Lewis Tunnicliffe

Lewis Tunnicliffe is an Atlanta-based product design and development manager at Birla Carbon, who has been recognized internationally for his scientific research in the area of carbon black filler applications to elastomers.[1]

Education

Tunnicliffe earned a BS in chemistry at the University of Durham in 2005. He then worked in industry for three years, returning to graduate school and completing a Ph.D. in 2015[2] at Queen Mary University of London under advisors James Busfield and Alan G. Thomas.[3]

Career

Tunnicliffe's first position following his undergraduate degree was with Sibelco Europe as a research scientist. He joined Birla Carbon in February 2016 as a materials scientist. He currently heads a product design and development group at Birla. Tunnicliffe won a grant from USDA to investigate the application of cellulose nanoparticles in tires.[4]

His most cited academic work produced a method for simultaneous dielectric/dynamic mechanical characterization of a filled elastomer. The technique produces information about the presence of dipoles on the polymer-filler interface,[5] useful in understanding origins of the Mullins and Payne effects. He has also characterized the size distribution of crack precursors in carbon black filled rubber.[6][7]

Awards and recognition

References
  1. Scalzo, Joe (19 August 2021). "Newcomers: Tunnicliffe embraces rubber's challenges, opportunities". Rubber News. Crain. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  2. "Lewis Tunnicliffe successfully defends his PhD". qmul.ac.uk. QMUL. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. Schunk, Andrew (27 April 2023). "ACS Rubber Division recognizes industry icons with science, tech awards". Rubber News. Crain. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. "Big Grant Funding Awarded to Tiniest, Mightiest Building Material of the Future". usda.gov. USDA. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  5. Huang, Menglong; Tunnicliffe, Lewis B.; Zhuang, Jian; Ren, Wei; Yan, Haixue; Busfield, James J. C. (2016). "Strain-Dependent Dielectric Behavior of Carbon Black Reinforced Natural Rubber". Macromolecules. 49 (6): 2339–2347. Bibcode:2016MaMol..49.2339H. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02332.
  6. Robertson, Christopher G; Tunnicliffe, Lewis B; Maciag, Lawrence; Bauman, Mark A; Miller, Kurt; Herd, Charles R; Mars, William V (2020-01-13). "Characterizing distributions of tensile strength and crack precursor size to evaluate filler dispersion effects and reliability of rubber". Polymers. 12 (1): 203. doi:10.3390/polym12010203. PMC 7023536. PMID 31941088.
  7. Robertson, Christopher G.; Hardman., Ned J. (2021). "Nature of carbon black reinforcement of rubber: perspective on the original polymer nanocomposite". Polymers. 13 (4): 538. doi:10.3390/polym13040538. PMC 7917815. PMID 33673094.
  8. "PhD student, Lewis Tunnicliffe wins the James S Walker Award of the IoM3". qmul.ac.uk. Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  9. "James S Walker Award". iom3.org. Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  10. "Lewis Tunnicliffe wins the Best Young Scientist Award". qmul.ac.uk. QMUL. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  11. "ACS Rubber Division names 2023 Science and Technology Award winners". Rubber News. Crain. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  12. "The Rubber Division announces the 2023 Science and Technology award winners". Rubber World. Rubber World Magazine. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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