Affiliated Researchers: Mechanical Properties

Zhezhen Fu

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

Vincent Meunier

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Graphene, Nanoribbon, Density, Electronic Properties, Carbon Nanotube

Allison Beese

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Three Dimensional Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), Mechanical Properties, Ti-6Al-4V

Mansour Solaimanian

Associate Research Professor, Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
Top research keywords: Asphalt Concrete, Asphalt Mixture, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement, Pavement, Superpave

Anil Kulkarni

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

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

Jeffrey Catchmark

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

Amanul Haque

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Thin Films, Nanowire, Film, Nanoscale, Density

Aleksandra Radlinska

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Material Properties, Alkali-activated Slag, Restrained Ring Test, Drying Shrinkage, Early-age Cracking

Bryan Vogt

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Film, Thin Films, Copolymer, Surface (Surface Science), Polystyrene

Robert Hickey

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymer, Nanoparticle, Copolymer, Self Assembly, Nanoparticles

Jiawei Gong

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

Douglas Wolfe

Associate Vice President for Research and Director of Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
Top research keywords: Physical Vapor Deposition, Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition, Barrier Coating, Thermal Barrier, Electron Beam Physical Vapor Deposition (EB-PVD)

Wenjie Li

Assistant Research Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Thermoelectrics, Thermoelectricity, Sintering, Thermoelectric Materials, Density

Robert Mathers

Professor, Penn State New Kensington
Top research keywords: Polymerization, Hydrophobicity, Self Assembly, Copolymer, Monomer

Derek Elsworth

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Permeability Evolution, Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale, Carbon Dioxide, Porosity

Timothy Simpson

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

Jude Liu

Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Herbaceous Biomass, Switchgrass, Hemp, Harvest-assist, Apple Harvest

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

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

Ali Memari

Professor and Bernard and Henrietta Hankin Chair in Residential Building Construction, Architectural Engineering
Top research keywords: Curtain Wall, Curtain Wall Systems, Glazing System, Residential Building, Glazing Systems

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

Nathan Keim

Associate Research Professor, Physics
Top research keywords: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Amorphous Solids, Disordered Materials, Disordered Solids

Osama Awadelkarim

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Silicon, Oxide Compound, Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor, Gate Oxide, Parylene C

Ralph Colby

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ionomer, Rheology, Polyethylene Glycol, Copolymer, Glass Transition Temperature

Timothy Tighe

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

Sohail Anwar

Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Engineering Technology, Engineering, Penn State, Baccalaureate Degree, Electromechanical Engineering

Amrita Basak

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Epitaxy, Three Dimensional Printing, Scanning Laser Epitaxy, Powder Bed Fusion, Additive Manufacturing

Shihui Shen

Distinguished Professor, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences & Technology (Altoona)
Top research keywords: Asphalt Pavements, Asphalt Mixture, Pavement, Asphalt Pavement, Asphalt Binder

Yuan Xuan

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Aromatics, Soot, Sooting Tendency, Flamelets, Pyrolysis

Guha Manogharan

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Additive Manufacturing, Metal Additive Manufacturing, Ti-6Al-4V (Ti64), Binder Jetting, 3D Sand Printing

Edward Smith

Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Top research keywords: Rotors, Rotor Blade, Rotorcraft, Flaps, Fluidics

John Mauro

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

T.C. Mike Chung

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Copolymers, Organometallics, Polypropylenes, Polyolefins, Polymers

Bed Poudel

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

Gamini Mendis

Assistant Professor of Engineering, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Energy Consumption, Genetic Algorithm, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Machine Tool

Zoubeida Ounaies

Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Piezoelectricity, Composite Material, Actuator, Piezoelectric

Stephen Lynch

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

Parisa Shokouhi

Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Top research keywords: Ultrasonics, Nonlinearity, Impact-echo, Wave Velocity, Bridge Decks

Seong Kim

Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Sum Frequency Generation, Silicon, Film, Sum-frequency Generation Spectroscopy

Yun Kyung Shin

Associate Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: ReaxFF, Surface (Surface Science), ReaxFF Reactive Force Field, Computer Simulation, Force Field