Stephen Kelley
Adjunct Professor
Education
Ph.D. 1986, Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S. 1981, Forestry (Wood Chemistry), University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S. 1978, Forest Products, Oregon State University
Research Interests
Research interests include developing technology for the conversion of biomaterials to high value chemicals, adhesives, membranes and polymers. Additional work has focused on the development and use of spectroscopic methods, in combination with multivariate analysis tools, to characterize biomass, and biobased materials.
Employment
1992- present, US DOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO.
2001-present, Tennessee Forest Products Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN,
1990-1991, Bend Research, Inc., Bend, OR.
1986-1990, Eastman Chemicals Division, Eastman Kodak, Kingsport, TN.
Professional Affiliations
American Chemical Society
2003-2006; Awards Chair of CELL division
2002-2000, Chair-elect and Chair of CELL division.
1999-1996, Program Chair for the CELL divisionr local ACS section, Kingsport,
TN
North American Membrane Society
Society of Wood Science and Technology
List of Selected Publications (from a total of 63)
Labbe, N., Rials, T.G., Kelley, S.S., Cheng, Z-M, Kim, J-Y, Li,Y., FT-IR imaging and py-MBMS New Tools to Investigate Wood Tissues, Holzforschung, in press
Petersen, G., Vivianni, D., Magrini-Bair, K., Kelley, S., Moens, L., Shepherd, P., DuBois, D., Nongovernmental Valorization of Carbon Dioxide, Science of the Total Environment, in press
Kelley, S.S., Rowell, R.M., Davis, M., Jurich, C.K., Ibach, R., Measuring the Chemical Composition of Agricultural Fibers with Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Pyrolysis Molecular Beam Mass Spectrometry, Biomass and Bioenergy, 27, 77-88, 2004
Gaibler, D.W., Rochefort, W.E., Wilson, J.B., Kelley, S.S., Blends of Cellulose Ester/Phenolic Polymers. 1. Chemical and Thermal Properties of Blends with Polyvinyl Phenol, Cellulose, 11, 225-237, 2004
So, C-L., Via, B. K., Groom, L.H., Schimleck, L. R., Shupe, T. F., Kelley, S.S. Rials, T. G., Near Infrared Spectroscopy in the Forest Products Industry, Forest Prod. J., 54, 3, 6-11, 2004
Cornish, K., Myers, M.D., Kelley, S.S., Quantification of Rubber Latex in Homogenate and Purified Samples Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Indust. Crops Products, 19, 283-298, 2004
Volkov, V.V.; Fadeev, A.G.; Khotimsky, V.S.; Litvinova, E.G.; Selinskaya, Y.A.; McMillan, J.D.; Kelley, S.S., Effects of synthesis conditions on the pervaporation properties of poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)-1-propyne] useful for membrane bioreactors. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 91, 4, 2271-2277, 2004
Kelley, S.S., Rials, T.G., So, C-L., Use of Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Predict the Mechanical Properties of Six Softwoods, Holzforschung, 58, 3, 252-260, 2004
Kelley, S.S., Rials, T.G., Groom L.H. Snell, R., Sluiter, A., Use of Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Measure the Chemical and Mechanical Properties of Solid Wood, Wood Sci. Tech., 38, 3, 2004
Rials, T.G., Kelley, S.S., So, C-L., Use of Advanced Spectroscopic Techniques for Predicting the Mechanical Properties of Wood Composites, Wood and Fiber Sci., 34(3) 398-407, 2002.
Kelley, S.S., Jellison, J., Goodell, B., Use of NIR and MBMS coupled with multivariate analysis for detecting the chemical changes associated with brown-rot biodegradation of spruce wood, FEMS Microbio. Lett., 209, 107-111, 2002.
Kelley, S.S., Greenberg, A.G., Filley, J., Peterson, R., Krantz, W.B., Cross-linking of Cellulose Acetate with Titanium Isopropoxide, Internat. J. Polym. Anal. Charact., 7, 162-180, 2002.
Wang, X-M., Davis, M.F., Myers, M.D., Kelley, S.S., Influence of the Reactivity and Functionality of Phenolic Model Compounds on Network Formation Reactions, J.J. Bozell, ed. Chemicals and Materials from Renewable Resources, ACS Symposium Series 784, 174-190, 2001.
Selected US Patents (from a total of 13 issued)
Meglen, R.R. and Kelley, S.S., Use of a Region of the Visible and Near Infrared Spectrum to Predict Mechanical Properties of Wet Wood and Standing Trees, US Patent 6,606,568, August 12, 2003
Kelley, S.S., Method of Producing Mechanical Properties of Decayed Wood, U.S. Patent 6,593,572, July 15, 2003
Meglen, R.R. and Kelley, S.S., Method for Predicting Dry Mechanical Properties from Wet Wood and Standing Trees, US Patent 6,525,319, February 25, 2003
Wilson, A. K., Posey-Dowty, J. D., Kelley, S. S., Controlled release
matrix system using cellulose acetate/polyvinylpyrrolidone blends, U.
S. Patent 5,523,095, June 4, 1996.
