1. Breese, D. R., Hatfield, E., The Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Science - Machine Direction Orientation, 3^rd Edition, J. W. Wiley, New York (2008 - In Press).
2. Breese, D. R., Beaucage, G., Modeling the mechanical properties of highly oriented polymer films: A fiber/gel composite theory approach, Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 46, 6 (2008).
3. Breese, D. R., Economic benefits to utilizing MDO films in flexible packaging, TAPPI PLACE Conference (2007).
4. Breese, D. R., Strebel, J. J., Balancing tear strength and modulus of machine direction oriented films containing high molecular weight polyethylene, SPE FlexPackCon (2006).
5. Breese, D. R., Beaucage, G., A review of modeling approaches for oriented semi-crystalline polymers, Current Opinions in Solid State and Materials Science, 8, 439 (2005).
6. Hatfield, E., Breese, D. R., Step change improvements in barrier using MDO, TAPPI 2006 Innovations in Barrier Packaging (2006).
7. Breese, D. R., Beaucage, G., Effects of machine direction orientation on the moisture and oxygen barrier properties of HMW-PE films, TAPPI PLACE Conference (2005).
8. Breese, D. R., Beaucage, G., Williams, K. L., Modeling the effects of solid state orientation on blown high molecular weight high density PE films: A composite theory approach, SPE ANTEC (2005).
9. Williams, K., Laverde, G., Wolf, R., Breese, D. R., Economic benefits of machine direction orientation, SPE RETEC Conference (2005).

Technical Associations and Activities

• SPE New Technology Committee

• SPE Flexible Packaging Division

• Contributor to NASA's 2007 Food Packaging Workshop for the Constellation Space Program

• Active research program with the University of Cincinnati's Chemical and Materials Engineering Department (Dr. Gregory Beaucage: Associate Professor) studying the effects of MDO on polymer structural and morphological changes. 

  • Current research focuses on in-situ x-ray scattering of MDO polymer films - conducted at Cornell (CHESS) and Stanford's (SLAC) synchrotron facilities.