Justin Roller Email & Phone Number

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Hillsboro, Oregon

Hillsboro, Or

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Dissertation title: Flame synthesis of nanomaterials for alternative energy applications Defended Jan 29th. 2014Advisor: Radenka Maric, Ph.D.TEACHING EXPERIENCEUniversity of Connecticut 2010 – 2013• Instructed and trained 5 undergraduate and 5 graduate students in the Maric lab 2011–2013• Material Selection in Mechanical Design – Teaching Assistant Fall 2012• Transport Phenomena in Material Science – Teaching Assistant Spring 2012Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School Aug. 2012-Jun. 2013• Developed weekly lectures, group projects and lab activities for students in grades 9-12.• Organized field trips and coached Rube Goldberg and design challenge competitions. • Wrote “Electrifying our Future” a funded proposal by Dominion Energy to develop an electric car conversion and associated science curriculum ($10,000) FELLOWSHIPSGraduate Fellowship in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Dept. of Education Aug. 2011-Jul. 2012NASA CT Space Grant fellowship Jan. 2012 – Jul. 2012• Project: “Direct dry formation of cathode materials for space deployable lithium-ion batteries” National Science Foundation GK-12 (Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12 Education) Aug. 2012- Jul. 2013Graduate Fellowship in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Dept. of Education Aug. 2013-Dec. 2013

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Designed, built, and improved Reactive Spray Deposition Technology (RSDT) thin-film deposition equipment for research work that led to significant national and international research collaborations.• Provided project management and conveyed research results to management, clients and academic teams and presented significant findings at national and international conferences.• Developed and executed test plans for fuel cell electrode development. • Utilize electrochemical testing, physical analysis, chemical composition, and electron imaging to problem solve and advance electrode design. • Organized, prepared, and executed technical contracts with other Federal and industrial partners.• Wrote project proposals and prepared budgets for industrial collaborations. • Established best practices, initiated lab protocols and enforced the safety code. • Installed equipment, negotiated procurement, implemented protocols and service contracts for $3M analytical lab. • Trained and educated summer interns, visiting scholars and other group members on use of analytical lab and on the RSDT platform.

Vancouver, Canada Area

Dissertation title: Low Platinum Electrodes for Proton Exchange Fuel Cells Manufactured by Reactive Spray Deposition Technology Feb. 2009Advisor: Olivera Kesler, Ph.D.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Evaluated and solved challenges in thin-film deposition and nanopowder synthesis.• Taught internal course on chemical combustion vapor deposition (CCVD) process and trained new staff and summer interns.• Developed research protocols, process acceptance tests and analytical procedures for chemical analysis.

Phd Candidate, Materials Science And Engineering

Masc, Mechanical Engineering