Research

Research by Faculty

Dr. Gordon Bierwagen
Surface Chemistry of Coatings Measurement
Modeling and Prediction of Corrosion in Coated Metal Systems
Computer Modeling of Highly Pigmented Organic Coatings & Coating Design
New Methods of Characterizing Absorption on Pigment-Molecular Weight Effects

Dr. Stuart Croll
Weathering Durability of Coatings
Physical Chemistry and Suspension Stability
Pigment-Polymer Interactions
Film Formation Processes
History of Paint Technology
Coating and Polymer Physics

Dr. Dean Webster
Quantitative structure-property relationships
Synthesis of new high performance polymers
Polymerization reactions
Use of natural products in coatings systems
New crosslinking chemistry, kinetics
Combinatorial Materials Science
Radiation curable polymers

Dr. Andriy Voronov
Synthesis of new amphiphilic invertible polymers (also macromers)
Self-assembly and properties of  invertible polymeric micelles
Development of responsive invertible polymeric coatings
Size- and shape-controlled synthesis of nanoparticles

Dr. Victoria J. Gelling
Corrosion control of active metal substrates by environmentally friendly coatings
Electroactive conducting polymers (ECPs) as corrosion inhibitors
The use of electrochemical experimental techniques for the examination of coated substrates

 

 

Last Updated: Thursday, October 26, 2008