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University of Massachusetts Lowell
Department of Plastics Engineering
One University Avenue
Lowell, MA 01854
Tel. 978-934-3417/Fax. 978-934-3065
Email: stephen_mccarthy@uml.edu
EDUCATION
Southeastern Massachusetts University, B.S., Textile Chemistry, 1978
Princeton University, M.S.E., Chemical Engineering, 1980
Case Western Reserve University, Ph.D., Macromolecular Science, 1984
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Owens Corning Fiberglas, Advanced R&D Engineer, 1980,
Technical Center, Granville, Ohio
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Assistant Professor, 1984
Department of Plastics Engineering
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Associate Professor, 1988
Department of Plastics Engineering
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Professor, 1991
Department of Plastics Engineering
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mechanical, Physical, and Rheological Properties of Polymers, and Composites
Polymer Blends and Reactive Processing
Biodegradable Polymers
Plastic Part Design
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Executive Board, ACS Division of Polymeric Materials and Engineering, 1993-2000
Councilor, Society of Plastics Engineering, 1991-1996
President, Bio/Environmental Polymer Society, 1995
Technical Program Chairman, Biodegradable Polymer Meeting, Boston, June 1994
Chairman, Fourth International Workshop on Biodegradable Polymers, Durham, N.H., October 1995
Secretary, U.S. Degradable Plastics Council, 1990-1992
Technical Program Co-Chairman, Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. RETEC, Boston, MA, November 1990.
Technical Program Co-Chairman, Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc. RETEC, Boston, MA, October 1988
MEMBERSHIPS
American Chemical Society
American Society for Standards and Materials
Bio/Environmentally Degradable Polymer Society
Biomaterials Society
Materials Research Society
Sigma Xi
Society of Plastics Engineers
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Editor, Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 1991-present
Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 1995-present
PATENTS ISSUED
“Refined Vegetable Oils and Extracts Thereof”, with Carl Lawton, Robert Nicolosi, , U.S.A.
Patent No. 6,197,357 B1, effective from March 6, 2001.
“Bioresorbable Copolymers”, with Richard A. Gross, Xianhai Chen, U.S.A. Patent No.6,093,792, effective from July 25, 2000.
“Polylactic Acid-Based Blends”, with, Richard Gross, and Wenguang Ma, U.S.A. Patent No.5,883,199, effective from March 16, 1999.
“Molded Article”, with Thomas M. Ellison, Arthur K. Delusky, Robert Lucke, , USA patent No.6440593, effective from August 27, 2002
“Molded Plastic Articles Having Improved Electromagnetic Shielding Properties Comprising Laminates Having an Electrically Conductive Plastic Layer and an Electrically Conductive
Outer Layer” with Thomas M Ellison, Arthur K Delusky, Robert Lucke, PCT Int. Appl. (2001), CODEN: PIXXD2 WO 0161096 A1 20010823 CAN 135:181759 AN 2001:618243
“Molded Colored Composite Laminate Article and its Manufacture”, with Thomas M. Ellison, Arthur K. Delusky, Qing Guan, Eur. Pat. Appl. (2000), CODEN: EPXXDW EP 1055512 A2 20001129 CAN 134:18268 AN 2000:839067
Most intersting PUBLICATIONS
“Biodegradable Plasticizers for Polylactic Acid”, Xu Song & Stephen McCarthy, Journal of Applied Medical Polymers, Autumn 2002, Vol 6, No.2, 64-69.
“Biodegradable plasticizers for polylactic acid”, McCarthy, Stephen; Song, Xu. Annu. Tech. Conf. – Soc. Plast. Eng. (2001), 59th(Vol. 3), 2546-2549.
“Biodegradable bags comparative performance study: a multi-tiered approach to evaluating the compostability of plastic materials” Farrell, R. E.; Adamczyk, T. J.; Broe, D. C.; Lee, J. S.; Briggs, B. L.; Gross, R. A.; McCarthy, S. P.; Goodwin, S. ACS Symp. Ser. (2001),786
“Hydrolytic Degradation of PCL/PEO Copolymers in alkaline Media”, with S.M. Li, X.H. Chen and R.A. Gross, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, Volume 11, pgs. 227- 233, (2000).
“Food for Thought: Tomorrow’s Feedstocks”, Plastics News, Edited by Frank Esposito, March, 2000.
“Biodegradable Polymer Blends for Medical Applications”, with Philip Canale and Sanjay Mehta, 58th Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference Proceedings, Volume 46, Number 3, pp. 2680-2684, May 2000.
“Advances in Properties and Biodegradability of Co-continuous, Immicisible, Biodegradabity, Polymer Blends”, Degradability, Renewability and Recycling – Key Functions for Future
Materials, Eds. A.-C. Albertson, E. Chiellini, J. Feijen, G. Scott, M. Vert; Wiley-VCH, Verlag GmbH., (with W. Ma and A. Ranganthan), pgs. 63-72, (1999).
“Further Investigations on the Hydrolytic Degradation of Poly(D-L Lactide)”, with Su Ming Li, Biomaterials, Vol. 30, pgs. 35-44, (1999).
“Biodegradable Bags Comparative Performance Study: A Multi-Tiered Approach to Evaluating the Compostability of Plastic Materials”, with T.J. Adamczyk, D.C. Broe, R.E. Farrell, J.S.
Lee and B.L. Daniels, 58th Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference Proceedings, Volume 45, Number 1, pp. 3255-3259, May 1999.
“The Influence of Injection Molding Conditions on Biodegradable Polymers“, with M. Parikh and R. Gross, Journal of Injection Molding Technology, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 30-36, March (1998)
“Analysis of the Mechanical Properties of Biodegradable Films Made From Blends of Polylactic Acid (PLA) and Polyesters by Blown Film Extrusion”, with German V. Laverde., Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference, Volume 44, pgs. 2515-2519, (May 1998).
“Biodegradable Polymer Blends of Polylactic Acid (PLA) and Polybutylene Succinate”, with Wenguang Ma, Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference, Volume 44, pgs. 2542-2545.
“Advances in Properties and Biodegradability of Co-Continuous, Immiscible, Biodegradable, Polymer Blends”, 5th International Workshop on Biodegradable Plastics and Polymers, (ISBP98), (June 1998).
“Biodegradable Polymer Blends of Poly(Lactic Acid) and Poly(Ethylene Gylcol)” M. Sheth, R.A. Kumar, V. Dave, R.A. Gross, S.P. McCarthy, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol 66, pg. 1495-1505 (1997).
“Citrate Esters As Plasticizers for Poly(Lactic Acid)”. L.V. Labrecque, R.A. Kumar, V. Dave, S.P. McCarthy, R.A. Gross, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol 66, 1507-1513, (1997).
“Effects of Physical Aging, Crystallinity, and Orientation on the Enzymatic Degradation of Poly(Lactic Acid)”. (with H. Cai, V. Dave, R.A. Gross), J. Polym. Sci., Polymer Physics, 40, pgs. 2701-2708, (1996).
“Miscibility and Biodegradability of Blends of Poly(Lactic Acid) and Poly(Vinyl Acetate)”. (with A. Gajria, V. Dave, R.A. Gross), Polymer, 37(3), pgs. 437-444, (1996).
“Composting Studies of Poly(β-Hydroxybutyrate-co-β-Hydroxyvalerate)”. (with C.L. Yue, R.A.Gross) Polymer Degradation and Stability, 51, pgs. 205-210, (1996)
“Polymers in Biodegradable Surgical Devices: Blending Poly(Glycolic-Acid) with Other Biodegradable Plastics”, (with G. Rocha), Medical Plastics and Biomaterials, May/June 1996, Pgs. 44-48.
“Design of Polymer Blends for Biodegradable Plastics: Reactive Extrusion of Poly(lactic Acid) and Poly(Ethylene Glycol)”, AIChE Preprints, Vol. 5, July, 1996, July 1996, pgs. 205-209.
“Miscibility and Degradability of Poly(Lactic Acid)/Poly(Ethylene Glycol)/Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Blends”, Poly. Preprints, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Sci., Vol. 36, (1995), (with C.L. Yue, Vipul Dave, Richard A. Gross)
“Effect of Physical Aging on Enzymatic Degradation of Poly(Lactic Acid)” Polym. Preprints, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Sci., Vol. 36, (1995),( with Hua Cai, Vipul Dave, Richard A.
Gross)
“Citrate Esters as Plasticizers for Poly(Hydroxybutyrate-co-Valerate)”, Polym. Preprints, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Sci., Vol. 36, (1995), (with Vatsal Ghiya, Vipul Dave, Richard A. Gross)
“Biodegradable Polymer Blends of Poly(Lactic Acid) and Poly(Ethylene Glycol)”, Soc. of Plastics Eng., Technical Papers, Vol. 40, (1995), (with Mihir Sheth, Vipul Dave, Richard A. Gross).
“Miscibility and Biodegradability of Blends of Poly(Lactic Acid) and Poly(Vinyl Acetate)”, Soc. of Plastics Eng., Technical Papers, Vol. 40, (1995), (with Ajay M. Gajria, Vipul Dave,
Richard A. Gross).
“Citrate Esters as Biodegradable Plasticizers for Poly(Lactic Acid)”, Soc. of Plastics Eng., Technical Papers, Vol. 40, (1995), (with Lisa V. Labrecque, Vipul Dave, Richard A. Gross).
“Effects of Crystallinity and Orientation on the Enzymatic Degradation of Poly(Lactic Acid)”, Soc. of Plastics Eng., Technical Papers, Vol. 40, (1995), (with Hua Cai, Vipul Dave, Richard A. Gross).
“Composting Studies of Poly(Hydroxybutyrate-co-Hydroxyvalerate)”, Soc. of Plastics Eng., Technical Papers, Vol. 40, (1995), (with C.L. Yue, Richard A. Gross).
“Enzymatic Degradation of Blends Containing Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate)”, Polym Degrad. and Stability, 45, 197-203, (1994). (with Parasar Dave, T. Jahedi, David Eberiel, Richard A. Gross).
“Miscibility Studies of Blends of Poly(Glycolic Acid) with Other Biodegradable Polymers”, Polym. Preprints, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Sci., Vol. 33(2), pgs 454-455, (1992).(with G. Rocha, Richard A. Gross)
“Biodegradation of Blends of Poly(β-Hydroxybutyrate) and Poly(ε-Caprolactone)”, Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Vol. 67, 298-300, (1992) , (with A. Lisuardi, Andrew
Schoenberg, Manish Gada).
“Biodegradation of Blends of Bacterial Polyester and Starch in a Compost Environment”, Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, Vol. 67, 294-295, (1992).(with Sanjeev T. Tanna, Richard A. Gross)
“Study of Melt Processed Blends Containing Poly(Hydroxybutyrate-co-Hydroxyvalerate) Copolymers-Incorporation of a “Diblock” Interfacial Agent, Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc., Vol. 37, 982 (1991), (with Parasar Dave, Michael Reeve, Cheryl Brucato, Richard Gross).
“Biodegradation of Blends Containing Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-Valerate)”, in Biotechnology and Polymers, Ed. Charles G. Gebelein, Plenum Press, New York, pgs. 53-62, 1991, (with Parasar Dave, Richard A. Gross, Cheryl Brucato, Shan Wong).
“Biodegradability and Miscibility of Blends Containing Poly(Hydroxybutyrate-co-Hydroxyvalerate)”, Soc. of Plastics Eng., Technical Papers, Vol. 36 1439 (1990), (with Parasar Dave, Richard Gross).
“Survey of Polymer Blends Containing Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-16% Hydroxyvalerate)”, Polym. Preprints, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Sci.,31(1),442-443, (1990), (with P. B. Dave, N.J. Ashar, Richard A. Gross).
“Biodegradable Blends of Bacterial Polyesters with Polyethylene and Polystyrene”, Polym. Preprints, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Polym. Sci.,31(1),441, (1990) (with S.N. Bhalakia, T. Patel, Richard A. Gross).
“Biodegradation of Blends Containing Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-Valerate)”, Polym., Mat. Sci. Eng., 62, 231 (1990) (with Parasar B. Dave, Richard A. Gross, Cheryl Brucato, Shan Wong).
“Morphological and Blend Miscibility Effects on the Biodegradability of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) and Blends,” Polym. Mat. Sci. and Eng., (Am.Chem. Soc.) 63, 726 (1990) (with Parasar B. Dave, M. Parikh, Michael S. Reeve, Richard A. Gross).
“The Effect of Crystallization Conditions on the Multiple Melting Peaks of Melt-Crystallized PET”, Soc. of Plastics Eng., Technical Papers, 36, 1000 (1990). (with S.H. Leu)
“Simulated Landfill Study on the Accelerated Biodegradability of Plastic Materials” , Polymer Preprints, 31,1,439, (1990) (with S.M. McCartin, B. Press, R. Gross, D. Eberiel).
