DR. DAVID S. SIMMONS
Assistant Professor of Polymer Engineering
Glass Formation, Polymer Theory, Molecular Simulation
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Developing structure/property
relations for advanced additives
Department of
Polymer Engineering
The University of Akron, OH
330-972-6675
[email protected]
Evolving advanced
polymer glasses with
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