Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Antje Stein de Vilchez

WORK HISTORY:

Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of North Texas with the following Research and other Projects:

    • Epoxy and heterogeneous composites with glass fiber reinforcement

Curing kinetics and expansivity characterization including TGA, DSC, TSD, DMA, TMA dilatometry as well as PVT technique for model developments used for property prediction, developed models:

- Curing Kinetic Models

- Cure-dependent as well as Cure Time and Temperature-dependent Glass Transition Temperature Models

- Directional and Volumetric Expansivity Models based on Equation of State

- Glass Transition Temperature-dependent Volume Changes Model

- Bulk Modulus Model
    • Insertion device material for foldable intraocular lenses, lubrication

Friction characteristics, thermal analysis including DSC and TSD, optical analysis, application of several thermoplastics and metals as well as different internal and external lubricants for materials selection
    • Thermoplastics for syringes, internal lubrication

Extrusion (granulation and film extrusion), friction characteristics, thermal and optical analysis of several types of polypropylene for materials selection
    • Polymer Liquid Crystals (PLC) + thermoplastic polyimide blend w/o glass fibers

Co-extrusion and compression molding, thermal analysis including DSC, TSD, TGA, PVT technique for studying the crystallization, aging and miscibility characteristics
    • Polymer Liquid Crystals + polypropylene blend

PVT relations of blend with varying PLC concentration, Equation of State

    • Chair of the Organizing Committee of the annual International Conferences on Polymer Characterization POLYCHAR
    • Teaching (occasionally)

Mechanical Testing; Processing; Friction Characteristics; Viscoelasticity, Relaxation and Glass Transition; and Materials Science

 

Denton, Texas
1996- current

EDUCATION:

Technical University of Berlin / Federal Institute of Materials Research and Testing (BAM)

Ph.D. in Mechanical Polymer Engineering

 

 

 

Berlin/ Germany
1996

Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg

Fluency Certification in Business English and Russian

 

 

Merseburg/ Germany
1992

M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering

 

Merseburg/ Germany
1992

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ("PRAKTIKUM"):

GABO-Qualimeter Testing Equipment, GmbH

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Styrene Butadiene Rubber

 

 

Ahlden/ Germany
1990

University of Ufa

Mechanical Investigations of Polymers and Elastomers

 

Ufa/ Russia
1989

Electrical Equipment Company, Berlin

Production of Electrical Appliances

Berlin/ Germany
1988

PUBLICATIONS:

Antje Stein de Vilchez et al.

Relation of the Cure-dependent Directional and Volumetric Expansivity of 8552/S2 Epoxy + Glass Fiber Laminates to the Glass Transition
(Proceedings of ANTEC '98, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Vol. II, p. 1663)

 

Antje Stein de Vilchez et al.

Volume Changes of an Epoxy + Glass Fiber Composite as a Function of Cure and the Glass Transition Temperature
(in preparation for submitting in August '98)

 

Antje Stein de Vilchez et al.

A Bulk Modulus Model for the 8552/S2 Epoxy + Glass Fiber Laminates (in preparation for submitting in July '98)

 

Ph.D. Thesis (1996)

Strength of a Polyphenylene Sulfide and Carbon Fiber Composite and Applicability of the Tsai-Wu Failure Criterion

 

Masters Thesis (1992)

Stress-Strain Behavior, Wear and Ultimate Properties of Butadiene Styrene Elastomer as Functions of Temperature, Pressure, Velocity, Carbon Filler, and Cross-Link Density

 

Engineering Thesis (1991)

Dynamic Mechanical Behavior, Wear Analysis and Wear-Viscoelasticity-Relationship of Rubber Products

LANGUAGES:

German, English, Spanish, Russian, Italian

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