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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E PERSONAL DATA

Dr. Michael S. Ellison, Professor Emeritus Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering and Science Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0971 (864) 650-0020 (mobile) – Primary voice contact (864) 656-3187 (university office) (864) 656-5973 (university fax) ellisom@clemson.edu http://mse.clemson.edu/htm/faculty/Ellison.htm

EDUCATION Ph.D. University of California, Davis

June, 1982, Polymer Fiber Physics MA University of California, Davis

September, 1973, Physics BS University of California, Davis

June, 1971, Physics AA Sierra College, Rocklin, CA

February, 1967, Engineering

PERMANENT POSITIONS HELD Clemson University, Clemson, SC

2014 (May) – Present Professor Emeritus, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

2003 (Aug) - 2005 (Jan) Interim Director, School of Materials Science and Engineering

1998 – 2014 (May) Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Formerly School of Textiles, Fiber and Polymer Science).

1990 - 1998 Associate Professor, School of Textiles, Fiber and Polymer Science.

1984 - 1990 Assistant Professor, School of Textiles.

University of California, Davis

1975 - 1984 Staff Research Associate, Division of Textiles and Clothing.

1982 - 1983 Lecturer, Division of Textiles and Clothing.

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 2/21 1978 - 1980 Staff Research Associate, Nutrition Department, Graphics

computer programmer.

1971 - 1973 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Physics Department.

Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

1982 - 1983 Instructor, Physics Department, (Part time).

California State University, Chico

1973 - 1974 Lecturer, Physics and Mathematics Departments.

INVITED POSITIONS AND RESEARCH AWARDS

June 2003 Invited Professor, ENSITM, Université de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse-Colmar, France.

May – June 2015 RWTH, Aachen Germany, Karman Fellowship.

PUBLICATIONS Refereed Publications

1. M. S. Ellison and H. P. Lundgren, "Breaking Twist Angle and Crosslinking in Wool Fibers Under Alkaline Conditions as a Function of Temperature," Textile Res. J. 48: 692 (1978).

2. S. H. Zeronian and M. S. Ellison, "Temperature Dependence of the Brittleness of Cellulose Fibers and Chemically Modified Cellulose Fibers," J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 24: 1497 (1979).

3. S. H. Zeronian, M. S. Ellison, and K. Alger, "Influence of Moisture on the Flame Retardance of Textile Fabrics," J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 25: 1311 (1980).

4. M. S. Ellison, S. H. Zeronian, L. D. Fisher, and K. Alger, "Physical Properties of Polyester Fibers Degraded by Aminolysis and by Alkaline Hydrolysis," J. Appl. Poly. Sci. 27: 247 (1982).

5. Wm. Opsahl, S. H. Zeronian, M. S. Ellison, D. Lewis, R. B. Rucker, and R. S. Riggins, "Role of Copper in Collagen Cross-Linking and its Influence on Selected Mechanical Properties of Chick Bone and Tendon," J. Nutrition 10: 708 (1982).

6. M. S. Ellison, Y. Fujiwara, and S. H. Zeronian, "Flexural Fatigue and Abrasion Resistance Effects of Sunlight-Induced Modification of the Surface of Nylon 6 Fibers," In "Physicochemical Aspects of Polymer Surfaces," K. L. Mittal, Editor, Plenum Press, New York, January, 1983.

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 3/21 7. M. S. Ellison, S. H. Zeronian, and Y. Fujiwara, "High Energy Radiation

Effects on Ultimate Mechanical Properties and Fractography of Nylon 6 Fibers," J. Mater. Sci. 19: 82 (1984).

8. M. J. Kamal, S. H. Zeronian, M. S. Ellison and A. H. Hyer, "Selected Single Fiber Mechanical Properties of Different Gossypium Barbadense Cotton Varieties," Textile Res. J. 54: 343 (1984).

9. M. S. Ellison and S. H. Zeronian, "Flexural Fatigue Life of Chemically Modified Wool Fibers," Textile Res. J. 54: 690 (1984).

10. You-Lo Hsieh, Colleen Pugh and M. S. Ellison, "The Effects of Selected Organic Solvents on the Polymerization of Acrylic Acid to Poly(ethylene terephthalate) by Glow Discharge," J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 29: 3547 (1984).

11. You-Lo Hsieh, Debra Potter and M. S. Ellison, "In-Situ Polymerization of Vinyl Pyrrolidinone on Nylon 66 by Gamma Radiation", Radiation Curing, 11: 6 (1984).

12. M. S. Ellison and S. H. Zeronian, "Tensile Properties of Aromatic and Aliphatic Modifications of Wool Fibers Under Alkaline Condition as a Function of Temperature," Textile Res. J. 55: 201 (1985).

13. S. M. Aboul-Fadl, S. H. Zeronian, M. M. Kamal, M. S. Kim, and M. S. Ellison, "The Effect of Mercerization on the Relation Between Single Fiber Mechanical Properties and Fine Structure of Cotton," Textile Res. J. 55: 461 (1985).

14. S. H. Zeronian, K. W. Alger, M. S. Ellison, and S. M. Al-Khayatt, "Studying the Cause and Type of Fiber Damage in Textile Materials by Scanning Electron Microscopy," Adv. in Chem. 212: 77 (1986).

15. M. S. Ellison, S. H. Zeronian, K. W. Alger, S. M. Aboul-Fadl, and T. M. Soler, "Interrelationships between Selected Mechanical Properties of Individually Tested Polymeric Fibers," Polym. Engr. Sci. 29: 1738 (1989).

16. M. S. Ellison, S. H. Zeronian, and Qinghua Xie, "High Energy Radiation Effects on the Thermal Properties and Density of Nylon 6 Fibers," Text. Res. J. 59: 657 (1989).

17. D. L. Cullerton, M. S. Ellison, and J. R. Aspland, "A Comparison of the Effects of Three Heat Setting Methods on the Structure and Properties of Polyester Carpet Yarns," Text. Res. J. 60: October, 1990.

18. M. S. Ellison, "Robot-Based Electrostatic Field Measurement System," J. Textile Inst. 82: 512, 1991.

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 4/21 19. M. S. Ellison and Jinrong Dai, "Analysis of the Acoustic Pulse from

Nylon 6 and Polypropylene Single Fiber Fracture," Text. Res. J. 66: 295, 1996.

20. M. G. McCord and M. S. Ellison, "An Automated Torsion Balance for the Investigation of Microstructure of Single Filaments: Part 1. Polypropylene," J. Appl. Polymer Sci 61: 293, 1996.

21. B. B. Shumpert, A. D. Padsalgikar, G. S. Hosangadi, and M. S. Ellison, "Gear Pump Performance in Polypropylene Filament Yarn Uniformity," Int. Polymer Proc XI: 347, 1996.

22. A. D. Padsalgikar and M. S. Ellison, Modeling Droplet Deformation in Melt Spinning of Polymer Blends, Polym. Engr. and Sci. 37: 994, 1997.

23. Meena Rajan and M. S. Ellison, A TSC Investigation of Polymer-Polymer Contact Charging, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics 35: 2901, 1997.

24. Y. K. Velu, M. S. Ellison, J. Dai, and C. D. Rogers, Single Fiber Acoustic Emission and Tensile Properties from Cotton Bundle Fracture Tests, Text. Res. J., 69: 616 (1999).

25. Rajesh P. Paradkar, Subodh S. Sakhalkar, Xiaojun He and M. S. Ellison, On-Line Estimation of Molecular Orientation in Polypropylene Fibers Using Polarized Raman Spectroscopy, Applied Spectroscopy 55(5), 534 (2001).

26. Xiaojun He, Michael S. Ellison, and Rajesh P. Paradkar, Spinnability and Physical Properties of In-Situ Composite Fibers based on a Thermotropic Liquid-Crystalline Polymer, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 86: 795 (2002) Pub. On-Line, 14 Aug 2002.

27. F. Teulé, S. Jung, J. Wood, W.R. Marcotte, M.S. Ellison and A.G. Abbott, Biomimetic Manufacturing of Fibers. “Design and Nature: Comparing Design in Nature with Science and Engineering,” section 6, pp379-390, WIT Press, London, 2002.

28. R. P. Paradkar, S. S. Sakhalkar, X. He, and M. S. Ellison, Estimating Crystallinity in High Density Polyethylene Fibers Using On-line Raman Spectroscopy, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 88: 545 (2003).

29. Xiaojun He, Michael S. Ellison and Christopher L. Cox, Simulation of TLCP Deformation During Isothermal Melt Spinning of In Situ Composite Fibers, Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B - Physics, Vol. B43, No.2, 309-328 (2004)

30. Xiaojun He, Hoe H. Chuah and M. S. Ellison, Raman Spectroscopy Study of Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) Crystallization, Polymer Bulletin 51(4), 285-291 (2004).

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 5/21 31. Xiaojun He, Michael S. Ellison and Jacqueline M. Palmer, Raman

Spectroscopic Evidence for Side-Chain Unfolding in Spider Dragline Silk under Tensile Deformation, Proc Spring MRS meeting, San Francisco, CA 2005.

32. Lopes, P.E.; Ellison, M.S.; Pennington, W.T., In situ X-ray Characterization of Isotactic Polypropylene During Melt Spinning, Plastics, Rubber and Composites 2006, 35, 294-300.

33. Paulo E. Lopes, Michael S. Ellison, William T. Pennington, In-Situ X-Ray Characterization of Fiber Structure During Melt Spinning, J Engineered Fibers and Fabrics, Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 1-9, 2008.

34. J. Ballato, T. Hawkins, P. Foy, R. Stolen, B. Kokuoz, M. Ellison, C. McMillen, J. Reppert, A. M. Rao, M. Daw, S. Sharma, R. Shori, O. Stafsudd, R. R. Rice, and D. R. Powers, Silicon Optical Fiber, Optics Express Vol. 16, No. 23, 10 November 2008.

35. B. Zimmerman, M. Kennedy, L. Datko, M. Ellison, D. Dean, Variation of Surface Charge along the Surface of Wool Fibers Assessed by High-Resolution Force Spectroscopy, J Engineered Fibers and Fabrics, Volume 6, Issue 2 (2011).

PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS

1. M. S. Ellison, S. H. Zeronian, and K. W. Alger, "Physical Properties of Polyester Fibers Degraded by Aminolysis and by Alkaline Hydrolysis," Second Chemical Congress of the North American Continent, San Francisco, CA (moved to Las Vegas, NV), August 1980.

2. M. S. Ellison and S. H. Zeronian, "High Energy Radiation Effects on the Ultimate Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Nylon 6 Fibers," 189th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, April 1985.

3. M. S. Ellison and S. H. Zeronian, "Mechanical Properties of Individually Tested Textile Fibers," Fall 1985 Tech. Conference, The Fiber Society, November 1985.

4. D. L. Cullerton and M. S. Ellison, "The Effects of Commercial Heat Setting on the Structure and Properties of Polyester Carpet Yarns," 192nd National Meeting of the ACS, Anaheim, California, September 1986; Fiber Producers Conference, Greenville, South Carolina, October 1986.

5. M. S. Ellison, "Electrical Conductivity of Blends of Conductive and Nonconductive Fibers," Fall, 1989 Technical Conference of The Fiber Society, Raleigh, NC, November, 1989.

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 6/21 6. M. S. Ellison, "High Energy Radiation Effects on the Thermal Properties

and Density of Nylon 6 Fibers," 1989 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, HI December, 1989.

7. M. S. Ellison, "Radiation Modification of Nylon 6 Fiber Structure and Properties," AATCC Technical Meeting, Charlotte, NC, November, 1991.

8. M. S. Ellison, "Tensile Fracture of Carbon Fibers Individually Tested at Extremely Slow Strain Rates," Fall, 1991 Technical Conference of The Fiber Society, New Orleans, LA, December, 1991.

9. M. S. Ellison, C. D. Rogers, and J. Dai, "Acoustic Emission From Single Fiber Fracture," NTC Annual Forum, February, 1993, Auburn, AL.

10. M. S. Ellison, A. Padsalgikar, and G. Hosangadi, "Gear Pump Performance in Fine Denier Fiber Spinning," NTC Annual Forum, February, 1993, Auburn, AL.

11. M. G. Schmier and M. S. Ellison, "A Single Fiber Torsion Test Apparatus For Investigation Of Fiber Microstructure and Structure/Property Relationships," 1993 Summer Gordon Conference on Fiber Science.

12. M. G. Schmier and M. S. Ellison, "Single Polypropylene Fiber Torsion Modulus in Microstructure and Structure/Property Relationships," Fall, 1993 Technical Conference of the Fiber Society.

13. M. S. Ellison and M. L. Campbell, "Chaos in Polymer Phase Transitions," NTC Annual Forum, February, 1994, Greenville, SC.

14. M. S. Ellison, C. D. Rogers, and J. Dai, "Acoustic Emission From Fiber Bundle Fracture," NTC Annual Forum, February, 1994, Greenville, SC.

15. M. S. Ellison, A. Padsalgikar, B Shumpert, and G. Hosangadi, "Gear Pump Performance in Fiber Spinning," NTC Annual Forum, February, 1994, Greenville, SC.

16. M. S. Ellison and M. L. Campbell, "Chaos in Polymer Phase Transitions," Southeastern Graduate Polymer Conference, University of Southern Mississippi, April 1994.

17. M. S. Ellison, A. Padsalgikar, B Shumpert, and G. Hosangadi, "Gear Pump Performance and Simulation studies in Fiber Spinning," Southeastern Graduate Polymer Conference, University of Southern Mississippi, April 1994.

18. M. S. Ellison and M. L. Campbell, "Is There Chaos in Polymer Phase Transitions?," Graduate Polymer Conference, University of Pennsylvania, June 1994.

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 7/21 19. M. S. Ellison, A. Padsalgikar, B Shumpert, and G. Hosangadi, "Gear

Pump Performance in Fiber Spinning," Graduate Polymer Conference, University of Pennsylvania, June 1994.

20. M. S. Ellison, A. Padsalgikar, B Shumpert, and G. Hosangadi, "Gear Pump Performance in Fiber Melt Spinning." Poster presented by Ms. Breanna Shumpert at the Women in Science Symposium of the August Meeting of the ACS, 1994.

21. M. S. Ellison, C. D. Rogers, J. Dai, and Y. Velu, "Single Fiber Acoustic Emission and Breaking Strength from Cotton Bundle Fracture Tests," presented at the 1995 Beltwide Cotton Conference, San Antonio, TX, January 4-7, 1995.

22. G. S. Hosangadi, M. S. Ellison, and J. N. Gowdy, "Signal Processing Methods for Melt Pump Outlet Pressure Analysis," SE-CON, IEEE, Raleigh, NC, March 1995.

23. M. S. Ellison, "Gear Pump Effects on Fiber Uniformity During Melt Spinning," Fiber Producer Conference, Greenville, SC, May 1995.

24. M. S. Ellison and M. L. Campbell, "Phase Transition Attractors in the Thermally Stimulated Current Phase Space of Thermoplastic Polymers," 3rd Experimental Chaos Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, August, 1995.

25. I. Henshaw and M. S. Ellison, "The Effects of Metering Pumps on Textile Fiber Quality," presented at the 1995 ASME Textile Engineering Conf., October 10, 1995, Atlanta GA.

26. M. S. Ellison, C. D. Rogers, J. Dai, and Y. Velu, "Single Fiber Acoustic Emission and Breaking Strength from Cotton Bundle Fracture Tests," presented at the 1995 ASME Textile Engineering Conf., October 10, 1995, Atlanta GA.

27. A. Padsalgikar and M. S. Ellison, "Polymer Blend Morphology in Fiber Spinning," presented at POLYCHAR-4, International Conference on Polymer Characterization, January, 1996.

28. M. Rajan and M. S. Ellison, "Interfacial polarization at a polymer-polymer interface: characterization using thermally stimulated current studies," presented at POLYCHAR-4, International Conference on Polymer Characterization, January, 1996.

29. M. S. Ellison, M. Rajan, and A. Bokil, with B. Gomillion, "Chaos in Polymer Dynamics and Processing," NTC Annual Forum, January, 1996, Raleigh, NC.

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 8/21 30. M. S. Ellison, M. G. McCord, and Jing Guo, "Torsional Modulus of High

Performance Fibers," NTC Annual Forum, January, 1996, Raleigh, NC.

31. M. S. Ellison, C. D. Rogers, J. Dai, and Y. Velu, "Single Fiber Acoustic Emission and Breaking Strength from Cotton Bundle Fracture Tests," presented (M. S. Ellison) at the Fall, 1996 General Technical Conference of The Fiber Society, Newport, RI.

32. Meena Rajan and M. S. Ellison, A TSC Investigation of Polymer-Polymer Contact Charging, Electrostatic Society of America meeting, University of Georgia, July, 1997.

33. M. S. Ellison, D. A. Zumbrunnen, B. Gomillion and J. Wang, "Chaotic Mixing in Fiber Melt Spinning." Poster presentation (MSE) at the 1997 Summer Gordon Research Conference on Fiber Science and (BG) Fall 1997 Technical meeting of the Fiber Society, Knoxville, TN.

34. M. S. Ellison, R. Paradkar, Wm. Pennington, P. Lopes, On-Line Measurement of Stress-Induced Fiber Morphology,” 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, NYC.

35. M. S. Ellison, “Physics of Fiber Formation,” Fiber and Film Producer/Textile Industry Conference and Exhibition - International 2002, Greenville, SC USA, May 23, 2002.

36. Xiaojun He and M.S. Ellison, Simulation of Liquid Crystalline Polymer Deformation During Isothermal Melt Spinning of In-Situ Composite Fibers, Graduate student competition finalist, Fall, 2002 Technical Conference of The Fiber Society, Natick, MA.

37. M.S. Ellison and M. Shah, Instrument for On-Line Fiber Diameter Measurement, AUTEX, Gdansk, Poland, Spring, 2003.

38. M.S. Ellison, et al., Piezoelectricity of Silks, Fiber Society Fall Technical Conference, Raleigh, NC. Fall, 2003.

39. Gaurang Narasimhan, Malcolm Skove, Jacqueline Palmer and Michael Ellison, Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Spider Silk, Fiber Society Fall Technical Conference, Ithaca, NY. Fall, 2004.

40. M. S. Ellison, et al., Textile Fibers via Biomimesis, Fall meeting of SERMACS, Raleigh, NC. Fall 2004.

41. Michael S. Ellison and Keith Evan Green, Architectural Systems + Advanced Materials: Three Prospects Based on a Model “C2C” House, Fiber Society Spring Technical Conference, St. Gallen, Switzerland, May 2005.

42. Keith Evan Green and Michael S. Ellison, Architectural Systems and Advanced Materials. The Web-Link House: An Advanced Sustainable

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 9/21 House Prototype, presented as a poster at Ambience 05, Tampere, Finland, Sept. 2005.

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

A. Abbott and M. Ellison, eds, Biologically inspired textiles, Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge CB21 6AH, England (2008)

M. S. Ellison, Biomimetics and Textile Materials, Chapter 15 in Kozlowski, Handbook of Natural Fibres Volume 2: Processing and applications, Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge CB21 6AH, England (2012)

M. S. Ellison, Biomimetic Textiles, Chapter 10 in “Topics in Engineered Biomimcry: Biomimetics, Bioinspiration, and Bioreplication,” Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Raúl J. Martín-Palma, editors, Elsevier, in press (2013)

INVITED LECTURES

1. Appalachian Region Electron Microscopists Society meeting, Clemson, March 1988, "SEM Fractography of Irradiated Nylon 6 Fibers".

2. Appalachian Chapter of the AATT, Kingsport, TN, September, 1988, "High Energy Radiation Effects on Physical Properties of Nylon".

3. Southeastern Electron Microscopists Society meeting, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May, 1992, "SEM in Fiber Fractography."

4. University of California, Davis, June 1992, "The Polymer Research Alliance: A Case Study of University-Industry Cooperation."

5. BASF Fiber Research, Enka, NC, "Electrostatic Charging of Polymers," April, 1995.

6. Exxon Engineering and Research, Annondale, NJ, "Phase Transition Attractors in the Thermally Stimulated Current Phase Space of Thermoplastic Polymers," October, 1995

7. Materials Science Club of New York, "Materials Science of Polymeric Fibers: Production, Structure, and Properties," October, 1995.

8. M. S. Ellison, C. D. Rogers, J. Dai, and Y. Velu, "Single Fiber Acoustic Emission and Breaking Strength from Baled and from Processed Cotton," presented (M. S. Ellison) at the Spring, 1997 meeting of the ACS in San Francisco, CA, in honor of S. H. Zeronian receiving the Anselme Payem Award from the ACS, CELL division.

9. M. S. Ellison, "Materials Science in Textiles: Interfacial Contact Charging and TSC," presented at the November, 1997, meeting of the SPS, University of Georgia Physics Dep't.

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 10/21 10. M.S. Ellison, Biomimetic Advanced Materials Research at Clemson

University. Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, June, 2001.

11. M. S. Ellison, “Biomimetics: An Holistic Approach to Advanced Fibrous Materials,” Keynote address, 2nd Autex World Textile Conference, Bruges, Belgium, 1-3 July 2002.

12. M.S. Ellison, Biomimetic Advanced Materials Research at Clemson University. Dong Hua University, Shanghai, PRC, Oct. 2002.

13. M.S. Ellison, Biomimetic Advanced Materials Research at Clemson University. University of California, Davis, April, 2003.

14. M.S. Ellison, Biomimetic Advanced Materials Research at Clemson University. UHA, ENSITM, Mulhouse, France, June 2003.

15. M. S. Ellison, Structure and Properties of Bio-Based Materials presented at the Advanced Materials and Technologies International Summer School-Conference 27-31 August, 2004 Palanga, Lithuania.

16. M.S. Ellison, Piezoelectricity in Biopolymers, presented at Kaunas Technical University, Kaunas, Lithuania, December, 2004.

17. M. S. Ellison, Advances in Textile Materials, China Textile Institute, Beijing, PRC, May, 2009

18. M. S. Ellison, The Third International R&D Project Proposals Brokerage Event in Textiles and Clothing, Bursa, Turkey, February 2011.

19. M. S. Ellison, “Biomimetic Textiles” Keynote address at SPIE, March 10, 2013

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (NON-REVIEWED)

1. D. L. Cullerton, M. S. Ellison, and J. R. Aspland, "The Effects of Commercial Heat Setting in the Structural and Properties of Polyester Carpet Yarn," Proceedings of the Fiber Producers Conference, October 1986.

2. J. D. Petersen, M. S. Ellison, C. A. Brady and W. R. Murphy, Jr., "Novel Conductive Metallo-organic Polymers," Proceedings of the Fiber Producers Conference, 1986.

3. M. S. Ellison, "Liquid Water Transport In Multilayered Textile Assemblies: Membrane Wetness And Surface Gloss," INDA-TEC Book of Papers, September 1994.

4. M. S. Ellison, C. D. Rogers, J. Dai, and Y. K. Velu, "Single Fiber Acoustic Emission and Breaking Strength from Cotton Bundle Fracture Tests," 1995 Proceedings, Beltwide Cotton Conferences, January, 1995.

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 11/21 5. A. D. Padsalgikar and M. S. Ellison, Modeling Droplet Deformation in

Melt Spinning of Polymer Blends, Proceedings of the Fiber Producers Conference, 1998.

6. F. Teulé, S. Jung, J. Wood, W.R. Marcotte, M.S. Ellison and A.G. Abbott, Biomimetic Manufacturing of Fibers. Presented at the Design and Nature Conference, Udine, Italy, Sept10-12, 2002.

7. F. Teulé, C. Aubé, M.S. Ellison and A.G. Abbott, Biomimetic Manufacturing of Fibers. “Design and Nature II: Comparing Design in Nature with Science and Engineering,” section 8, 483-492, WIT Press, London, 2004.

Research Reports

1. National Science Foundation and Clemson University "Industry/University Cooperative Textile Research Center Planning Study" (1985-1987)

2. US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Natick, MA. "Thermally Insulating Fabric" w/ B. C. Goswami (1989-1990)

3. Zenith Pumps Div. of Parker-Hannifin Corp. "Gear Pump Performance in Melt Spinning of Polymers" (1992-96)

4. National Textile Center Projects: (See section on Sponsored Research)

5. Rohm and Haas Co.

"Acrylic Glutarimides in Fiber Melt Spinning" (1993-1994)

6. Rohm and Haas Co.

"Additives for Enhancing Crimp Retention in PP (1994-1996)

7. Rohm and Haas Co.

"Additives for PP Melt Spinning Process Enhancement" (1996-1997) Other Scholarly Publications

1. S. H. Zeronian, K. Alger, M. S. Ellison, and S. M. Al-Khayatt, "How Textiles Wear," Chemtech, June 1986, p. 366.

2. M. S. Ellison and the Graduate Group in Fiber Spinning, Drying of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) for Fiber Spinning: ... , Int. Fiber J., April 1994, pp. 24 - 32.

CONSULTING

Westex Division of Lydall, Inc., Hamptonville, NC, Physics of nonwoven fabric production processes.

Frankl and Thomas, Inc., Greenville, SC. Biennial polymer symposium.

Heberlein Fasertechnologie, Polymer physics training seminar, 2000.

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 12/21 Timken Manufacturing, Polymer Physics (2007 - 2009)

Fenwick and West, LLP, Patent Litigation, Defendants (2011-2013, 2015)

Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough, Expert Witness, Defendants, Personal Injury Lawsuit (2014 - )

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Patent Litigation, Defendants (2015)

PATENTS Composites with Encapsulated Structures and Related Method, D.A. Zumbrunnen, M.S. Ellison and B.L. Gomillion, US 6,902,805, June 7, 2005 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Physical Society (APS), Division of High Polymer Physics (DHPS), Division of Materials Physics (DMP), (1984 - )

American Chemical Society (ACS), Cellulose, Paper, Textile Division (CELL), Polymer Materials Science and Engineering Division (PMSE), Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY), (1984 - )

The Fiber Society (1985 - )

American Association for Textile Technology (AATT), (1986 - 1997)

Materials Research Society (MRS), (1993 – 1996; 2001 - )

Phi Psi, the honorary textile fraternity, (1988 - )

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition

Co-Chair, Technical Session #: MAT-21A Session Title: Stress-Induced Polymer Crystallization

American Chemical Society, CELL Division

Program Committee member, 1987 - 1989; ChemTech magazine editorial board representative 1989 - 1991.

The Fiber Society

Co-chairman, Fall, 1987, Technical Conference. Poster Session Chair

Student Competition committee chair, 2002 Member, Governing Council, 2002- present VP, 2007 Secretary 2008 - present

Manuscript reviewer

The Textile Research Journal, J. Appl Poly Sci

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 13/21 Biomacromolecules J. Polymer Science, part B: Polymer Physics And others

Proposal reviewer/ panel member

USDA NRI, CREES NSF SBIR NSF CAREER DOD, ONR, ARL

INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2004-2013 J. E. Sirrine Research Center of Economic Excellence in Fiber -Based Materials. Initiated action (2004) for a $6.1M donation J. E. Sirrine Textile Foundation, and served as core team member for the gift (2005); Co-PI on project (2006 - ); Chair of Endowed Chair Search committee (2006 - 2008); member of reconstituted Endowed Chair Search committee (2012).

1999- 2000 Capillary Surface Materials (CSM). $38 million intellectual property donation from Eastman Chemical to Clemson University Research Foundation: served as technology coordinator during property transfer and subsequently as spinning R&D director for CSM.

1998 Cut Resistant Fiber Technology. $10 million intellectual property donation to the CAEFF from Hoechst-Celanese: served as team member during property transfer.

1997-1998 Bicomponent Extrusion Facility Development. $300,000 equipment donation to the School of Textiles, Fiber and Polymer Science: served as primary point of contact; oversaw installation and commissioning.

1992 High-Speed Winder. $350,000 equipment and service donation from American Barmag Corp.: served as PI.

1990 Fiber Melt-Spinning Facility. Grant listed below (PI). Included donation of winder from American Barmag.

SPONSORED RESEARCH (Co-Investigators as noted)

KentWool company, “Environmentally Friendly Wool Processing” (2007-2010), $725,000, with K. C. Richardson

National Science Foundation and State of SC, XRD Instrumentation Grant, with D. D. Edie and Bill Pennington (1999 - 2001) $640,000

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 14/21 National Science Foundation, Engineering Research Center for Advanced

Engineering Fibers and Films, Research Leader for Fiber Structure Development Topic (1998 - 2003) approx. $300,000/year as Leader of Thrust 1, Topic 1.

National Textile Center (NTC) Projects:

NTC(2007-2008) “Novel Fibers via Biomimesis” with You-Lo Hsieh (U. Cal Davis) and A. Abbott ($35,000)

NTC(2006-2007) “Novel Fibers via Biomimesis” with You-Lo Hsieh (U. Cal Davis) and A. Abbott ($00)

NTC(2005-2006) “Novel Fibers via Biomimesis” with You-Lo Hsieh (U. Cal Davis) and A. Abbott ($170,000)

NTC(2004-2005) "Biomimetic Manufacturing of Fibers: … " with A. Abbott (Bio Sci) $240,000 “Novel Polymer Optical Fibers …” with John Ballato $105,000

NTC(2003-04) "Biomimetic Manufacturing of Fibers: … " with A. Abbott (Bio Sci) $240,000 “Novel Polymer Optical Fibers,…” with John Ballato $105,000

NTC(2002-03) "Biomimetic Manufacturing of Fibers: … " with A. Abbott (Bio Sci) $270,000 “Novel Polymer Optical Fibers,…” with John Ballato $120,000

NTC(2001-02) "Biomimetic Manufacturing of Fibers" with A. Abbott (Bio Sci) $330,000 “Novel Polymer Optical Fibers,…” with John Ballato $120,000

NTC(2000-01) "Biomimetic Manufacturing of Fibers" with A. Abbott (Bio Sci) $330,000 “Novel Polymer Optical Fibers,…” with John Ballato $120,000

NTC(1999-00) "Improved Fiber Hydroentanglement Using Pulsed Elliptical Jets" with D. Zumbrunnen, B.C. Goswami, E. A. Vaughn $174,000 "Biomimetic Manufacturing of Fibers" with A. Abbott (Bio Sci) $280,000

NTC(1998-99) "Improved Fiber Hydroentanglement Using Pulsed Elliptical Jets" with D. Zumbrunnen, B.C. Goswami, E. A. Vaughn $174,000

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 15/21 "Biomimetic Manufacturing of Fibers" with A. Abbott (Bio Sci) $280,000

NTC(1997-98): "Chaotic Mixing in ... Melt Spinning of Fibers" with D. A. Zumbrunnen $214,000 "Improved Fiber Hydroentanglement Using Pulsed Elliptical Jets" with D. Zumbrunnen, B.C. Goswami, E. A. Vaughn $174,000 "Biomimetic Manufacturing of Fibers" seed project with A. Abbott (Bio Sci) $81,000

NTC(1996-97): "Chaotic Mixing in ... Melt Spinning of Fibers" with D. A. Zumbrunnen $83,928

NTC(1995-96): "Chaotic Mixing in ... Melt Spinning of Fibers" with D. A. Zumbrunnen $141,982 "Torsional Properties ... of High Performance Fibers" with M. J. Drews and M. G. McCord (NCSU) $145,392

NTC(1994-95): "HVI Subsystem ... Acoustic Spectrum Analysis" with C. D. Rogers

$77,342 "Chaos in Polymer Phase Transitions" $97,204 "Torsional Properties ... of High Performance Fibers" with M. J. Drews

and P. Desai (GaTech) $96,826 NTC(1993-94): "Production ... of Fine ... Denier Fibers" with B. C. Goswami

$144,858 "HVI Subsystem ... Acoustic Spectrum Analysis" with C. D. Rogers

$65,360 "Chaos in Polymer Phase Transitions" $57,263 NTC(1992-93): "Production ... of Fine ... Denier Fibers" with B. C. Goswami

$194,748 "HVI Subsystem ... Acoustic Spectrum Analysis" with C. D. Rogers

$69,850

Elf Atochem, "Melt Spinning of PVDF" (1998-1999, six months) $15,000

Rohm and Haas Co., with B. C. Goswami, "Additives for PP Melt Spinning Process Enhancement" (1996-1997) $68,000

Zenith Pumps Div., Parker-Hannifin Co., "Gear Pump Performance in Melt Spinning of Polymers"

(1992-93) $30,000 (1993-94) $37,000

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 16/21 (1994-95) $38,500 (1995-96) $34,350

Rohm and Haas Co., with B. C. Goswami, “Additives for Enhancing Crimp Retention in PP (1994-1995; extended to 1996) $60,000

Rohm and Haas Co., with B. C. Goswami

"Acrylic Glutarimides in Fiber Melt Spinning" (1993-1994) $12,000

PQ Corp.

Flame retardant fiber spinning and testing with B. C. Goswami (1991-1992) $5,000

Albright & Wilson

Flame retardant fiber spinning and testing with B. C. Goswami (1991-1992) $5,000

Shell Development Co.

Experimental Fiber (PTT) spinning contract (1991-1992) $15,000

Du Pont, Inc.

Support for Polymer Research Alliance Proposal Preparation (1991- 1992) $10,000

State of South Carolina (Clemson University) Cutting Edge program, Hoechst-Celanese, and Hills, Inc., Fiber Extrusion Facility with M. J. Drews and B. C. Goswami (1990-1991) $99,850

US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Natick, MA. Thermally Insulating Fabric with B. C. Goswami (1989-1990) $37,600

National Science Foundation and Clemson University.

Textile Research Center Planning Study (1985-1987) $76,000 with M. Whitley

Transportation Data Coordinating Committee

Electronic Data Interchange Impact Study (1985) $20,000. with M. Whitley

Westex Div., Lydall, Inc.

Nonwovens research (1984-1990) $133,300. GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING Doctoral Graduates

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 17/21 Marian (Schmier) McCord, "An Automated Torsion Balance for the

Investigation of Microstructure of Single Filaments," August, 1994.

Ajay Padsalgikar, "Melt Spinning of Blends," May, 1996.

Mohamed F. Nasr, “Activated Carbon Fibers as New Electrode Materials,” Aug., 2000.

Bridgette Gomillion, “Fiber Production with In-situ Formation of Fibrillar Microstructures by Chaotic Mixing,” Dec., 2000.

Xiaojun He, “Simulation and Experimentation in Melt Spinning of Liquid Crystalline Polymer Reinforced Composite Fiber, Dec. 2002.

Florence Teule (Ph.D. in Genetics, w/ A. Abbott), “Genetic Engineering of Designed Fiber Proteins to Study Structure/Function Relationships in Fibrous Proteins”, Aug, 2003

David C Szurley (Ph.D. in Math, with H.K. Lee and C. L. Cox) “Optimal Control for Polymer Process Modeling” August 2005

Mevlut Tascan (with E. A. Vaughn) “Acoustical Insulation Properties of Nonwoven Network Structures” August 2005.

Paulo E Lopes (Ph.D. in MS&E with Wm. Pennington), “In-Situ X-Ray Characterization of Polymer Processing - Melt Spinning of iPP”, December 2005.

Jennifer S. Kauffman (Ph.D. in MS&E with Wm. Pennington), “Incorporation of Polydiacetylene Sensors Into Industrial Materials”, May 2008

Master's Graduates

Denise L. Cullerton (MS), "The Effects of Heat Setting on the Crystalline Structure and Tensile Properties of Polyester Carpet Yarn," August, 1985, MS (Textile Science)

Maureen Campbell (MS), "Phase Space Analysis of Thermally Stimulated Current Data: A Search for Chaos in Polymer Phase Transitions," August, 1995, MS (Textile Science)

Breanna Shumpert (MS), "Gear Pump Performance in Fiber Melt Spinning: Effects of Pack Pressure Variation on Fiber Properties," August, 1995, MS (Textile Science)

Ashish Bokil (MS), "Visualization of Mixing During Polymer Melt Extrusion for Fiber Spinning," December, 1995, MS (Textile Science)

Yogeshwar Velu (MS), "Acoustic Emission as an Adjunct to HVI for Classification of Cotton Fibers" December, 1995, MS (Textile Science)

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 18/21 Meena Rajan (MS), "Thermally Stimulated Current Study of Polymer

Interfaces," December, 1996.

Amul Merchant (MS), "Gear Pump Performance in the Spinning of PET," December, 1996.

Jing Guo (MS), "Torsional Properties of Melt Spun Fibers," December, 1997.

Jian Wang (MS), "Acrylic Additives in PP Melt Spinning," December, 1997.

Subodh Sakhalkar (MS), On-Line Process Measurements in Fiber Melt Spinning, May, 1999.

Manan Shah (MS), Instrumentation for On-Line Diameter Measurement, May 2001

Jihua Chen (MS), Self-Assembly in Biomimetics, May 2002

Xiaofeng Cui (MS), Biodiesel Waste Glycerol, May 2005

Srinivasa Varkol (MS), On-line Structure of PP, Dec 2005

Sandeep Sant (MS), On-Line Structure of PET, Aug 2006

Xiaofeng Cui (MS), “Effects of Biodiesel Waste Glycerol on the Growth Characteristics of Pichia Pastoris Genetically Modified to Produce Spidroin.” August 2005

Xiaomeng, Shi (MS), Properties of Natural Silk, May 2006

Cecile Merle (MS), Expression of Synthetic Genes (w/ A. Abbott) May 2006

Jian Xu (MS), Mimetic Silk as Tissue Scaffold (May 2006)

Ellen Eubanks (with Wm. Marcotte), Expression of Recombinant Silk Protein in Plants

Benoit Faugas, International MS (with University of Bordeaux) Current Graduate Advising

Benoit Faugas, PhD: Surface Characterization of Spider silk.

Post-Doctoral Research Advisees

Current:

Former:

Mevlut Tascan, Nonwoven fabric for architectural construction material (2008-2011)

Xiaojun He, “Raman Spectroscopy of Proteins,” (2002 - 2005)

Darren Baker, “Polymer Azide Crosslinkers” (2001 - 2004)

Rajesh P. Paradkar, "Raman Spectroscopy for On-Line Monitoring of Fiber Structure Development," (1998 -)

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 19/21 Y. C. Bhuvanesh, "Additives and Blends in Fiber Melt Spinning," (1995-

1997).

Visiting Scholar Advisees

Jinrong Dai, "Instrumentation for Detection of Acoustic Emission from Single Fiber Fractures," 1992-1994; "Single Fiber Torsion Balance Instrumentation," 1994- 1996.

Shihui Xu, "Single Fiber Torsion Balance Instrumentation," 1995- 1997.

TEACHING Undergraduate Courses Taught

TEXT 421, Fiber Science

TEXT 460/660 Textile Processes

MSE 241 Metrics Lab

MSE 491 Sr. Research

Graduate Courses Taught

MSE 861, Fiber Physics I

MSE 866, Fiber Formation

MSE 800, Seminar

UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE Continuing Education Symposia (Partial Listing)

1. "Fundamentals of Lasers and Light" at Emerging Technologies conference, 1986 and '87.

2. "SEM/EDS in Filter Performance Evaluation" at Filtration Technologies conference, 1987 and '88.

3. Conference Organizer: Advanced Laboratory Instrumentation, Feb., 1991

4. "Continuous Filament Yarn Manufacturing" at the Fundamentals of Textiles conference, February, 1992 and '93.

5. "Fiber Structure" and "Spinneret Capillary Design" (two papers) at the Introduction to Fiber Melt Spinning conference, September, 1994.

6. "Textile Fiber Properties" and "Synthetic Yarn Manufacture" (two papers) at the Fundamentals of Textiles Conference, February 1995.

7. "Synthetic Yarn Manufacture" at the Introduction to Fiber Melt Spinning Conference, September 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998.

8. Polypropylene Technology Conference September, 1997: Session Moderator; "Visualization of Mixing During Fiber Extrusion" (A. Bokil,

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 20/21 M. S. Ellison, B. Gomillion), American Polypropylene Association student award address by B. Gomillion.

9. Fundamentals of Textiles (Melt Spinning) Biannual presentation, on-going

Committees and Activities Department:

Chairman, Director's Search and Screening Committee (1997-98)

Chairman, Curriculum Committee, (1986-90, 1995 – 1998, 2000 – 2001; 2001 – 2002);

Member, Curriculum Committee, (1990- 1993);

Chairman, Seminar Committee (1985-1994; 1996-1997; 2012)

Member, School of Textiles Director's Advisory Committee, 1990- 1991; 1993- 1999

Chairman, committee to establish the Industry Advisory Council for the School of Textiles, 1990-1992.

School of Textiles recording secretary, 1984-1989.

Faculty Search Committees 1984-85, 1987-88, 2000-2001, 2003-2004, 2010-2011

Chairman, Faculty Development (TPR) committee, 2012 -

College:

Chairman, Curriculum Committee, College of Commerce and Industry (1988-90).

Member, Curriculum Committee, College of Engineering and Science, (1995 - present). Vice-Chair, 1997-98; Univ. Grad. CC rep, 1997-98.

Member, Search Committee, CoES Assoc. Dean for Undergraduate Studies (1995)

Chairman, Curriculum Committee, College of Engineering and Science (1998-99).

University:

Steering committee member: Institute for Materials Research feasibility study, 1986

School of Textiles representative: Clemson University President's Advisory Council meeting, 1987

Member, Electron Microscopy Lab Advisory Committee, 1989-1990; 1995 - .

Member, Search Committee for EM lab Director, 1992.

M. S. Ellison, c.v. p. 21/21 Member, committee to develop an interdisciplinary graduate degree in

Materials Science, Clemson University, 1990.

Member, Strategic Planning Task Force on Textiles, Clemson University, 1989-1990.

Chairman, University Fine Arts Committee, 1994 – 1995

Member, CU Faculty Senate, 1998 – 2001; 2002-2003; 2005 – 2007; 2012 - 2013

Member of Intellectual Property Committee (2001- 2003)

Member, President’s Advisory Council (2001- 2003)

CoES Representative to Academic Council (2004 - 2007)

Updated: May 2015