About the Author
Duane Culbertson is a humble student of the universe. He graduated with Bachelor Degrees in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he later earned a Masters Degree from the Polymer Science Department. This is a unique achievement in the history of the university.
After working two industrial jobs as a chemist doing product development, he was employed for several years at Triton Systems. As a research scientist in the Nanomaterials Group, he worked on many SBIR government contracts including programs to develop marine biodegradable high-barrier advanced food packaging for the U.S. Navy, an extended three year shelf life for the U.S. Army Food Tray (MRE), and the next generation general purpose gas mask for the military. He also served as principle investigator for a project to develop a conductive repair coating for the Stealth Bomber, the successful solution of which entailed the synergy of a semi-conducting polymer with chemically-modified vapor-grown carbon fibers and carbon nanotubes dispersed within a polyurethane medium.
Most recently, he has worked in a $40 billion international corporation, serving as the project manager for a co-extruded multi-layered release film product used during the lamination step for the production of flexible-printed circuit boards. He developed the novel UV curing technology, which for proprietary reasons, will not be discussed here.
He is now a consultant and writes in his spare time.