Affiliated Researchers: Composite Materials

Akhlesh Lakhtakia

Evan Pugh University Professor and Charles G. Binder Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Dielectrics, Chiral Sculptured Thin Film, Surface Plasmon Polaritons, Plane Wave

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Mycelium-based Composites, Mycelium, Sound Absorption, Shape Change, Three Dimensional Printing

Fariborz Tavangarian

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Mechanical Properties, Bioactivity, Forsterite, Tissue Engineering Applications, Compressive Strength

Hongtao Sun

Assistant Professor, Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top research keywords: Graphene, Anode, Composite Material, Lithium Ion Battery, Density

Qing Wang

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Material, Dielectric Material, Energy Density, Dielectrics, Polymer Nanocomposites

Stephen Lynch

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Turbine, Heat Transfer, Cooling Hole, Boundary Layer, Endwall

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Poly(furfuryl Alcohol), Capacitor, Density, Sintering, Nanoporous Carbon

Zhezhen Fu

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Sintering, Density, Mechanical Properties, Composite Material, Sintering Property

Richard Yetter

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Combustion, Ignition, Burning Rate, Oxidizer, Flow Reactor

Jing Du

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Finite Element Method, X-Ray Computed Tomography, Mechanical Testing, Organic Light-emitting Diodes, Density

Jiawei Gong

Top research keywords: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell, Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Rotational, Composite Material, Ultimate Tensile Strength

Yi Wang

Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Phonons, Phonon, Thermodynamic Properties, Thermodynamic Property, Thermodynamics

Reginald Hamilton

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Shape Memory Effect, NiTi Alloy, Shape Memory Alloy, Single Crystal, Martensite

Xiawa Wu

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Cellulose Nanocrystals, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Study, Pectin, Cellulose

Farshad Rajabipour

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Alkali Silica Reaction, Portland Cement, Cementitious Material, Pozzolan, Fly Ash

Clive Randall

Evan Pugh University Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Director, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Sintering, Ferroelectric Material, Barium Titanate, Piezoelectricity, Dielectric Property

John Mauro

Department Head and Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Phase Composition, Aluminosilicate, Glass Transition, Silicate Glass, Glass Transition Temperature

Anil Kulkarni

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Spark Plasma Sintering, Tungsten, Field-assisted Sintering Technology, Density, Vertical Wall

Enrique Gomez

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymer, Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), Conjugated Polymer, Organic Solar Cells, Conjugated Polymers

Catherine Nettles Cutter

Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Beef Carcass, Beef, Escherichia Coli, Listeria Monocytogenes, Escherichia Coli O157

Slava Rotkin

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Nanotubes, Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs), Carbon Nanotubes

Burcu Ozden

Assistant Professor of Engineering, Division of Engineering and Science (Abington)
Top research keywords: Polaritons, Transistor, AlGaN-GaN, Electron Mobility, GaN HEMT

Marek Flaska

Associate Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Neutron, Gamma Radiation, Scintillation Counter, Pulse Shape Discrimination, Pulse Shape

Susan Trolier-McKinstry

Steward S. Flaschen Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Film, Thin Films, Piezoelectricity, Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric Material

Jian Yang

Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Citric Acid, Scaffolds, Tissue Engineering, Polymers, Elastomers

Derek Hall

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Corrosion Rate, Electrochemical Sensor, Membrane-based, Copper Chloride, Electrolyzer

John Hellmann

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Fibers, Sapphire, Fiber, Composite Materials, Float Glass

Yuefeng Xie

Professor, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Disinfection, Haloacetic Acid, Byproducts, Byproduct, Potable Water

David Snyder

Top research keywords: Graphene, Film, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Epitaxial Graphene, Vapor Deposition

Timothy Tighe

Assistant Research Professor, Materials Characterization Lab
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Self Assembled Monolayer, Methoxy, Monolayers, Self-assembled Monolayer

Donghai Wang

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Anodes, Lithium Sulfur Batteries, Anode, Lithium-ion Batteries, Cathodes

Joseph Najem

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Memristor, Droplet Interface Bilayer, Hydrogel, Lipid Bilayer, Biomembranes

Melik Demirel

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Film, Protein Repeat, Nanostructures, Thin Films, Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID)

Jeffrey Catchmark

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Bacterial Cellulose, Cellulose, Surface (Surface Science), Composite Material, Pullulan

Bed Poudel

Associate Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectrics, Thermoelectricity, Thermoelectric Materials, Thermal Conductivity, Density

Ola Rashwan

Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Progressive Model, Modeling Approach, Solution Algorithm, Halide, New Modeling

George Lesieutre

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Damping, Actuators, Actuator, Composite Materials, Helicopters

Lauren Zarzar

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Surface Active Agent, Surfactant, Hydrogel, Microscale, Surface (Surface Science)

Amir Sheikhi

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hydrogel, Nanocellulose, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Biomaterial, Gelatin Methacryloyl (GelMA)

Malgorzata Kowalik

Researcher, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Graphene, Carbon Fiber, Polyacrylonitrile, ReaxFF, Density