Research Interests
molecular engineering of soft condensed matter, polymer science and engineering, statistical mechanics and molecular simulation, electrospinning and electrospun fibers
Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990
B.S., University of Virginia, 1983
Publications
Honors and Awards
AIChE Braskem Award for Excellence in Materials Engineering and Science, 2022
Elected AIChE Fellow, 2017
Fellow, PMSE Division, American Chemical Society, 2015
Fiber Society Founder’s Award, 2014
Lammot du Pont Professorship of Chemical Engineering, 2007
Peter Anthony Leermakers Symposium Lecturer, Wesleyan Univ, 2006
Fellow, America Physical Society, 2005
H.A. Morton Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Akron, 2000
Best Paper Award, Plastics Analysis Division, SPE, 1997
National Young Investigator Award, NSF, 1994
3M Innovation Award, 1993
DuPont Young Faculty Award, 1992