1. 703 Groce st.
Bennett D. Marshall Opelika Al. 36801
334-329-9935
Bennettd1980@gmail.com
Education
Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama
Masters of Science (Physics), expected graduation May 2010
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (2008), GPA: 3.90 Summa Cum Laude
Experience
Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama; Dr. Virginia Davis
Research assistant; 2006 – present
• Dispersion and self-assembly of inorganic nanorods into highly aligned
macroscopic liquid crystals
• Rheological characterization of inorganic nanorod dispersions
• Microscopic characterization of carbon nanotube – polypropylene composites
• Brownian Motion of germanium nanorods dispersed in solvents
• Phase boundaries of silver nanorod liquid crystals
Wrights Masonry; Huntsville, Al
Laborer 1998-2000; brick mason 2000-2003
Skills
Laboratory Equipment
• Nikon Eclipse 80i optical microscope
• Anton Parr Physica MCR 301 rotational rheometer
• Pacific Nanotechnology atomic force microscope
• TA Instruments Q2000 DSC
• TA Instruments Q500 TGA
Software
• Rheoplus
• Microsoft Office
• Aspen
• Visual Basic
• Mathematica
• Matlab
• Maple
• Image pro MDA 6.0
Honors & Activities
Cleburne Basore Scholarship Golden Key Honor Society
Carolyn Chappel Hugensmith Scholarship Tau Sigma Honor Society
Board of Trustees Scholarship Phi Lambda Upsilon Honor Society
Competitive Undergraduate Research Fellowship Charles E. Pannell Scholarship
Floating mentor, REU SMART Grant
Publications
“Rotational and Translational Diffusivities of Germanium Nanowires”
B.D. Marshall, D.C. Lee, B.A. Korgel, V.A. Davis. (2009) Rheologica Acta
009-0361-0

2. Presentations
“Dispersion Behavior and Assembly of Nanorods, Nanowires and Nanowhiskers”
Virginia Davis, B.D Marshall, Shanti Murali, Dhriti Nepal, Khristine
Pizarro, Doh C Lee and B.A. Korgel. Materials Research Society Fall
Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts (2007), paper JJ5.7.
“Dispersion, Brownian Motion and Self-Assembly of Germanium Nanowires”
B.D. Marshall, D.C. Lee, B.A. Korgel, V.A. Davis, American Institute of
Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah (2007), paper
600a.
“Self Assembly and Flow Alignment of Inorganic Nanorods” Shanti Murali, B.D
Marshall, Dhriti Nepal, V.A. Davis, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah (2007), poster 331ad.
“Brownian Motion of Germanium Nanowires” B.D. Marshall, D.C. Lee, B.A.
Korgel, V.A. Davis, Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City,
Utah (2007), paper SC41