152 Greenbridge Drive

Apt. D-1

Newark, DE 19713

Work Phone: (302) 831-6079 Home Phone : (302) 733-0595

E-mail: roosbd@yahoo.com Alternate E-mail: roosbd@udel.edu

• Developed T-jump/Raman experiment
• Adapted FTIR experiment for new bench/control software
• Strong mathematics background
• Broad knowledge of computer hardware and software

Graduate Research Assistant, Spring 1997 – present

• Studied and quantified gaseous products from pyrolysis of energetic materials
• Developed T-jump/Raman experiment (cell design, calibration, optimization)
• Modified T-jump/FTIR experiment for new bench/control software
• Extensive background with FTIR and Raman Spectroscopy
• Utilized DSC, TGA, wet chemistry, statistical analysis and chemometrics
• Interfaced with group members, departmental staff and faculty, sales and technical representatives

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fall 1995 – Fall 1996

• Prepared and supervised labs and graded reports/exams
• Instructed labs for Instrumental Methods laboratory(Fall 1995), Physical Chemistry (Spring 1996), and Quantitative Chemistry (Fall 1996)
• Experience with AA, FTIR, GC, HPLC, UV-Vis, electrochemical methods, wet chemistry, Bomb Calorimetry, Fluorescence

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, W&J College, Fall 1992-Spring 1995

• Co-instructed laboratories for general chemistry (5 semesters), organic (1 semester), chemistry for non-science majors (1 Intercession)
• Evaluated General Chemistry lab reports (Fall 1993 – Spring 1995)
• Managed General Chemistry lab inventory (Fall 1993 – Spring 1995)

Computer Experience

• Maintained network of twelve computers, including installation, maintenance, and upgrades
• Navigate Windows 95, 98, Millennium, NT (Server and Workstation), DOS
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Lotus SmartSuite, Matlab, Omnic, Grams, Holograms, PeakFit, SigmaPlot, ChemDraw
• Able to learn new software quickly

• Erickson Award in Chemistry
• PA Junior Academy of Science 11/20/89
• National Science Olympiad 1989-1990
• Westinghouse Science Honors Institute 2/23/91
• PHEAA Achievement Certificate
• 1991 American Legion Post 785 Scholarship
• F.E. McGillick Scholarship
• W & J Presidential Scholarship
• Beta Scholar 1991-1992
• Josephine Markley Prize for Physics 5/22/1993
• Zeta Beta Tau Scholarship 93/94
• 1995 Student Awardee of the American Institute of Chemists Foundation (AICF)
• The Samuel Jones Scientific Prize in Chemistry
• Gamma Sigma Epsilon Society 1996

• American Chemical Society
• American Institute of Chemists

1. T. B. Brill and B. D. Roos, "Comparison of T-Jump/Raman and T-Jump/FTIR Spectroscopy for High-Nitrogen Compounds," Proceedings of the International Conference of the ICT, Karlsruhe, Germany (2000), p. V6.
2. B. D. Roos and T. B. Brill, "Thermal Decomposition of Energetic Materials 75. T-Jump/Raman Spectroscopy and its Application to High-Nitrogen Compounds," Applied Spectroscopy 54, 1019 (2000).
3. T. B. Brill and B. D. Roos "Chemistry of GAP/RDX Propellant upon Flash Pyrolysis" Proceedings of the 37th JANNAF Combustion Meeting, Monterey, CA, Nov. 2000.
4. Brian D. Roos and Thomas B. Brill, "Thermal Decomposition of Energetic Materials 81. Flash Pyrolysis of GAP/RDX/BTTN Propellant Combinations," Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics 26:213 (2001).
5. Brian D. Roos and Thomas B. Brill, "Thermal Decomposition of Energetic Materials 82. Correlations of Gaseous Products with the Composition of Aliphatic Nitrate Esters," Combustion and Flame 128:181 (2002).
6. Gordon Conference on Energetic Materials - Posters presented in 1998, 2000, and 2002.

Dr. Thomas Brill	Dr. Steve Brown	Dr. R. Kirk Wicker
Dept. of Chem. & Biochem.	Dept. of Chem. & Biochem.	279 Old Hickory Ridge Road
University of Delaware	University of Delaware	Washington, PA, 15301
Newark, DE 19716	Newark, DE 19716
brill@udel.edu	sdb@udel.edu	rkirkwicker@yahoo.com
Phone: (302) 831-6079	Phone: (302) 831-1247	Phone: (724) 225-9042
Fax: (302) 831-6335	Fax: (302) 831-6335	Fax: (724) 225-1742