Thomas "Drew" Horseman
Introduction:
Both of my parents grew up in military backgrounds, my mother's father a WWII and Korean War veteran while my father served time in the Navy and Army Reserves. My little sister and I grew up in the same house on the south side of Lexington, Kentucky. I graduated from Lafayette Senior High School and chose to attend Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana for my undergraduate degree. I have always been interested in research so I put a lot of effort into finding funding for projects at my undergraduate institution and looking for summer research opportunities during my time as an undergraduate. I graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and chose to pursue a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Vanderbilt because of its strong engineering programs and my interests in separation technologies for water purification.
Both of my parents grew up in military backgrounds, my mother's father a WWII and Korean War veteran while my father served time in the Navy and Army Reserves. My little sister and I grew up in the same house on the south side of Lexington, Kentucky. I graduated from Lafayette Senior High School and chose to attend Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana for my undergraduate degree. I have always been interested in research so I put a lot of effort into finding funding for projects at my undergraduate institution and looking for summer research opportunities during my time as an undergraduate. I graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and chose to pursue a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Vanderbilt because of its strong engineering programs and my interests in separation technologies for water purification.
Research:
The summer after my sophomore year as an undergrad I participated in an NSF REU at the University of Arizona under Dr. Eric Betterton where we monitored airborne and surface dust for heavy metal and water soluble ion concentrations near a copper smelter in northern Arizona. The summer after my junior year I participated in an NSF REU at the University of Maine in the Forest Bioproducts Research Institute where we studied neat and composite lignocellulose thin films and assessed their thermal, mechanical, and wetting properties. My senior year at Rose-Hulman I was awarded funding through the institution's Independent Project/Research Opportunities program. During my project I compared the equilibrium characteristics and adsorption kinetics of strong anion exchange resins to membranes in separating trace amounts of DNA and proteins from solution.
The summer after my sophomore year as an undergrad I participated in an NSF REU at the University of Arizona under Dr. Eric Betterton where we monitored airborne and surface dust for heavy metal and water soluble ion concentrations near a copper smelter in northern Arizona. The summer after my junior year I participated in an NSF REU at the University of Maine in the Forest Bioproducts Research Institute where we studied neat and composite lignocellulose thin films and assessed their thermal, mechanical, and wetting properties. My senior year at Rose-Hulman I was awarded funding through the institution's Independent Project/Research Opportunities program. During my project I compared the equilibrium characteristics and adsorption kinetics of strong anion exchange resins to membranes in separating trace amounts of DNA and proteins from solution.
Publication:
Horseman, T., Tajvidi, M., Diop, C. I., & Gardner, D. J. (2017). Preparation and property assessment of neat lignocellulose nanofibrils (LCNF) and their composite films. Cellulose, 24(6), 2455-2468.
Horseman, T., Tajvidi, M., Diop, C. I., & Gardner, D. J. (2017). Preparation and property assessment of neat lignocellulose nanofibrils (LCNF) and their composite films. Cellulose, 24(6), 2455-2468.
Interests:
Weather permitting, I will go outside and skateboard every day. I really like to listen to music of all kinds and I like to cook. I think it is important to stay involved in community outreach, specifically to share ideas of engineering and sciences and invoke inspiration to join the field.
Weather permitting, I will go outside and skateboard every day. I really like to listen to music of all kinds and I like to cook. I think it is important to stay involved in community outreach, specifically to share ideas of engineering and sciences and invoke inspiration to join the field.
