Amber M Hubbard
R&D Associate Staff Member, Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies
Bio
Dr. Amber Hubbard is a chemical engineer and materials scientist working as an R&D Associate Staff Member in the Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies Group at ORNL's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF). Her expertise is in natural fiber reinforced composite formulation and processing as well as vitrimer composite formulation and characterization. Amber is passionate about workforce development and sustainable solutions for building a renewable, circular economy.
Professional Experience
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies Group
- Spring 2022 - Current
- Air Force Research Laboratory NRC Postdoctoral Fellow
- Fall 2019 - Spring 2022
- North Carolina State University, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Fall 2014 - Fall 2019
Awards
- Materials Research Society (MRS) Outstanding Postdoctoral Oral Presentation Award (2020)
- National Research Council Research Associateship - Air Force Research Laboratory (2020)
- University of Washington's 9th Annual Distinguished Young Scholars Invited Seminar (2019)
- BASF International Summer Course Selected Participant for North America (2018)
- MIT Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering Selected Participant (2018)
- Three Minute Thesis Finalist (2018)
- Scientific Photography Accolades:
- Cover Arts: C&E News, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, and Soft Matter
- MRS Science as Art 2nd Place Award
- 1st and 2nd Place - NCSU CBE & Graduate School Arts in Science Awards
Education
- North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC
- PhD - Chemical Engineering (2019)
- Master of Science - Chemical Engineering (2016)
- Auburn University - Auburn, AL
- Bachelor of Chemical Engineering - Specialization in Biomedical Engineering (2014)
Professional Affiliations
- Materials Research Society
- American Chemical Society
- TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry) Nano Division
Publications
Journal: Composites Part C: Open Access
Journal: Journal of Polymers and the Environment
Journal: Composites Part B: Engineering
Other Publications
- Hubbard, A.*, Mailen, R.*, Zikry, M., Dickey, M., & Genzer, J. (*Equal contributions). Controllable Curvature from Planar Polymer Sheets in Response to Light. Soft Matter. 13, 2299-2308 (2017).
- Hubbard, A.*, Davis, D.*, Dickey, M., & Genzer, J. (*Equal contributions). Shape Memory Polymers for Self-Folding via Compression of Thermoplastic Sheets. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 46889 (2018).
- Top Downloaded Paper for the Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2018-2019)
- Hubbard, A., Cui, W., Huang, Y., Takahashi, R., Dickey, M., Genzer, J., King, D., & Gong, J. Hydrogel/Elastomer Laminates Bonded via Fabric Interphases for Stimuli-Responsive Actuators. Matter. 1, 1-16 (2019).
- Hubbard, A., Luong, E., Ratanaphruks, A., Mailen, R., Genzer, J., & Dickey, M. Shrink Films Get a Grip. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 1, 1088-1095 (2019).
- Hubbard, A., Genzer, J., & Bullard, L. Retreat to Advance: A Lifelong Learning Opportunity for Research Student Development. Chemical Engineering Education. 54 (2), 89 (2020).
- Hubbard, A., Patel, J., Wagner, S., Chang, C., Genzer, J. & Dickey, M. Stiff or Extensible in Seconds Light-Induced Corrugations in Thin Polymer Sheets. Advanced Materials Technologies. 6, 2000789 (2021).
- Hubbard, A., Ren, Y., Konkolewicz, D., Sarvestani, A., Picu, C., Kedziora, G., Roy, A., Varshney, V., & Nepal, D. Vitrimer Transition Temperature Identification: Coupling Various Thermomechanical Methodologies. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 3, 1756-1766 (2021).
- Hubbard, A., Ren, Y., Picu, C., Sarvestani, A., Konkolewicz, D., Roy, A., Varshney, V. & Nepal, D. Creep Mechanics of Epoxy Vitrimer Materials. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 4 (6), 4254 (2022).
- Hubbard, A., Ren, Y., Sarvestani, A., Konkolewicz, D., Picu, C., Roy, A., Varsheny, V. & Nepal, D. Recyclability of Vitrimer Materials: Impact of Catalyst and Processing Conditions. ACS Omega. 7 (33), 29125 (2022).
- Hubbard, A., Ren, Y., Papaioannou, P., Sarvestani, A., Picu, C., Konkolewicz, D., Roy, A., Varshney, V., & Nepal, D. Vitrimer Composites: Understanding the Role of Filler in Vitrimer Applicability. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 4 (9), 6374 (2022).
- Putnam-Neeb, A., Kaiser, J., Hubbard, A., Street, D., Dickerson, M., Nepal, D., & Baldwin, L. Self-healing and Polymer Welding of Soft and Stiff Epoxy Thermosets via Silanolates. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials. 5 (4), 3068 (2022).
- Hubbard, A., Ren, Y., Sarvestani, A., Picu, C., Varshney, V. & Nepal, D. Thermomechanical Analysis (TMA) of Vitrimers. Polymer Testing. 118, 107877 (2023).