Dr. Cairns joined WVU on January 1st 2006. Prior to WVU he was a Research Specialist at 3M where he worked for five years on nano-composite materials for wear resistant optical coatings used for touchscreen applications. From 1998-2001 he was a postdoctoral research associate in engineering at Brown University working with Professor Gregory Crawford. His post-doctoral work focused on liquid crystalline composite materials and stuctures for display and sensor applications including flexible displays.
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| Education |
 | Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Birmingham, U.K.,1999
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| B.Sc., Physics, University of Birmingham, U.K., 1995
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| Research Focus Areas |
| Advanced Materials |
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| Research Interests |
| Solution based processing of composite materials including sol-gel materials;
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| Nano-composite materials;
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| Liquid crystalline materials and composites;
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| High performance coatings for wear; resistance, thermal barriers and corrosion resistance;
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| Flexible electronic devices;
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| Sensors.
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| Service and Outreach |
| D. R. Cairns, �Mechanical Reliability of Conductive Polymers for Rollable Display Applications� in Flexible Flat Panel Displays, G. P. Crawford Editor, Wiley, (2005)
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| M. J. Escuti, D. R. Cairns and G. P. Crawford, �Optical-strain characteristics of anisotropic polymer films fabricated from a liquid crystal diacrylate� Journal of Applied Physics 95, p2386 (2004).
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| G. P. Crawford, D. R. Cairns, C. C. Bowley, S. Danworaphong, A. K. Fontecchio S. M. Faris and L. Li, �Reflective Strain Gauge with Aspected
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| Particles and Polarization Sensitive Devices� US 6,778,236
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| Professional Societies |
| Materials Research Society (MRS)
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| Institute of Physics (IOP)
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| Society for Information Display (SID)
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