Education
B. A., Biology, Greenville College, Greenville IL, 1977
M. S., Polymer Chemistry, Minor Area of Study: Analytical Chemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago IL, 1992
Ph.D., Physical Polymer Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, 1995

Recent Publications
Iler H. D., Rutt E. Althoff S, Introducing Polymer Processing, Morphology and Property Relationships Through Experiments with Plastic PET Bottles
(submitted to the Journal of Chemical Education 2003).

S. Sohn; A. Alizadeh; J. Quinn; H. Marand; L.C. Shank; H.D. Iler, Influence of Structural and Topological Constraints on the Crystalliztion and Melting Behavior of Polymers: 3. Bisphenol A Polycarbonate, Macromolecules 34 (12) 4066-4078 (2001).

Recent Grants
Awarded a National Science Foundation grant (DUE-9980948) for Introducing Polymer Science Across the Chemistry Curriculum (2000-2002).

Patents
-Iler H. D. Application of Microcapsule Technology to a Tamper Evident Device for Vacuum Actuated Button Closures, 1992, US patent # 5,152,412
-Heilman R.; Iler H. D. Tamper Evident Device for Mechanical Button Closures, 1991, US patent # 5,035,341

Research Interests
Structure/Property relationships and crystallization theory of polymers.

Courses Taught
CHM 111 General Chemistry I
CHM 112 General Chemistry II
CHM 305 Quantitative Chemical Analysis
CHM 310 Principles of Physical Chemistry
CHM 322 Physical Chemistry