Faculty & Staff

Dr. David S. Simmons

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL, Biological, and materials ENGINEERING

Phone: (813) 974-4988
Email address: dssimmons@usf.edu 
Office location: ENC 3205
Research Webpage
Research cluster: Advanced Materials

Honors & Awards

  • American Chemical Society Rubber Division Sparks-Thomas Award, 2020
  • 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2016
  • NSF Career Award, 2016
  • William M. Keck Foundation Research Grant Recipient, 2013
  • NIST NRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2010

Education & Training

Postdoctoral fellowship: Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

B. S., Chemical Engineering, University of Florida

Research Overview: Polymer and Soft Matter Exploration, Understanding, and Design

The Simmons research group combines computer simulation, machine learning, theory, and high-throughput experiments to understand and design next-generation advanced materials. Major research areas include the following:

  • Glass-Forming Liquids
  • Dynamics and Mechanics in Nanostructured Materials and Near Interfaces
  • Sequence-Specific Polymers
  • Mechanics of Filled Elastomers
     
Polymeric ionic liquid simulation