Wayne State University

Sandro R.P. da Rocha, Ph.D., UT Austin, 2000

Research Interests:

• Colloids in conventional and compressible media
• Drug delivery
• Nanoscale patterning for electronic and sensing applications
• Computational and experimental work

Esin Gulari, Ph.D., Caltech, 1973

Effective July 2006, Dr. Esin Gulari moved to Clemson University as Dean of Engineering and Science.

Research Interests:

• Thermodynamics and transport properties of polymer solutions and melts
• Materials processing with supercritical fluids
• Nano-scale fillers for composites
• Pharmaceutical applications of nanoclays
• Light scattering and optical methods for probing microstructure of complex fluids

Yinlun Huang, Ph.D., Kansas State, 1992

Research Interests:

• Multiscale complex systems modeling
• Integrated system design and control
• Surface coating and finishing
• Systems biology
• Industrial sustainability
• Information technology

Rangaramanujam Kannan, Ph.D., Caltech, 1994

Research Interests:

• Nanomaterials for targeted drug delivery
• Polymer processing, rheo-optics
• scCO 2-ispersed polymer nanocomposites
• Dendrimers for drug delivery
• Polymer blends, rheo-FTIR spectroscopy

Ralph Kummler, Dean of Engineering, Ph.D., John Hopkins, 1966

Research Interests:

• Modeling of combined sewer flows and sediments
• Chemical kinetics
• Computer simulation
• Air pollution control
• Hazardous waste management

Joseph F. Louvar, Ph.D., Wayne State, 1983

Research Interests:

• Chemical Process Safety
• Shortstopping runaway reactions via CFD models
• Characterizing runaway reactions

Charles Manke, Chair, Ph.D., California Berkeley, 1983

Research Interests:

• Mesoscopic simulations of polymer systems and biomolecules
• Rheology of polymer solutions and melts
• Polymer processing in supercritical fluids
• Environmentally benign manufacturing with CO2-soluble compounds.

Guang-Zhao Mao, Ph.D., Minnesota, 1994

Research Interests:

• Directed Self Assembly and Crystallization
• Engineering of hybrid nanostructures and materials
• SPM Imaging of Soft Materials

Howard Matthew, Ph.D., Wayne State, 1992

Research Interests:

• Cell and Tissue Engineering
• Polymeric Biomaterials
• Bioactive Polysaccharides
• Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
• Modeling of Cell-Material Interactions

Simon Ng, Ph.D., Michigan, 1985

Research Interests:

• Heterogenous Catalysis
• Biomaterials and biocompatibility
• Biodiesel Formulation and Characterization
• Gas and Chemical Sensors
• Alternative Energy Technologies

Jeffrey Potoff, Ph.D., Cornell, 1999

Research Interests:

• Molecular modeling, simulation and thermodynamics
• Sensing and filtration of chemical and biological agents
• Vapor-liquid equilibria and critical phenomena

Susil Putatunda, Ph.D., IIT Bombay, 1983

Research Interests:

• Fatigue & fracture
• Alloy development & microstructure property relationship
• Austempered ductile iron
• Austenitic structural steel
• Magnetic materials

Erhard Rothe, Ph.D., Michigan, 1959

Research Interests:

• Surface modifications by means of irradiation with UV laser-light
• Analysis of supercritical CO 2 by laser light
• Production of nano-sized surface features
• Photodissociation of molecules

Steven Salley, Associate Dean, Graduate School, Ph.D., Detroit, 1976

Research Interests:

• Biochemical/biomedical engineering
• Materials for medical applications.

Gina Shreve, Ph.D., Michigan, 1991

Research Interests: