Item 8.01 Other Events.
Adamas One Corp. (the "Company") has recently formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Adamas Technologies, LLC ("Adamas Technologies"), to develop and manufacture semiconductor lab-grown diamond devices for the industrial and technology sectors. Adamas Technologies has established a Board of Advisors comprised of esteemed industry experts. These members are:
Jerry McGuire- Mr. McGuire is currently the COO of Adamas One Corp. and the President of Adamas One Technologies. He brings over 30 years of executive and high-tech experience commercializing new semiconductor technologies and delivering differentiated products to market. Mr. McGuire has started and grown profitable businesses and created lasting product brands. Mr. McGuire's semiconductor experience at Analog Devices, Inc. and Fairchild Semiconductor (now part of ON Semiconductor), as well as his 10 years of lab-grown diamond experience with Scio Diamond and Adamas One Corp., make him well-suited to drive the development and commercialization of lab-grown diamond materials for high tech applications at Adamas One.
Mr McGuire's areas of expertise and skills are in the following:
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Concept to development to production life-cycle management of complex technology products
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Building robust businesses from technology products
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International and multi-cultural product development
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Deep technological understanding and experience in lab-grown diamonds, power electronics and semiconductor packaging
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Team building and business management
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Mr McGuire is a member of the IEEE and a former member of the International Grown Diamond Association.
Dr. Rafi Sahul- Dr. Sahul's background in nanomaterials technology and expertise in smart materials like piezoelectric materials and magnetic fluids, Dr. Sahul has led to numerous research and business development efforts, managing cross-functional teams and federal/commercial programs with NSF, NASA, and other agencies. He holds a Ph.D. in Material Science and Engineering from Penn State University and is recognized for his contributions to the adoption of single crystal materials in various applications.
After completing his MS in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University, he went onto work in aerospace and defense technologies. He has extensive background on single crystal piezoelectric materials, piezoelectric ceramics and their applications and has worked on smart materials technology and applications for 20+ years. He has guided and managed cross-functional teams on several research and business development efforts on applications involving medical devices, underwater sonar transducers, sensors for aerospace, space industrial sensors, and actuators.
While working in Pennsylvania as a General Manager and R&D/Business director for single crystal and ceramic piezoelectric technology, he completed a part-time PhD program with Penn State University on piezoelectric single crystals for high power medical and sonar applications. He is the author and co-author of several publications, patents, conference proceedings, and journal papers.
Dr. Sahul holds the following revered memberships:
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Lifetime member of MENSA, NDIA, and Penn State Alumni Association
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Member Helicopter Int'l (HAI)
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Member of the Naval League
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Dr. Sahul's notable publications include:
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Manley, Michael E., May, Andrew F., Winn, Barry L., Abernathy, Douglas L., Sahul, R., and Hermann, Raphael P.. Phason-Dominated Thermal Transport in Fresnoite., Physics Review Letters, V129, Issue 25 (Dec 2022)
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M. E. Manley, A. D. Christianson, D. L. Abernathy, R. Sahul, Phonon localization transition in relaxor ferroelectric PZN-5%PT, Applied Physics Letters, Mar 2017
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M. E. Manley, D. L. Abernathy, R. Sahul, P. J. Stonaha, and J. D. Budai, Three-mode coupling interference patterns in the dynamic structure factor of a relaxor ferroelectric Phys. Rev. B 94, 104304 (Sep 2016)
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