FACULTY DIRECTORY AND RESEARCH AREAS
CMSE faculty have varied interests and specialties that span the breadth of macromolecular science and engineering.
MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Drug Delivery, Chelating Polymers.
Hydrogels, Stimuli Responsive Materials, Nanocomposites.
Dynamic Networks, Polyesters, and Biodegradation.
Polymer Synthesis, Polyelectrolyte Complexation, Self-assembly.
Organic Electronics, Polymer Nanocomposites, Thin Films for Optoelectronics.
CHEMISTRY
Supramolecular Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Functional Molecules/Materials.
Polymer Simulations, Membranes, Structure & Interactions, Macromolecular Design.
Sustainable Polymer Synthesis, Degradable Polymers, Green Chemistry.
Polymer Self Assembly, Scattering, Energy Absorping Materials.
Cyclic Polymer Synthesis & Applications, Conducting Polymers, Metallopolymers.
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Polymer Synthesis, Controlled Architectures, Stimuli Responsive Materials.
Organic Electronics, Network Dynamics, Supramolecular Interactions, Crystalline Soft Matter.
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Polymer Synthesis, Biomimetics, Soft Living Materials, Intracellular Phase Separation, Underwater Adhesives.
Polymerization Catalysts, Polyolefin Synthesis, Surface Organometallic Chemistry.
Polymer Synthesis, Membranes, Aliphatic Polysulfones, Polyolefin and Metathesis Chemistry.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Coating & Encapsulation of Inorganic Particules In Polymer Matrices.
Polymer Dynamics, Polyelectrolyte Physics, Brownian Dynamics Simulations.
Conjugated Polymers, Nanocomposites, Electrochemistry, Photoelectrochemistry.
Complex Fluids, Colloids, Interfacial Science, Electrokinetics, Rheology, Mathmatical Modeling, Computation.
Catalytic Polymer Upcycling, Polymer Hydrogenolysis, DFT Simulations.
Polymer/Protein Assembly, Biomaterials, Nano/Micro-Patterned Thin Films, Scattering.
Shape Memory Polymers, Stimuli-Responsive Materials, Nanostructured Coatings.
Shape Memory Polymers, Stimuli-Responsive Materials, Nanostructured Coatings.
Molecular Simulations, Rheology, Dispersity, Amorphous Polymers, Separations, Proteins.
Natural Biopolymers, Biomaterials, Viscoelastic Materials/Rheological Properties, Crystalline Biopolymers.
Self-Assembly, Nanostructure Interactions, Xyloglucan Extraction, Hydrogel Synthesis.
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Magnetic Nanoparticle/Microparticle Polymer Composites For Biomedical Applications.
Peptides, Glycopeptides, Self-Assembly, Supramolecular Materials.
Biomaterials For Immune Engineering.
Polymer synthesis, hydrogels, immuno-modulatory materials.
Polymer synthesis, hydrogels, immuno-modulatory materials.
Polymer synthesis, hydrogels, immuno-modulatory materials.
MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Rheology, Structure, Applications of Hydrogels, Microgels, Biopolymers, 3D Printing with Soft Matter
Multiphase, Poroelastic, Soft Tissue Mechanics, Transport, finite Element Models
Hydrogels, Atomistic Modeling, Mechanical Behavior, Shockwave Propagation, Fracture