two hours of virtual office hours per week.Content areas include General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biochemistry.

Boston, Ma, Us

Teaching Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Anatomy and Physiology courses and laboratory. Creating a safe and productive class and lab environment for students in addition to holding office hours, student help sessions, and working with lab instructors.

Durham, New Hampshire, Us

Teaching General lecture for 200 plus engineering students. Responsible for course design: lecture material, homework, test, laboratory assignments, and assigning final grades. Creating a safe and productive class environment for students in addition to holding office hours, student help sessions, managing TA’s and working with lab instructors.

Durham, New Hampshire, Us

Developing a polymer sensor capable of a thermal phase transition around physiologic temperature and a fluorescent and/or a color changing readout to indicate the sensing of cortisol. Using our patented process for producing aqueous MIPs will allow for sensing at nanomolar levels (ppb) and at a fast rate of sensing (milliseconds). Combining this system with a zwitterionic polymer allows for anti-fouling properties when it encapsulates our MIP sensor. Our goal is to design an in vivo sensor for fast, highly sensitive and selective continual sensing. Attachment of our MIP to a gold cyclic voltammeter electrode, creating a possible sensor for point of care measurements for medical diagnostics (vitamins and drugs). Currently we can sense vitamin C at nanomolar levels with a MIP coated electrode and have shown good selectivity when compared to uncoated electrodes.

Durham, New Hampshire, Us

Teaching general chemistry, I and II, general chemistry for engineers, and quantitative analysis laboratory classes. Responsible for pre-laboratory talk, organizing students performing lab, managing a safe productive working environment for students, preparing lab materials, holding office hours, interacting with fellow TA’s, lab instructors, and professors to complete course goals, grading of lab materials, homework, and student exams and quizzes

Durham, New Hampshire, Us

Developing a new technology for chemical sensing and separations using swellable, primarily, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for sensing vitamins and toxins. Created MIPs that have increased binding constants by two orders of magnitude, at 109 M, and bind with the target analyte within two-seconds, 3600 times faster than previous MIPs. Through the two below fellowships our MIP formulations, characteristics, and applications were developed throughout my tenure.

Alexandria, Va, Us

Achieved the stabilization of MIPs to a gold surface that are capable of the same binding characteristics as present in solution, allowing for the removal of MIP from a solution, i.e. water treatment applications and binding constant measurements. Collaborating with Dr. Wei-Ssu Liao and his lab to pattern a polymer sensor on a gold coated glass slide and nanoparticles using bench-top nanomaterial fabrication of chemical sensors and molecular device design.NSF and selected foreign counterpart science and technology agencies sponsor international research institutes for U.S. graduate students in seven East Asia and Pacific locations at times set by the counterpart agencies between June and August each year. The Summer Institutes (EAPSI) operate similarly and the research visits to a particular location take place at the same time. Although applicants apply individually to participate in a Summer Institute, awardees become part of the cohort for each location. Applicants must propose a location, host scientist, and research project that is appropriate for the host site and duration of the international visit.An EAPSI award provides U.S. graduate students in science, engineering, and education: 1) first-hand research experiences in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) an orientation to the society, culture, and language. It is expected that EAPSI awards will help students initiate professional relationships to enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts.

Alexandria, Va, Us

Synthesizing a liquid MIP with non-covalent crosslinking that mimics polypeptides and unlocks faster and stronger binding capabilities. Collaborating with Dr. Daniel Citterio and his lab to inkjet print a paper based polymer ink coupled with a synthesized fluorophore monomer that responded to the presence of vitamin E (nano molar) by turning off fluorescence. This enabled the point of care or field analysis applications with a microfluidic device. NSF and selected foreign counterpart science and technology agencies sponsor international research institutes for U.S. graduate students in seven East Asia and Pacific locations at times set by the counterpart agencies between June and August each year. The Summer Institutes (EAPSI) operate similarly and the research visits to a particular location take place at the same time. Although applicants apply individually to participate in a Summer Institute, awardees become part of the cohort for each location. Applicants must propose a location, host scientist, and research project that is appropriate for the host site and duration of the international visit.An EAPSI award provides U.S. graduate students in science, engineering, and education: 1) first-hand research experiences in Australia, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, or Taiwan; 2) an introduction to the science, science policy, and scientific infrastructure of the respective location; and 3) an orientation to the society, culture, and language. It is expected that EAPSI awards will help students initiate professional relationships to enable future collaboration with foreign counterparts.

West Haven, Ct, Us

Assisting professors and students in the general chemistry class and lab. I was responsible for the supervision of students performing lab, providing a safe and productive working environment, answering student questions, laboratory preparation, working with lab instructors to complete lab tasks, partial grading of student exams.

Ph.D., Chemistry

Bs, Chemistry, Forensic Science

Bs, Chemistry, Forensic Science