Dr. Garcia has 20 years of industrial experience in the aerospace and defense industry. Prior to WSU, Dr. Garcia worked at Northrop Grumman as R&D lab manager at the Clearfield, Utah automated composites development lab and as a senior business development manager for the COI Ceramics in San Diego, California. He has experience in advanced manufacturing of composites working with new carbon and ceramic reinforcement fibers and developing new composite matrix materials, thermal protection systems, insulation, ceramic matrix and carbon/carbon composites. Dr. Garcia received a BS in Materials Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and a doctorate in Materials Science and Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He now leads the Miller Advanced Research and Solutions (MARS) Center which is a development center for the advanced manufacturing of high-performance composites.
Executive Director, Miller Advanced Research and Solutions (MARS) Center
Weber State University
2023
Business Development Manager
Northrop Grumman (United States)
2023
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2023
Ph.D. (Materials Science and Engineering)
Cornell University
2004
Morphology Diagram of a Diblock Copolymer−Aluminosilicate Nanoparticle System
Chemistry of Materials
21
5397-5405
(2009)
Morphology Control in Block Copolymer/Polymer Derived Ceramic Precursor Nanocomposites
Macromolecules
41
8745-8752
(2008)
Flow-Induced Alignment of Block Copolymer−Sol Nanoparticle Coassemblies toward Oriented Bulk Polymer−Silica Hybrids
Macromolecules
38
10095-10100
(2005)