Sam Sohn
- Professional Research Assistant
- CIEST Lab Manager
- GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING & GEOMECHANICS
Sam holds a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech and brings over 25 years of industry experience. His career spans a range of companies—from E Ink, where the Amazon Kindle was developed, to global manufacturing leaders such as DuPont, ITW, SC Johnson, and LG Chem, where he worked on lithium-ion battery technologies for Tesla. Across these diverse industries, Sam has consistently excelled at advancing products and technologies from R&D through pilot scale and into full commercial production.