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

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

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

Associate Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Mycelium-based Composites, Mycelium, Shape Change, Three Dimensional Printing, 3D Printing

Fariborz Tavangarian

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

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan

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

Qing Wang

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

Zhezhen Fu

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

Jiawei Gong

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

Farshad Rajabipour

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

Jing Du

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

Enrique Gomez

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

Richard Yetter

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

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

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

Catherine Nettles Cutter

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

Anil Kulkarni

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

Burcu Ozden

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

Lauren Zarzar

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

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

Derek Hall

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Corrosion Rate, Electrochemical Sensor, Membrane-based, Copper Chloride, Electrolyzer

Jian Yang

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

Arash Dahi Taleghani

Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Hydraulic Fracturing, Wellbore, Hydraulic Fracture, Natural Fracture, Lost Circulation Material

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

Shunli Shang

Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Density, First-principles Calculations, Density Functional Theory, Alloying, Thermodynamic Properties

Donghai Wang

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

Timothy Tighe

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

Joseph Najem

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

Nelson Yaw Dzade

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Density, Surface (Surface Science), Density Functional Theory, Heterojunction, Adsorption

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

Sridhar Komarneni

Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Hydrothermal Synthesis, X-Ray Diffraction, Density, Composite Material, Nanocomposite

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

Amir Sheikhi

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

Malgorzata Kowalik

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

Feifei Shi

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Lithium, Lithium Ion Battery, Anode, Lithium-ion Battery, Lithium-Ion Batteries

Christopher Rahn

Associate Dean for Innovation, College of Engineering
Top research keywords: Fluidics, Actuator, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Fluidic Flexible Matrix Composites, Piezoelectric