Faculty

Faculty Working in Materials and/or Polymers

Name	University	Phone number
Arvind Agarwal [View Details] Arvind Agarwal University of Central Florida (305) 348-1701 Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering 10555 West Flagler Street, EC 3464 Florida International University Miami, FL 33174 Research Interests: Nanomechanics and Surface Engineering agarwala@fiu.edu [Home Page]	University of Central Florida	(305) 348-1701
Jim Brenner [View Details] Jim Brenner Florida Institute of Technology (321) 674-8086 Florida Institute of Technology 150 West University Boulevard Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 Research Interests: Development of nanostructured adsorbents, purifiers, and heat transfer media for the hydrogen, microelectronics, specialty chemicals, and pharmaceutical industries. jbrenner@fit.edu [Home Page]	Florida Institute of Technology	(321) 674-8086
Yajie Dong [View Details] Yajie Dong University of Central Florida 12424 Research Parkway Suite 483 Orlando, FL 32826 Yajie.Dong@ucf.edu [Home Page]	University of Central Florida
Anter El-Azab [View Details] Anter El-Azab Florida State University (850) 644-2434 Dirac Science Library Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Research Interests: Metals, ceramics, thin films and nanostructures, multiscale modeling of materials, Nuclear Fuels anter@scs.fsu.edu [Home Page]	Florida State University	(850) 644-2434
Daniel Hallinan Jr [View Details] Daniel Hallinan Jr Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (850) 410-6169 College of Engineering 2525 Pottsdamer Street, A131 Tallahassee, FL 32310-6046 Research Interests: Electrochemical Energy Storage, Polymer-Inorganic Composites for Lithium Batteries, Stress at Block Copolymer Interfaces, Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes dhallinan@fsu.edu [Home Page]	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	(850) 410-6169
Daniel Hallinan Jr [View Details] Daniel Hallinan Jr Florida State University (850) 410-6169 College of Engineering 2525 Pottsdamer Street, A131 Tallahassee, FL 32310-6046 Research Interests: Electrochemical Energy Storage, Polymer-Inorganic Composites for Lithium Batteries, Stress at Block Copolymer Interfaces and Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes dhallinan@fsu.edu [Home Page]	Florida State University	(850) 410-6169
Richard Hennig [View Details] Richard Hennig University of Florida (352) 392-7327 154 Rhines Hall University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 Research Interests: Computational materials science, ab-initio methods, structure prediction algorithms, two-dimensional materials, materials for energy technologies, solid-liquid interfaces rhennig@mse.ufl.edu [Home Page]	University of Florida	(352) 392-7327
Pei-Feng Hsu [View Details] Pei-Feng Hsu Florida Institute of Technology (321) 674-7246 Florida Institute of Technology 150 West University Boulevard Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 Research Interests: Numerical modeling of multidimensional radiation heat transfer in flames, combustion systems, and radiating gases with spectrally dependent properties. phsu@fit.edu [Home Page]	Florida Institute of Technology	(321) 674-7246
Mark Jack [View Details] Mark Jack Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (850) 599-8457 419 Fred-Humphries Science Research Center (formerly: 108 Jones Hall) Tallahassee, FL 32307 Research Interests: Quantum mechanics, nano- and metamaterials, transport, PV, high-performance computing mark.jack@famu.edu [Home Page]	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	(850) 599-8457
Sungmoon Jung [View Details] Sungmoon Jung Florida State University (850) 410-6386 Florida AMU-FSU College of Engineering Tallahassee, FL 32310-6046 Research Interests: computational intelligence, structural health monitoring, optimization, reliability assessment, wind engineering sjung@eng.fsu.edu [Home Page]	Florida State University	(850) 410-6386
Edward Kalajian [View Details] Edward Kalajian Florida Institute of Technology (321) 674-8020 Florida Institute of Technology 150 West University Boulevard Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 Research Interests: Geotechnical engineering and on the use of waste materials for beneficial uses. kalajian@fit.edu [Home Page]	Florida Institute of Technology	(321) 674-8020
Zhiyong (Richard) Liang [View Details] Zhiyong (Richard) Liang Florida State University (850) 645-8998 Florida State University Materials Research Building 2005 Levy Ave. Tallahassee, FL 32310 Research Interests: Composite materials and processing, Polymer materials, Multifunctional materials, Process modeling and Simulation for material processing liang@eng.fsu.edu [Home Page]	Florida State University	(850) 645-8998
Rob MacCuspie [View Details] Rob MacCuspie Florida Polytechnic University (863) 583-9050 4700 Research Way Lakeland, FL 33805 Research Interests: Nanomaterial environmental, health and safety measurement; Chemistry rmaccuspie@flpoly.org [Home Page]	Florida Polytechnic University	(863) 583-9050
Mary Helen McCay [View Details] Mary Helen McCay Florida Institute of Technology (321) 309-4960 Florida Institute of Technology 150 West University Boulevard Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 Research Interests: Influence of the gravitational force on single crystal growth, directional solidification,and casting. mmccay@fit.edu [Home Page]	Florida Institute of Technology	(321) 309-4960
Kunal Mitra [View Details] Kunal Mitra Florida Institute of Technology (321) 674-7131 Florida Institute of Technology 150 West University Boulevard Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 Research Interests: Interaction of short pulse lasers with scattering absorbing media such as tissues, ocean water and clouds for non-invasive detection. kmitra@fit.edu [Home Page]	Florida Institute of Technology	(321) 674-7131
Gordon Nelson [View Details] Gordon Nelson Florida Institute of Technology (321) 674-7260 Florida Institute of Technology 150 West University Boulevard Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 Research Interests: Polymers, particularly polymer degradation and flammability. nelson@fit.edu [Home Page]	Florida Institute of Technology	(321) 674-7260
William Oates [View Details] William Oates Florida State University (850) 645-0139 Aeropropulsion, Mechatronics and Energy Center Florida A&M / Florida State University 2003 Levy Ave. Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA Research Interests: Solid mechanics of active materials, Smart material device design, Nonlinear control woates@fsu.edu [Home Page]	Florida State University	(850) 645-0139
Nina Orlovskaya [View Details] Nina Orlovskaya University of Central Florida (407) 823-5770 Research Interests: Fuel cells, Ceramics, Perovskites, Composites Nina.Orlovskaya@ucf.edu [Home Page]	University of Central Florida	(407) 823-5770
Maria Pozo de Fernandez [View Details] Maria Pozo de Fernandez Florida Institute of Technology (321) 624-8838 F.W. Olin Engineering, 254 150 W. University Blvd. Melbourne, FL 32901 Research Interests: Measurement of gas sorption and volume at elevated temperatures and pressures mpozo@fit.edu [Home Page]	Florida Institute of Technology	(321) 624-8838
Bhavani Sankar [View Details] Bhavani Sankar University of Florida (352) 392-6749 Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering 231 MAE-A Building, P.O. Box 116250 Gainesville, FL 32611-6250 Research Interests: Composite materials and structures sankar@ufl.edu [Home Page]	University of Florida	(352) 392-6749
Yahya Ibrahim Sharaf-Eldeen [View Details] Yahya Ibrahim Sharaf-Eldeen Florida Institute of Technology (321) 674-8124 Florida Institute of Technology 150 West University Boulevard Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 Research Interests: Mathematical modeling, simulation, design and control of dynamic systems. eldeen@fit.edu [Home Page]	Florida Institute of Technology	(321) 674-8124
Sesha Srinivasan Srinivasan [View Details] Sesha Srinivasan Srinivasan Florida Polytechnic University (863) 583-9050 4700 Research Way Lakeland, FL 33805-8531 Research Interests: physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering, nanotechnology, renewable energy and sustainable technologies ssrinivasan@floridapolytechnic.org [Home Page]	Florida Polytechnic University	(863) 583-9050
Manolis Tomadakis [View Details] Manolis Tomadakis Florida Institute of Technology (321) 674-8068 Florida Institute of Technology 150 West University Boulevard Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 Research Interests: Development of computer simulation algorithms for estimating transport and structural properties of porous and composite materials. tomadaki@fit.edu [Home Page]	Florida Institute of Technology	(321) 674-8068
Ken Wagener [View Details] Ken Wagener University of Florida (352) 392-4666 The Wagener Research Group Department of Chemistry University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611-7200 Research Interests: Synthesis of model polymers for polyolefins, preparation of latent elastomer structures Wagener@chem.ufl.edu [Home Page]	University of Florida	(352) 392-4666
Kurt Winkelman [View Details] Kurt Winkelman Florida Institute of Technology (321) 674-7376 Florida Institute of Technology 150 West University Boulevard Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 Research Interests: Rates and mechanisms of photocatalytic reactions. kwinkel@fit.edu [Home Page]	Florida Institute of Technology	(321) 674-7376
Stephen Wood [View Details] Stephen Wood Florida Institute of Technology (321) 674-7244 Florida Institute of Technology 150 West University Boulevard Melbourne, FL 32901-6975 Research Interests: Ocean Energy Systems and Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) technology. swood@fit.edu [Home Page]	Florida Institute of Technology	(321) 674-7244

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Faculty

Faculty Working in Materials and/or Polymers