Polymer Engineering Faculty Research
The Department of Polymer Engineering is part of the world-renowned College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at UA, which has about 40 full-time faculty and 350 graduate students and postdoctoral research associates studying the chemistry, physics and engineering of polymeric materials and systems.
The Center for Polymer Engineering was created in 1983 and the Department of Polymer Engineering in 1984. In 1988 the Center was renamed the Institute of Polymer Engineering. The Department is currently comprised of 15 full-time faculty and approximately 140 graduate students. DPE is housed in three buildings -- the 32,000 sq. ft. Polymer Engineering Academic Center (PEAC); the 70,000 sq. ft. Sidney L. Olson Research Center (OLRC); and the 43,000 sq. ft. National Polymer Innovation Center (NPIC).
The Department of Polymer Engineering is strictly a graduate department, offering both the M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Polymer Engineering. The Department awards about 50 Ph.D. and M.S degrees each year. We are pleased that our graduates have gone on to successful careers in industry, government service, and academia throughout the world. Additionally, there are undergraduate students in the College of Engineering and the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences who often work on either independent projects with DPE faculty or who take some of our courses that are suitable as electives for majors in engineering and the physical sciences.
Our faculty members are recognized worldwide for their contributions to polymer research and education, as well as service to the polymer field. The faculty have been recognized with numerous awards and distinctions, ranging from the International Award of the Society of Plastics Engineers and the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award of the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society, to Fellowships in major polymer-related societies, such as the American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science , American Chemical Society, and the Society of Plastics Engineers. In addition, our younger faculty have been recognized with Faculty Early Career Awards from the National Science Foundation. DPE faculty are actively engaged in various scientific organizations, edit several scientific journals, and have written a number of textbooks and monographs.
Submissions from 2009
Nanocomposites of epoxy with electrospun carbon nanofibers: mechanical behavior, Erol Sancaktar and Darunee Aussawasathien
Natural Frequencies of Composite Cylindrical Helical Springs Manufactured Using Filament Winding, Erol Sancaktar and Sunil Gowrishankar
Mathematical Assessment of the Effects of Parabolic and Spherical Surface Topographies on the Interfacial State of Stress, Erol Sancaktar and Weijian Ma
LCST Behavior of Lightly Charged Aqueous Polyelectrolytes, David Simmons
LCST-Driven Stimuli Responsive Polymers: Analytic Models, David Simmons
Polymer Single Chain Coil-Globule Transitions: A Scaled Particle Theory, David Simmons
A New Approach to Graft Siloxanes to Alkyds, Mark Soucek
Control of Functional Site Location for Thermosetting Latexes, Mark Soucek
Evaluation of New 3-mercaptopropoinate Thiols for Thiol-ene Photopolymerization Coatings Using Experimental Design, Mark Soucek
Real time mechano-optical study on deformation behavior of PTMO/CHDI-based polyetherurethanes under uniaxial extension, E. Unsal, B. Yalcin, I. Yilgor, E. Yilgor, and Mukerrem Cakmak
Degradation effects in a-Si:H thin film transistors and their impact on circuit performance, Bryan Vogt
Elastic Modulus of Amorphous Polymer Thin Films: Relationship to the Glass Transition Temperature, Bryan Vogt
Impact of Adhesive Modulus on Humidity Induced Failure, Bryan Vogt
Impact of polymer modulus/chain mobility on water accumulation at polymer/metal oxide interfaces, Bryan Vogt
Impact of thickness on CO2 concentration profiles within polymer films swollen near the critical pressure, Bryan Vogt
Moisture Attack on Adhesive Joints: Roles of Adhesive and Interface Properties, Bryan Vogt
Ultrathin Adhesives: Confinement Effect on Modulus, Bryan Vogt
Submissions from 2008
Effect of Non-Woven Carbon Nanofiber Mat Presence on Cure Kinetics of Epoxy Nanocomposites, Darunee Aussawasathien and Erol Sancaktar
Electrospun polyacrylonitrile-based carbon nanofibers and their silver modifications: surface morphologies and properties, Darunee Aussawasathien and Erol Sancaktar
A multi-stream flow technique to obtain isotropic texture in extruded thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer melts, D. Boles, Mukerrem Cakmak, and B. Yalcin
A novel microstream injection molding method for thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers to promote mechanical isotropy: A matrixing microbeam X-ray study, D. Boles, Mukerrem Cakmak, and B. Yalcin
Modeling Particle Inflation from Poly(amic acid) Powdered Precursors. III: Experimental Determination of Kinetic Parameters, Camilo I. Cano, Meaghan L. Clark, Thein Kyu, and R. Byron Pipes
Kinetics of Photopolymerization-Induced Phase Separation and Morphology Development in Mixtures of a Nematic Liquid Crystal and Multi-Functional Acrylate, Hatice Duran, Scott Meng, Namil Kim, Jun Hu, Thein Kyu, Lalgudi V. Natarajan, Vincent P. Tondiglia, and Timothy J. Bunning
A novel macroencapsulating immunoisolatory device: the preparation and properties of nanomat-reinforced amphiphilic co-networks deposited on perforated metal scaffold, Gabor Erdodi, Jungmee Kang, Baris Yalcin, Mukerrem Cakmak, Kenneth S. Rosenthall, Sharon Grundfest-Broniatowski, and Joseph P. Kennedy
Nanoparticle-induced radial structural gradients in melt-spun polypropylene/PPgMA fibers, J. H. Fujiyama-Novak and Mukerrem Cakmak
Accurate Simulation of Surfaces and Interfaces of Face-Centered Cubic Metals Using 12- 6 and 9- 6 Lennard-Jones Potentials, Hendrik Heinz
A Force Field for Layered Silicates and Simulation of Interfaces with Surfactants: Structure, Surface Energy, and Phase Transitions, Hendrik Heinz
Atomistic Simulation of Poly(ethylene oxide) In Aqueous Solution: Challenges and Suggestions for Models, Hendrik Heinz
Modification of surface energies of layered silicates through surfactants of different chain length, Hendrik Heinz
Peptide Binding to Metal, Bimetal, and Layered Silicate Even Surfaces, Hendrik Heinz
Peptide Binding to Sheet Silicate and Metal Nanoparticles - Insight from Atomistic Simulation, Hendrik Heinz
Relation between packing density and thermal transitions of alkyl chains on layered silicate and metal surfaces, Hendrik Heinz, R. A. Vaia, and Barry L. Farmer
Photoisomerization of azobenzene grafted to layered silicates: simulation and experimental challenges, Hendrik Heinz, R. A. Vaia, H. Koerner, and B. L. Farmer
Birefringence in Injection-Compression Molding of Amorphous Polymers: Simulation and Experiment, Avraam Isayev
Comparative study of silica-, nanoclay-and carbon black-filled EPDM rubbers, Avraam Isayev
Continuous Ultrasonic Devulcanization: Comparison of Carbon Black Filled Synthetic Isoprene and Natural Rubbers, Avraam Isayev
Frozen-in Birefringence and Optical Performance of Injection/Compression Molded Optical Products: Quantitative Approach, Avraam Isayev
Frozen-in Birefringence, Anisotropic Shrinkage and Luminance in LGP Moldings: Simulation and Experiments, Avraam Isayev
Luminance of injection-molded V-groove light guide plates, Avraam Isayev
Novel process for manufacturing of polymer nanocomposites, Avraam Isayev
Photoviscoelastic behavior and residual thermal birefringence in optical-grade polycarbonates, Avraam Isayev
REGULAR CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES, Avraam Isayev
The Cure Kinetics Model for the Nonisothermal Curing of Polyimide, Avraam Isayev
Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Novel Process for Compounding of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers in Polymer Melts, Avraam Isayev
Ultrasound Aided Extrusion Process for Preparation of Polyolefin-Clay Nanocomposites, Avraam Isayev
Effect of thermal expansion on shape memory behavior of polyurethane and its nanocomposites, Sadhan Jana
Evaluation of nanoparticulate fillers for development of shape memory polyurethane nanocomposites, Sadhan Jana
Fifteen years of nanocomposites research: What is novel about nanoparticles and manufacturing methods, Sadhan Jana
Hygrothermal effects on properties of highly conductive epoxy/graphite composites for applications as bipolar plates, Sadhan Jana
Polyurethane crosslinked silica aerogels, Sadhan Jana
Reinforcement of polyolefins by bottom-up self-assembly of POSS nanoparticles, Sadhan Jana
Shape memory polymer nanocomposites, Sadhan Jana
Aerodynamic Models for Hurricanes: Hurricane Genesis, Functioning, Progpagation and Suppression, Arkadii Leonov
Algebraic Theory of Linear Viscoelastic Nematodynamics, Arkadii Leonov
A Model of Weak Viscoelastic Nematodynamics, Arkadii Leonov
BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE RHEOLOGY OF POLYMERIC FLUIDS, A Text Book for Beginners, Arkadii Leonov
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Withdrawal of Lubricant Containing Polymers, Arkadii Leonov
Flows and Swell of Polymer Melts Extruded from Dies of Various Lengths, Arkadii Leonov
Hurricane suppression by supersonic boom, Arkadii Leonov
Modeling Reaction Injection Molding Process of Phenol-Formaldehyde Resin Filled with Wood Dust, Arkadii Leonov
Nonlinear Viscoelasticity, Damage and Fatigue of Cross-Linked Rubber in Simple Extension, Arkadii Leonov
Numerical Studies of Axial Instability in Contraction Flow, Arkadii Leonov
Simulations of Shearing Rheology of Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers, Arkadii Leonov
Viscoelasticity, Damage and Fatigue of Cross-Linked Rubber in Simple Extension, Arkadii Leonov
Influence of biaxial stretching mode on the crystalline texture in polylactic acid films, X. Ou and Mukerrem Cakmak
Photopolymerization Induced Crystallization and Phase Separation in Poly(ethylene oxide)/Triacrylate Blends, Soo Jeoung Park and Thein Kyu
Effect of the Chemical Characteristics of Mesoporous Silica MCM-41 on Morphological, Thermal, and Rheological Properties, Leon D. Perez, Juan F. Lopez, Victor H. Orozco, Thein Kyu, and Betty L. Lopez
Crystalline-amorphous interaction in relation to phase diagrams of binary polymer blends containing a crystalline constituent, Pankaj Rathi, Tsang-Min Huang, Pratyush Dayal, and Thein Kyu
Complex constitutive adhesive models, Erol Sancaktar
Processing and Engineering Applications of Novel Materials section in ASME IMECE 2008 Proceedings CD-ROM, Erol Sancaktar
A Model for a Thermally Induced Polymer Coil-to-Globule Transition, David Simmons
A model for the thermally induced polymer coil-to-globule transition, David Simmons
Development and Study of a Coupling Agent for Photocurable Hybrid Thiol/Ene/Cationic Formulations., Mark Soucek
Development of Hybrid Polymeric Materials Based on Thiol-Ene/Cationic Formulations, Mark Soucek
Synthesis of Amine and Epoxide Telechelic Siloxanes, Mark Soucek
Synthesis of Telechelic Methacrylic Siloxanes with Cycloaliphatic Substituent Groups for UV-curable Applications, Mark Soucek
Additive Route to Lithographically Defined Nanoporous Silica, Polymer, and Carbon Films, Bryan Vogt
Atomistic-based continuum constitutive relation for microtubules: elastic modulus prediction, Bryan Vogt
Carbon Dioxide Mediated Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica Films: Tuning Properties using Pressure, Bryan Vogt
Effect of Porogen Molecular Architecture and Loading on Structure of Porous Thin Films, Bryan Vogt
Evaluation of the 3D compositional heterogeneity effect on line-edge-roughness, Bryan Vogt
Fundamentals of Adhesion Failure for a Model Adhesive (PMMA/Glass) Joint in Humid Environments, Bryan Vogt
Long Range Concentration Gradients at the Free Surface of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Swollen Polymer Films, Bryan Vogt
Mechanisms of critical relative humidity using combined fracture mechanics and nanoscale characterization, Bryan Vogt
Neutron Reflectivity Profiling of Hydrogen in Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Sensors, Bryan Vogt
Threshold Voltage Instability in a-Si:H TFTs and the Implications for Flexible Displays and Circuits, Bryan Vogt
Molecular Origins of Toughening Mechanism in Uniaxially Stretched Nylon 6 Films with Clay Nanoparticles, B. Yalcin, Z. Ergungor, Y. Konishi, Mukerrem Cakmak, and Celal Batur
Chemorheology of Epoxy/Nickel Conductive Adhesives During Processing and Cure, Jianguo Zhou and Erol Sancaktar