John Texter is professor emeritus of polymer and coating technology at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and managing consultant of Strider Research Corporation.
20 Facts About John Texter
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John Texter is best known for his work in applied dispersion technology, small particle science, and stimuli-responsive polymers based on ionic liquids, for his international conference organization activities, including Particles 2001, Particles 2002, etc.
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John Texter matriculated to Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1967 with the aid of a Lehigh Merit Scholarship and graduated with a BSEE in 1971.
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John Texter was mentored in his undergraduate years by John J Karakash, who designed the Electrical Engineering curriculum at Lehigh to liberally educate through engineering.
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John Texter continued at Lehigh to obtain an MS in chemistry in 1973, an MS in mathematics in 1976, and a PhD in chemistry in 1976.
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John Texter was further mentored in graduate studies by Albert Zettlemoyer, Fred Fowkes, and Kamil Klier, his thesis advisor.
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John Texter served as chairman of the division of colloid and surface chemistry of the American Chemical Society in 1998 and in a variety of line officer and executive committee positions before and since, and returned to serve as program chair.
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John Texter has organized many regional, national, and international conferences, including organizing ACS NERM symposia in Rochester, NY, chairing the Gordon Research Conferences: Chemistry at Interfaces in Meriden, New Hampshire, in 1996 and Chemistry of Supramolecules and Assemblies in Barga, Tuscany, in 2007.
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John Texter has organized and served as General Chair for the Particles Conferences Particles 2001, Particles 2002, through Particles 2013 in Dayton.
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John Texter is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology.
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John Texter has over 40 years of experience in industrial small particle and coating technologies.
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John Texter worked in the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories from 1978 to 1998 and he was managing consultant for Strider Research Corporation from 1998 to the present.
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John Texter offers SRC short courses and workshops in small particle technology, surface modification chemistry and processing, cross-linking technologies, and patenting.
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John Texter joined the College of Engineering and Technology of Eastern Michigan University in the fall of 2002 as a professor of polymer and coating technology at the rank of full professor.
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John Texter spent a sabbatical year near Berlin as a Fellow of the Max Planck Society with Professor Markus Antionetti at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.
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John Texter's research has focused on small particle science and technology, the development of particle-based advanced materials, and polymeric advanced materials.
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John Texter's work has focused on applied problems in dispersion and materials technology for advanced coatings in imaging, antifouling, corrosion mitigation, and antimicrobial prophylaxis.
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John Texter has made significant contributions to the understanding of microemulsion structure and the complex equilibria that exist among the exotic molecular complexes contained in microemulsions, as well as in microemulsion polymerization.
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John Texter was previously married to Rose Marie Joan Piotrowski on June 6,1970; they divorced in 1980.
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John Texter is studying Latin and swing social dancing and pursues weekly hiking with various groups.