Plastics Engineering Faculty List

Robert Malloy, Ph.D.

Plastics product design, polymer processing, recycling of thermoplastics.

Stephen Orroth, M.S.

Extrusion, die design, processing, thermoforming, blow molding, & rotational molding

David Kazmer, Ph.D

Plastics product design & process engineering

Stephen McCarthy, Ph.D.

Medical devices, biodegradable polymers, mechanical behavior, applications of CAD/CAM

Gonca Altuger-Genc

Design, Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management. Virtual learning Environments & Self-Directed Lifelong Learning in undergraduate education.

Carol Barry, D.Eng.

Extrusion, injection molding, electrorheology, novel processing techniques, coatings, CAE & nano plastics processing

Bridgette Budhlall, Ph.D.

Synthesis & applications of polymer colloids & soft matter towards stimuli-responsive materials. Emulsion polymers. Photoresist polymers for nanolithography, nanofluidic devices & microcapsules & hybrid nanoparticles for biomedical devices, drug delivery systems & biosensors.

Aldo Crugnola

Mechanical-physical properties, process-induced changes in physical molecular structure

Stephen Driscoll Burke , M.S.

New polymeric materials, additives, fillers, economic evaluations, elastomers, & rheology

Melissa Egan

Biodegradable materials for arthroscopic applications, mechanical testing of cadaveric and synthetic models, and manufacturability techniques

Steven Grossman, Ph.D.

Structure-property relationships of plastics, reactive processing of polymers, polyblends and additives, & new polymerization reactions

Jan Chan Huang, Ph.D.

Physical properties of polymers, conducting polymers, thermodynamics of solutions, modeling and numerical methods

Stephen Johnston, Ph.D.

Computer-aided engineering, computer-aided manufacturing, process control, injection molding, part design, mold design, finite element analysis

Fang Lai, Ph.D.

Plastics processing, process control and instrumentation, powder technology, industrial hazard assessment, SQC/SPC, & statistical methods

Jinkoo Lee, Ph.D.

Ana Maria Marin

Autodesk Moldflow and other process simulation software for part and mold design with thermoplastics and thermosets. Material properties and characterization. Liaison for international students and universities (bilingual English & Spanish).

Joey Mead, Ph.D.

Rubber technology, thermoplastic elastomers, design, properties and processing of elastomers, nano materials.

Ramaswamy Nagarajan, Ph.D.

Biocatalysis, greener advanced materials (electronic, photo-responsive polymers, molecularly integrated hybrid nanomaterials, materials for energy conversion/storage), elastomers, thermal & morphological characterization of materials, roll to roll manufacture of flexible electronic products

Daniel F. Schmidt, Ph.D.

Materials preparation and structure/properties relationships in polymer nanocomposites, polymer crosslinking and network formation, pre-ceramic polymers, sol-gel chemistry and materials analysis (porosimetry, permeation testing, thermal analysis, x-ray diffraction & spectroscopic techniques)

Nick Schott

Extrusion, injection molding, process control, mixing requirements, and product design.

Sally Shady Elghamrawi, Ph.D.

Drug delivery, biodegradable polymers, nanospheres synthesis, & characterization techniques

Meg Sobkowicz-Kline, Ph.D.

Renewable polymers, nanocomposites, organic photovoltaics, rheology, scattering

Ross Stacer, Ph.D.

Elastomers, adhesion & adhesives, fracture and failure analysis, time-dependent phenomena, viscoelasticity, electrorheological materials, & solid rocket propellants

Amad Tayebi

Fibrous materials and composites.  mechanical behavior, performance and failure of plastics products.  air filtration and respiratory protective devices, automated assembly systems. Patent law.

Ming Wei, D.Eng

Nanomanufacturing, polymer blends, surface chemistry, polymer characterization, project management