Plastics processing, including extrusion, injection molding, and novel processing techniques; nanomanufacturing with polymers; 3D printing

Polymer colloids, soft matter, stimuli-responsive polymers, emulsion polymerization and water-based polymer coatings, inks and adhesives. Photoresist polymers for nanolithography, nanofluidic devices & microcapsules & hybrid nanoparticles for nanomedicine, biomedical devices, drug delivery devices and biosensors.

Additive Manufacturing, Controlled Release, Polyelectrolyte Processing, Finite Element Analysis, Cell-Material Interactions, Interfacial Phenomena

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

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

Plastics product and process design, process simulation, instrumentation, and control

Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Science, Materials Science, Nanoscience & Technology, Opto-electronic devices, Photophysical characterization

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

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.

Renewable polymers, Plastics processing, nanocomposites, organic photovoltaics and electronics, rheology, scattering