Timothy Edward Long

Prof. Long maintains a vigorous partnership with diverse national and international industries, academic institutions, and national laboratories. As the Inaugural Center Director in the newly-formed ASU Biodesign Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing (SM3) he strives to integrate and advance the concepts of green chemistry and sustainable engineering practices across the continuum of materials innovation to provide the products needed for a sustainable life. As a professor he has maintained a 10 to 20-member interdisciplinary research group and has received more than $50M in research funding over the past 23 years in academics. His group’s research goal integrates fundamental research in novel macromolecular structure and polymerization processes with the development of high-performance macromolecules for advanced technologies, including additive manufacturing (3D printing), drug and gene delivery, sustainable feed stocks, adhesives and elastomers, block copolymers and living polymerization, and biomaterials for health and energy with a keen focus on sustainability. Prof. Long has published more than 350 peer-reviewed publications and has obtained broad patent coverage on his research discoveries. Dr. Long has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to teaching and learning, from teaching at Arizona State University, Virginia Tech and several International Universities, to short courses for industrial scientists, to webinars, news segments, and radio interviews to the general-public.   National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) TIPC Award ($500K/2 years), Designing a Sustainable Materials Curriculum Department of Energy (DOE) REMADE, Advanced Manufacturing of Elastomers, together with Prof. Chris Williams at Virginia Tech Department of Defense (DOD) SERDP, Designing Fluorine-Free Surfactants for Fire Suppression, together with Prof. Brian Lattimer at Virginia Tech Honeywell FM&T, 3D Printing Polyimides, and Engineering Polymers Awarded Paul J. Flory Polymer Education Award, 2021 Awarded ACS-CEI Award for Incorporation of Sustainability into Chemical Education, 2019 Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) ($2 million/4 years) on Waste Management and Circularity of Crosslinked Polyurethane Foams PI, DOD-MURI award ($5 million/5 years) on Ionic Liquids in Electroactive Devices (ILEAD). PI, DOD-MURI award ($5 million/5 years) on Macromolecular Architecture for Performance (MAP). Co-PI, NSF IGERT award ($3.2 million/3 years) on Macromolecular Interface with Life Sciences (MILES) with Prof. C. Thatcher (Vet-med) and Prof. S. Duncan (Food Science and Technology). Director, US Army MCOE Multilayered technologies for armored structures and composites (multitask): Teaming the Army Research Laboratories (ARL) with Virginia Tech (6 co-PIs) ($4.5 million/9 years) Outstanding Faculty Award Finalist, State of Higher Education for Virginia, 2018 Received the Thermoplastic Elastomer Award from the ACS Rubber Division, 2018 President of The Adhesion Society, 2018 - 2020 Appointed the Editor in Chief of Polymer International, a Wiley Journal, 2018 Received the John C. Schug Research Award from the Department of Chemistry, 2017 Elected Vice President of the Adhesion Society, 2016 Inducted into the AAAS Fellows program, 2016 2015 VA Outstanding Scientist of the Year, April 2015 Received IBM Faculty Award, 2012-2014 Received Adhesion Society’s Robert L. Patrick Fellowship Award, 2014 Program Chair, Adhesion Society Conference, 2014 Virginia Tech Finalist for the SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award, 2014 Regional Chair, IUPAC World Polymer Congress, MACRO 2012 at Virginia Tech, June 2012 Inducted into the ACS Polymer Division Fellows program, 2012 Selected to receive the Mark Scholar Award, 2012 Received Pressure Sensitive Tape Council, Carl Dahlquist Award, 2012 Received PMSE Cooperative Research Award (with Kraton Polymers, Carl Willis), 2011Received the Virginia Tech Alumni Award for Research Excellence, 2010 Received the honor of American Chemical Society Fellow, 2009 Elected Chair, Polymers Gordon Research Conference (GRC), summer 2009