Dr. Ronald E. Myers received his BA in chemistry from Gettysburg College and his doctorate in inorganic chemistry from Purdue University. He has thirty years of R&D experience within the chemical and specialty coatings industries, having worked for the corporate research divisions of The BFGoodrich Company (Fortune 500 leader in specialty polymers/chemicals, composites and aerospace-related R&D), Sermatech International, Inc. (water-based, aluminum-ceramic, corrosion-resistant coatings for turbomachinery), Thermagon, Inc. (thermally conducting interface materials for computer/electronics applications), and Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (global leader in chemical mechanical planarization slurries and pads). Dr. Myers is the inventor or co-inventor on 14 issued patents (additional patents pending) and has authored/co-authored numerous journal articles. He has contributed patents and/or commercial products dealing with: 1) CMP slurries for polymers, metals and ceramic substrates, specially formulated for MEMS and nanotechnology applications, 2) low-cost, carbon black-based field emitter formulations, 3) thermally conducting interface materials, 4) corrosion-resistant coatings, 5) preceramic polymers, 6) electrically conducting polymers, 7) phosphate bonding compositions, and 8) high temperature coatings and composites. Dr. Myers is a Fellow of The American Institute of Chemists, a member of ACS, ACerS, NACE, ASM International, Sigma Xi, and The Chemical Consultants Network. He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Science and Engineering. Dr. Myers has also judged the internationally competitive R&D 100 Awards. In 1998, the worldwide readership of Aerospace Engineering (an SAE publication) selected SermeTel Process 2000 chromate-free, corrosion-resistant coatings, co-invented by Dr. Ron Myers, as one of the "top ten best new products of 1998". In recognition of his outstanding achievements as a scientist, inventor and educator, Dr. Myers was honored with the Gettysburg College Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005.