Lenore Dai
Professor, Chemical engineering
Vice Dean of Faculty Administration, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Research Interests
Surface, interfacial, and colloidal science with emphases on functionalizing nanoparticles and liquid-liquid interfaces; environmentally responsive (“smart”) materials; novel polymers and polymer composites; rheology
Heather Emady
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Particulate process and product design, particle technology, granulation, granular flow, granular heat transfer, particle characterization, multiscale modeling
Matthew Green
Associate Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Ion-containing block copolymers; membrane-based separations; water purification and desalination; membrane-based carbon capture; stimuli-responsive nanocomposites; amphiphilic solution assemblies
Julianne Holloway
Assistant Professor
Chemical engineering
Research Interests
Research group integrates biomaterial design with innovative manufacturing to control and direct stem cell behavior for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.
Kailong Jin
Assistant Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests
3D printing polymer nanocomposites, nanostructured polymer films, covalent organic frameworks (nanoporous polymers), and sustainable polymers for improved chemical circularity.
Wonmo Kang
Assistant Professor
Research Director, Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies
Electrical engineering
Research Interests
Conductors under extreme conditions; advanced manufacturing of graphene-metal composites; materials characterization; synthesis of multifunctional composites; dynamic responses of biological systems; cavitation in soft matter; mechanisms of mild traumatic brain injuries.
Feng Yan
Associate Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Thin film and nanomaterials for solar energy harvesting and conversion; low-dimensional semiconducting chalcogenides and Metal Thioseleno Phosphates; thin film ferroelectrics and multiferroics, scanning probe microscopy for nanoscale characterization, photomechanical response of the semiconductor materials; photoelectrochemical and photocatalysts; biomass materials for nanofibrous composites.
Sui Yang
Assistant Professor
Materials science and engineering
Research Interests
Artificial materials across the scales, placing an emphasis in architecting light-matter interactions that expand or break the traditional technological boundaries.