Affiliated Researchers: Materials Properties

Zhezhen Fu

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Sintering, Powders, Specific Density, Fracture Toughness, Garnets

Aleksandra Radlinska

Hartz Family Career Development Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Slags, Concretes, Slag, Portland Cement, Drying

Mansour Solaimanian

Associate Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Top research keywords: Asphalt Concrete, Asphalt, Asphalt Pavements, Binders, Pavements

Yi Wang

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

Vincent Meunier

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Nanoribbon, Electronic Properties, Graphene Nanoribbon, Graphene, Density Functional Theory

Sridhar Komarneni

Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Microwaves, Hydrothermal Synthesis, Gels, Positive Ions, Nanocomposites

Jeffrey Catchmark

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Pullulan, Nanowhiskers, Polysaccharides, Crystalline Materials

Anil Kulkarni

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Spark Plasma Sintering, Sintering, Tungsten, Fires, Heat

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

Assistant Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Fabrication, Composite Materials, Clay, 3D Printers, Robotics

Michael Lanagan

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Permittivity, Dielectric Material, Dielectric Properties, Superconducting Materials, Ceramic

Timothy Simpson

Paul Morrow Professor in Engineering Design and Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Product Family, 3D Printers, Design, Manufacturing, Students

Joshua Robinson

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Graphene, Monolayers, Transition Metals, Heterojunctions, Monolayer

Allison Beese

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: 3D Printers, Austenitic Stainless Steel, Additive, Powders, Lasers

Ming Xiao

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Soils, Erosion, Soil, Fluids, Sand

Stephen Chmely

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Lignin, Catalysts, Biomass, Stereolithography, Ligands

Melik Demirel

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Proteins, Protein, Liquid Film, Thin Films, Polymers

Nelson Yaw Dzade

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

Semih Eser

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Jet Fuel, Carbon, Deposits, Carbonization, Jet

Ali Memari

Professor and Bernard and Henrietta Hankin Chair in Residential Building Construction, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Sealants, Glass, Earthquakes, Mockups, Curtain

Zoubeida Ounaies

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Polymers, Electric Fields, Nanocomposites, Composite Materials, Carbon Nanotubes

Qing Wang

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Polymers, Ferroelectric Materials, Nanocomposites, Dielectric Material, Poly(vinylidene)

Raymond E. Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Nanoparticles, Nanocrystals, Nanoparticle, Nanocrystal, Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Benjamin Lear

Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Mixed Valence, Ligands, Gold Nanoparticles, Electrons, Gold Nanoparticle

Robert Mathers

Professor, Penn State New Kensington
Top research keywords: Polymerization, Monomers, Polymers, Monomer, Hydrophobicity

Stephanie Law

Associate Professor and Norris B. McFarlane Faculty Career Development Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Topological Insulators, Plasmonics, Nonconductor, Plasmons, Semiconductor Materials

Fariborz Tavangarian

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Scaffolds, Tissue Engineering, Mechanical Activation, Powders, Nanostructures

Ola Rashwan

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Solar Cells, Perovskite, Thin Film Solar Cells, Lead, Electronic Properties

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan

Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Carbon, Carbon Atom, Alcohols, Nanoporosity, Polypyrroles

Bed Poudel

Associate Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectricity, Skutterudites, Figure Of Merit, Nanostructures, Bismuth

Osama Awadelkarim

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Oxides, Polysilicon, Silicon, Plasmas, Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy

Zhiqiang Mao

Professor, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Superconductivity, Superconductor, Superconducting Materials, Metalloids, Fermi Surface

Wenjie Li

Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectricity, Ceramic, Sintering, Yttrium Oxide, Skutterudites

Scott H. Medina

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Peptides, Peptide, Cells, Proteins, Membranes

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

Xiawa Wu

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Cellulose Nanocrystals, Cellulose, Molecular Dynamics, Nanocrystal, Crystalline Materials

Timothy Tighe

Assistant Research Professor, Materials Characterization Lab
Top research keywords: Self Assembled Monolayers, Monolayers, Self Assembled Monolayer, Atoms, Monolayer

Bryan Vogt

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Liquid Film, Block Copolymers, Thin Films, Polymer Films, Carbon Films

Bladimir Ramos-Alvarado

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Liquids, Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC), Heat Sinks, Wettability, Fuel Cells

Nutifafa Yao Doumon

Assistant Professor and Virginia S. & Philip L. Walker Jr. Faculty Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Organic Solar Cells, Solar Cells, Fullerenes, Perovskite Solar Cells, Solar Cell

Sibel Irmak

Research Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Biomass, Reforming Reactions, Catalysts, Hydrogen, Catalyst Supports