Marriner Merrill

Marriner Merrill serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Studies at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), Rochester Institute of Technology. He teaches Strength of Materials I, Undergraduate Research in Engineering Studies, and Capstone Projects for the Master of Manufacturing Systems Engineering program.

His primary research areas include:

• Materials Degradation
• Corrosion Engineering
• Fracture Mechanics
• Battery and Energy Storage Systems
• Engineering Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

His work focuses on environmental degradation mechanisms in laminated glass and high-hardness steel, alongside initiatives to integrate the deaf community into battery technology career pathways through NSF-funded programs.

Dr. Merrill has secured grant funding from Applied Physical Sciences for transparent armor research and submitted proposals to the National Science Foundation for battery energy storage workforce development. He regularly presents findings including RIT seminars on materials degradation science and ASME conference presentations on corrosion kinetics.

No scientific awards were documented in the provided materials.