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CPSE Faculty

     Lehigh has a diverse group of faculty members with strong primary interest in polymer science and engineering. In order to provide better opportunities for courses in polymer science and engineering, activities are coordinated through the Center for Polymer Science and Engineering (CPSE) and its academic Polymer Education committee. Polymer faculty from the traditional departments of chemical engineering, chemistry, materials science and engineering, physics, and mechanical engineering and mechanics are participants in the Center. The associated Faculty members, their research interests, home pages (if available) and e-mail/phone contact information are given below.


M.S. El-Aasser, Provost  (610-758-3605; e-mail: mse0@lehigh.edu).

Polymer colloids and colloidal stability, polymer and surface characterization, film formation and coatings, kinetics of emulsion polymerization, dispersion polymerization and inverse emulsion polymerization, emulsions and emulsification processes, monodisperse latex particles, morphology of structured latex particles.


Ivan Biaggio, Associate Professor, Physics (610-758-4916; e-mail: ibv2@lehigh.edu).

Nonlinear Optics, Transient photoconductivity,  Photoluminescence, and Charge Transport.


M.K. Chaudhury, Professor, Chemical Engineering (610-758-4471; e-mail: mkc4@lehigh.edu).

Polymer surfaces, adhesion, tribology, biomaterials.


J.P. Coulter, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, (610-758-6310; e-mail: jc01@lehigh.edu)

Research interest includes the processing of polymer melts with an emphasis on microinjection molding and vibration assisted injection molding processes.


 G.S. Ferguson, Professor, Chemistry (610-758-3462; e-mail: gf03@lehigh.edu).

Inorganic and organic surface chemistry, thin films, polymers.


 N. Foster, Associate Professor, Chemistry (610-758-3646; e-mail: nf00@lehigh.edu).

Associations of small molecules with macromolecules, relaxation phenomena in NMR, site-specific contrast enhancement agents for medical imaging NMR, site-specific pharmaceuticals and the development of in vitro screening techniques for their evaluation.


J. Gilchrist, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering (610-758-4781; e-mail: jfg204@lehigh.edu).

Colloidal and nanoparticle self-organization and assembly, chaotic mixing and segregation of complex fluids and granular materials, microfluidic devices and applications.


 J. Grenestedt, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics  (610-758-4129; e-mail: jog5@lehigh.edu).

Design and mechanical testing of composite material sandwich structures, micro-mechanical modeling of materials and structural optimization.


N.D. Heindel, Professor, Chemistry (610- 758-3464; e-mail: ndh0@lehigh.edu)

Polymer-Drug-Antibody constructs for tumor-directed targeting of anticancer therapeutics. Dextran, cellulose, and synthetic derivatives of polysachharides for controlled release of pharmaceuticals.


R.W. Hertzberg, Emeritus Professor, Materials Science and Engineering (610-758-4226; e-mail: rwh1@lehigh.edu).

Fatigue crack propagation in plastics and metals, failure analysis of engineering solids, prosthetic devices, fracture of bells (history of the Liberty Bell).


A. Jagota, Professor, Chemical Engineering (610-758-4396; e-mail: anj6@lehigh.edu).

Adhesion, DNA/carbon nanotube hybrids, Biomimetics of setal adhesion; Mechanics and Computational Methods


A. Klein, Professor, Chemical Engineering (610-758-4219; e-mail: ak04@lehigh.edu).

Emulsion polymerization, kinetics and mechanism, colloid and surface chemical effects in emulsion polymerization mechanism and applications, scale-up problems in emulsion polymerization.


T. Liu, Assistant Professor, Chemistry (610-758-2987; e-mail: til204@lehigh.edu)

Exploration of complex solution behaviors and unique self-assembly processes of polymers, hydrophilic inorganic macro-ions, polyelectrolytes and colloids.


A.J. McHugh, Professor and Chairman, Chemical Engineering (610-758-4260; e-mail: ajm8@lehigh.edu)

Research in polymer materials and engineering, including polymer colloids, polymer processing rheology, and polymer solutions with applications in membrane formation and controlled drug delivery systems.


H.F.  Nied, Professor and Chairman, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics; Director of the Institute of Fracture and Solid Mechanics (610-758-4128; e-mail: hfn2@lehigh.edu)

Fracture mechanics, finite element analysis, polymer processing and design, microelectronic packaging.


 H.D. Ou-Yang, Professor, Physics (610-758-3920; e-mail: hdo0@lehigh.edu).

Dynamic light scattering from colloid suspensions, polymer solutions and adsorption of polymers on colloidal surfaces.


 R.A. Pearson, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering and Director, CPSE (610-758-3857; e-mail: rp02@lehigh.edu).

Fatigue, fracture, and yielding mechanisms in homopolymers, copolymers, and polymer blends; processing of engineering thermoplastics and high performance thermosets.


 S.L. Regen, Professor, Chemistry (610-758-4842; e-mail: slr0@lehigh.edu).

Polymer synthesis, catalysis, surface and materials science.


J.E. Roberts, Associate Professor, Chemistry (610-758-4841; e-mail: jer1@lehigh.edu).

Solid-state and solution NMR spectroscopy; polymer adsorption onto colloidal particles; structure of particle interfaces.


 C.A. Silebi, Professor, Chemical Engineering (610-758-4267; e-mail: cas5@lehigh.edu).

Chromatographic separation of colloid particles, axial dispersion in flow through curved tubes, electrophoretic separation of colloids, rheology of colloidal dispersions.


L.H. Sperling, Emeritus Professor, Chemical Engineering (610-758-3845; e-mail: lhs0@lehigh.edu).

Naturally functionalized triglyceride oils, interpenetrating polymer networks, neutron scattering on polymer latexes during film formation, noise damping with polymers


 A.S. Voloshin, Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics (610-758-4118; e-mail: av01@lehigh.edu).

Experimental strain analysis of interphases.

    

 
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