Gregory Piet

(702) 807-8135

7301 Wandercloud Ln

Las Vegas, NV 89145

Born: Palos Heights, Illinois, USA. I am a United States citizen.

Education: Masters of Science degree, Physics

Graduated December 2002 University of Nevada Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

Bachelor of Science degree, Physics

Graduated May 1996 Ramapo College of New Jersey

Mahwah, NJ

Work Experience: Design Drive, Rochester Hills, MI

06/2006 to present

Driver instructor at “The Drive” in Las Vegas, NV

Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas, NV

09/2005 to present

Teacher in mathematics, physics.

Maintain and develop laboratory equipment for physics curriculum.

Bubble Technology Industries

Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

03/2005 to 06/2005

Consultant at Nevada Test Site for ASP/ASHERD project under DHS

University of Nevada Las Vegas Department of Physics, Las Vegas, NV

07/97 to 08/2005 Graduate Student/Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant

Duties included:

Conduct research and development on macromolecular systems.

Instruct Physics laboratory classes for undergraduate students

Physics department representative for the Graduate Student Association

Raytheon Appliances, Ripon, Wisconsin

11/96 to 06/97 Lab Technician

Duties included:

Research and Development of prototype designs

Create tests and write procedures for the laboratory team

Test compliance of products with UL, and AGA specifications

Set up data acquisition, source and compile data acquisition software

Interpret data acquired and report conclusions to design team

Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, New Jersey

Physics Department

08/94 to 12/95 Lab Assistant

Duties included:

Created and modified lab experiments

Relevant Skills:

Dynamic and static light scattering, rheology, spectroscopy, laser operation and maintenance, computer hardware and software installation, Windows, Linux, UNIX, QuickBasic, C/C++, Wordperfect, MS Office, MatLab, Mathematica, Origin, LabView, optics, analog and digital electronics, welding, equipment fabrication and design, device troubleshooting.

Publications: Walkenhorst R.; Selser J. C.; Piet G., Long-ranged relaxations in poly(ethylene oxide) melts: Evidence for network behavior, Journal of Chemical Physics, December 1998, Volume 109, Issue 24 pp. 11043-11050

Walter R.; Walkenhorst R.; Smith M.; Selser J. C.; Piet G.; Bogoslovov R., The role of polymer melt viscoelastic network behavior in lithium ion transport for PEO melt/LiClO₄ SPEs: the "wet gel" model, Journal of Power Sources, August 2000, Volume 89, Issue 2, pp. 168-175

Walter R.; Selser J.C.; Smith M.; Bogoslovov R.; Piet G., Network viscoelastic behavior in poly(ethylene oxide) melts: Effects of temperature and dissolved LiClO₄ on network structure and dynamic behavior, Journal of Chemical Physics, July 2002, Volume 117, Issue 1 pp. 417-440

Piet G., A study of the overall internal dynamic mode of poly(ethylene oxide)in methanol with and without Lithium Perchlorate (LiClO₄ ), UNLV Library Thesis Publication, December 2002

Peng ShuFu; Selser J.C.; Bogoslovov R.; Piet G., An Investigation of a sol-gel/melt transition: The poly(ethylene oxide)/methanol/LiClO₄ system, Journal of Chemical Physics, May 2004, Volume 120, Issue 18 pp. 8841-8852

R. B. Bogoslovov, D. P. Shelton, J. C. Selser, G. Piet, and S. Peng; Versatile fiber-coupled system for simultaneous photon correlation spectroscopy and Fabry–Perot interferometry, Review of Scientific Instruments, Volume 75, Issue 10, pp. 3216-3223, October 2004

Presentations: Piet G.; Selser J.C.; Walkenhorst R.; Walter R.; Bogoslovov R., The effects of LiClO₄ on the overall internal relaxation mode of poly(ethylene oxide) in methanol solution, poster presented at the APS March Meeting, March 12–16, 2001, Seattle, WA

Walter R.; Smith M.; Walkenhorst R.; Selser J.C.; Bogoslovov R.; Piet G., Network viscoelastic behavior in poly(ethylene oxide) melts: effects of dissolved lithium salt on the network structure and dynamics, short talk and poster presented at the APS March Meeting, March 12–16, 2001, Seattle, WA

Bogoslovov R.; Selser J.C.; Peng S.; Piet G., A light scattering Investigation of a Sol-gel/melt Transition: the poly(ethylene oxide)/methano/ LiClO₄ System, poster presented at the APS March Meeting, March 3–7, 2003, Austin, TX

Bogoslovov R.; Selser J.C.; Peng S.; Piet G., A versatile fiber-coupled system design for Photon Correlation Spectroscopy and Fabry-Perot Interferometry, poster presented at the APS March Meeting, March 3–7, 2003, Austin, TX

References: Dr. James Selser - University of Nevada Las Vegas - Department of Physics

Department Chair and Research Director

(702) 895-3847 selser@physics.unlv.edu

Dr. Lon Spight - University of Nevada Las Vegas - Department of Physics

Graduate Coordinator

(702) 895-0961 spight@unlv.nevada.edu

More References Available Upon Request