Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

Education: 

• Ph.D. , Materials Science and Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2002
• M.B.A., Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College, 1996
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Florida, 1990

Teaching Specialties: 

• Materials Science and Engineering 
• Construction Technology 
• Project Management 
• Scheduling

Professional Affiliations or Organizations: 

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers 
• Electrochemical Society 
• ASM International 
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society 
• Materials Research Society 
• Associated Builders and Contractors 
• The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 
• Leadership Seminole 
• Habitat for Humanity

Research Interests: 

• Materials Characterization 
• Surface Science 
• Innovative Construction Materials 
• Alternative Fuels

Publications: 

• J.E. Ramsdell, Characterization of Chemical Structure, Morphology, and Mechanical Response of Polyurethane Surface Domains as a Result of Exposure to Common Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Environments, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Central Florida, (2002). 
• Y.S. Obeng, J.E. Ramsdell, K. Chamma, K.A. Richardson, S. Seal, Impact of CMP Consumables on Copper Metallization Reliability, Electrochemical Society Proceedings, (2003). 
• J.E. Ramsdell, S. Seal, Y. Obeng, F. Stevie, M. Decker, Characterization of Segmented Polyurethane Surface Domains as related to Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP), Electrochemical Society Proceedings, 201st Meeting (2002). 
• W. Li, S. Seal, E. Megan, J.E. Ramsdell, K. Scammon, G. Lelong, L. Lachal, K.A. Richardson, Physical and optical properties of sol- gel nano-silver doped silica film on glass substrate as a function of heat-treatment temperature, Journal of Applied Physics, v 93 issue 12 (2003) p.9553.

Courses Taught: 

• TEC 2708, Construction Technology 
• TEC 3039, Materials 
• TEC 4718/5718, Construction Management 
• TEC 3548/5548, Dominican Republic: Construction Processes & Materials