Affiliated Faculty
Iskander Akhatov, Ph.D.
Lomonosov University of Moscow, 1983
Research Interests:
Fluid Dynamics, Multiphase Systems, Heat and Mass Transfer
Stefan Balaz, Ph.D. , D.Sc.
Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1986
Postdoctorals:
Institute for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Borstel, Germany, 1988-89; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1996
Research Interests:
Subcellular, Pharmacokinetics and Quantitative Structure-Time-Activity Relationships
Nikita Barabanov, Ph.D.
University of Kiev, 1979
Research Interests:
Differential Equations, Control Theory, Optimization, Neural Networks.
Achintya N. Bezbaruah , Ph.D.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), 2002
Research Interests:
Environmental sensors, Recalcitrant and micro pollutants, Contaminant fate and transport, Small community water and wastewater treatment, Environmental management
Gordon P. Bierwagen, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 1968
Research Interests:
Surface chemistry of coatings materials, corrosion, electrochemistry
of coatings, coating lifetime prediction, concentrated random composites
Bret Chisholm, Ph.D.
University of Southern Mississippi, 1993
Research Interests:
Combinatorial chemistry methods for coatings, novel organic-inorganic coatings applications, new polyester nanocomposites
Davis Cope, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt University, 1980
Research Interests:
Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Methods, Applied Mathematics
Stuart G. Croll, Ph.D.
University of Leeds, UK, 1974
Postdoctoral:
National Research Council, Canada
Research Interests:
Weathering durability of coatings, physical chemistry and suspension stability,
pigment-polymer interactions, film formation processes, coating and polymer physics
Alan R. Denton, Ph.D.
Cornell University, 1991
Postdoctoral, University of Guelph, 1991-94; Technical University of Vienna, 1994-95, Research Center Julich, 1996-98
Research Interests: Soft Condensed Matter Theory, Computational Physic
Daniel L. Ewert, Ph.D.
University of North Dakota, 1989
Research Interests:
Biomedical Engineering
Thomas P. Freeman, Ph.D.
Arizona State University, 1968
Research Interests:
Plant Structure, Light and Electron Microscopy, Ultrastructure of Chloroplasts
Victoria Johnston Gelling, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University, 2001
Research Interests:
Corrosion control of active metal substrates by environmentally friendly coating, electroactive conducting polymers (ECPs) as corrosion inhibitors, electrochemical experimental techniques for the examination of coated substrates
Mark J. Schroeder, Ph.D.
University of Texas, 1999
Douglas L. Schulz, Ph.D.
Northwestern University, 1993
Chung-Souk Han , Ph.D.
University of Hannover, Germany, 1999
Research Interests:
Computational mechanics and simulation techniques, Crystal plasticity and composite materials, Micromechanical characterization/modeling at the micron and nanometer scale, Mechanics of polymers, Macroscopic modeling of anisotropic materials
Thomas Ihle, Ph.D.
Technical University Aachen, Germany,
1996.
Research Interests: Theory and Simulation of Complex Fluids (Colloids,
miroemulsions
and Biopolymers).
Alan R. Kallmeyer, Ph.D.
University of Iowa, 1995
Research Interests:
Theoretical, Computational, and Experimental Solid Mechanics, Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials, Composite Materials
Ghodrat Karami, Ph.D.
Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, 1984
Research Interests:
Computational Solid Mechanics, Finite and Boundary Elements, Composite Micro and Nanomechanics, Continuum Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Nonlinear and Large Deformation and Analysis, Thermoelastic Analysis.
Dinesh Katti, Ph.D.
University of Arizona, 1991
Research Interests:
Geotechnical Engineering, Constitutive Modeling of Geologic Materials, Expansive Soils, Multiscale Modeling, Steered Molecular Dynamics, Computational Mechanics, Nanocomposite, and Bio-nanocomposites. Computational Biophysics
Kalpana Katti, Ph.D.
University of Washington, 1996
Research Interests:
Advanced Composites, Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, Biomimetics, Materials Characterization and Modeling, Analytical Electron Microscopy, and Microspectroscopy, Bone Tissue engineering
Rajesh G. Kavasseri, Ph.D.
Washington State University, 2002
Research Interests:
Power Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, Renewable Energy resources
Daniel M Kroll, Ph.D.
University of Chicago, 1973.
Research Interests: Theoretical and Computational Modeling of Complex Fluids and Biomembranes.
Ivan T. Lima Jr., Ph.D.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2003
Research Interests:
Photonics
Mohammad Mahinfalah, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 1988
Research Interests:
Experimental Mechanics, Stress Analysis, Composite Materials, Fracture Mechanics
Valery R. Marinov, Ph.D.
Manufacturing Engineering, Technical University of Sofia, 1992
Research Interests: Process Modeling for Machining, Theory of Metal Cutting, Tribological Coatings, Including Nanocomposite Coatings and Deposition Methods, Design for Composites Manufacturing Processes, Packaging for low-cost disposable microelectronics, Direct-write material deposition methods, Laser processing
Sylvio May, Ph.D.
Jena, 1996
Research Interests:
Physics of Lipid Membranes, Biophysics
Suranjan Panigrahi, Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 1992
Research Interests:
Machine Systems, Machine Vision, Artificial Intelligence
Seth C. Rasmussen, Ph.D.
Clemson University, 1994; Postdoctoral, University of Oregon, 1995-1999
Research Area:
Inorganic/Organic Materials Chemistry, Chemical History
Jing Shi, Ph.D.,
Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 2004
Research Interests:
Microelectronics Packaging, Direct Write Material Depositing, Laser Processing for Electronics, RFID Applications, Numerical Modeling of Manufacturing Processes, Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Jagdish Singh, Ph.D.
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 1982
Postdoctoral:
University of Otago, New Zealand, 1985-88; University of California--San Francisco, 1992-94
Research Interests:
Novel Dosage and Drug Delivery Systems, Biopharmaceutics
Dean D. Steele, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, 1991
Research Interests:
Irrigation and Environmental Engineering
James J-S. Stone, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992
Postdoctoral, Mayo Clinic, 1992-1993
Research Interests:
Tissue/Cell Engineering, Biomaterials, Bioengineering, Computer-Aided Design, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing, Nanotechnology, Composites, Experimental Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis
Wenfang Sung, Ph.D.
Institute of Photographic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1995; Postdoctoral, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1997-1999
Research Area:
Organic Materials Chemistry
Orven Swenson, Ph.D.
Air Force Institute of Technology, 1982
Research Interests:
Laser Sintering, Fiber Lasers, Optics
Dennis E. Tallman, Ph.D.
The Ohio State University, 1968; Postdoctoral, Cornell University, 1968-1970
Research Area:
Electrochemistry, Materials
Alexander J. Wagner, Ph.D.
University of Oxford, 1997
Postdoctoral MIT, 1998-2000, Edinburgh, 2000-2002
Research Interests: Computational Soft Matter, Phase Separation, Diffusion, Interfaces Physics
Dean Webster, Ph.D.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1984
Research Interests:
Synthesis of high performance polymers, polymerization reactions, crosslinking chemistry, and quantitative structure-property relationship
David L. Wells, Ph.D., C.Mfg.E.
Engineering Management, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1996
Research Interests:
Assembly of Micro and Nano Components, Printed Electronics, Process Engineering for Electronics Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Product Realization, Application of RFID Technology, Quantitative Manufacturing Management, Advanced Manufacturing in Economic Development
Dennis P. Wiesenborn, Ph.D.
Rice University, 1989
Research Interests:
Food and Added Value Process Engineering
Frank Yazdani, Ph.D.
University of New Mexico, 1987
Research Interests:
Structures, Constitutive Modeling of Materials, and Continuum Mechanics
Weihong (Katie) Zhong, Ph.D.
Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, 1994
Research Interests:
Polymer and Composite Materials, Nanocomposites, Composite Processing Technologies, Mechanical, Electrical, and Thermal Properties of Materials.
