Ethan Secor
Title(s):
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Office
2016 Black Engr.
2529 Union Dr.
Ames, IA 500112030
Information
Research
Interested undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers are encouraged to contact Dr. Secor at esecor@iastate.edu.
Education PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2017; BS, Chemistry, Drake University, 2012; BS, Physics, Drake University, 2012
Research Areas Advanced manufacturing; Printed electronics; Materials processing; Nanomaterials
Selected Honors and Awards NSF CAREER Award, 2024; DARPA Young Faculy Award 2023; 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2022; Harry S. Truman Fellowship, 2017-2020; Ryan Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2014-2017; National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2013-2016
Publications
Selected Publications
- Gamba, L.; Lajoie, J.A.; Sippel, T.R.; Secor E.B. Multi-Material Aerosol Jet Printing of Al/CuO Nanothermites for Versatile Fabrication of Energetic Antennas. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 2304060.
- Rurup J.D.; Secor E.B. Predicting Deposition Rate and Closing the Loop on Aerosol Jet Printing with In‐Line Light Scattering Measurements. Adv. Eng. Mater. 2023, 2201919.
- Tafoya, R.R.; Cook, A.W.; Kaehr, B.; Downing, J.R.; Hersam, M.C.; Secor, E.B. Real-time optical process monitoring for structure and property control of aerosol jet printed functional materials. Adv. Mater. Technol., 2020, 2000781.
- Secor, E.B. Guided Ink and Process Design for Aerosol Jet Printing Based on Annular Drying Effects. Flex. Print. Electron., 2018, 3, 035007.
- Secor, E.B. Principles of Aerosol Jet Printing. Flex. Print. Electron., 2018, 3, 035002.
- Secor, E.B.*; Gao, T.Z.*; Islam, A.E.; Rao, R.; Wallace, S.G.; Zhu, J.; Putz, K.W.; Maruyama, B.; Hersam, M.C. Enhanced Conductivity, Adhesion, and Environmental Stability of Printed Graphene Inks with Nitrocellulose. Chem. Mater., 2017, 29, 2332.
- Secor, E.B.; Prabhumirashi, P.L.; Puntambekar, K.; Geier, M.L.; Hersam, M.C. Inkjet Printing of High Conductivity, Flexible Graphene Patterns. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 1347.
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Primary Strategic Research Area
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing