Joey Mead

Joey Mead, Plastics Engineering, Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence

Co-Director, Nanomanufacturing Center of Excellence; Deputy Director, NSF Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing; Professor

Phone:

978-934-3446

Fax:

978-458-4141

Office:

Ball Hall 211A

Email:

Joey_Mead@uml.edu

Expertise

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

Research Interest

Elastomers, thermoplastic elastomers, nanomanufacturing, electrospinning, mechanical behavior of elastomers and polymers, interfacial properties of fiber reinforced composites, structure-property relationships, recycling of rubber and elastomeric barrier materials.

Educational Background

S.B., S.M., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Biosketch

Dr. Joey Mead is a Professor in the Plastics Engineering Department at UMass Lowell and Deputy Director of NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing (www.uml.edu/nano). In addition to her academic experience, she worked for more than 10 years at the Army Research Laboratory.