Genvac AeroSpace - People - Dr. Gerald T. Mearini, Ph.D

C.E.O | DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY | CHIEF SCIENTIST

Co-founder of General Vacuum and GENVAC AeroSpace, received a Ph.D. in experimental physics
from Case Western Reserve University in 1991 specializing in thin film deposition, mechanical properties
of thin films and applied surface physics. Dr. Mearini studied under Professor R.W. Hoffman who is
regarded as one of the "fathers" of modern thin film deposition techniques, and cofounder of the
American Vacuum Society (AVS) and the American Society of Metals International (ASMI).

1991-1995 Dr. Mearini gained valuable experience in the Space Telecommunications Division of NASA
Lewis Research Center, where he pioneered very high secondary electron emission and field emission
from CVD diamond films for space electronic applications. This led to national recognition in the
"diamond" community and the founding of General Vacuum.

At General Vacuum, Dr. Mearini pioneered a room temperature process to deposit Indium-Tin Oxide
(ITO) on plastic substrates, which, through a partnership with The Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent
State University, has led to some of the world’s first plastic-based LCDs. Dr. Mearini has numerous
publications in the areas of electron emission from diamond, and single and multilayered thin film
properties and deposition techniques.

Email: mearini@genvac.com