Polymer Engineering Center - People

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    A list of active graduate students, email addresses, and fields of research can be found on the Graduate Student page

     

    Faculty:


    Portrait: Tim A. Osswald

    Tim A. Osswald

    Professor; Co-Director,
    Polymer Engineering Center

    Telephone: (608) 263-9538

    e-mail: osswald@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Mixing, extrusion, and composites processing

     


    Portrait: Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng

    Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng

    Associate Professor; Co-Director,
    Polymer Engineering Center

    Telephone: (608) 262-0586

    e-mail: turng@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Innovative molding processes and computer-aided engineering (CAE)

     


    Portrait: Nicola J. Ferrier

    Nicola J. Ferrier

    Associate Professor

    Telephone: (608) 265-8793

    e-mail: ferrier@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Robotics, automation, and process monitoring

     


    Portrait: A. Jeffrey Giacomin

    A. Jeffrey Giacomin

    Professor, Director RRC

    Telephone: (608) 262-7473

    e-mail: giacomin@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Rheology in plastics processing

     


    Portrait: Padma Gopalan

    Padma Gopalan

    Assistant Professor

    Telephone: (608) 265-4258

    e-mail: pgopalan@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Polymer synthesis, SAM block copolymers, and liquid crystalline polymers

     


    Portrait: Paul Gramann

    Paul Gramann

    Adjunct Assistant Professor

    Telephone: (608) 231-1907

    e-mail: paul@madisongroup.com

    Interests: Structural and failure analysis, composites, and polymer processing and simulation

     


    Portrait: Xiaochun Li

    Xiaochun Li

    Assistant Professor

    Telephone: (608) 262-6142

    e-mail: xcli@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Rapid prototyping and smart structures

     


    Portrait: Paul F. Nealey

    Paul F. Nealey

    Associate Professor

    Telephone: (608) 265-8171

    e-mail: nealey@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Lithography, polymer films, and nanofabrication

     


    Portrait: Heidi-Lynn Ploeg

    Heidi-Lynn Ploeg

    Assistant Professor

    Telephone: (608) 262-2690

    e-mail: ploeg@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Orthopaedic implants, biomechanics, and bone modeling

     


    Portrait: Robert E. Rowlands

    Robert E. Rowlands

    Professor

    Telephone: (608) 262-3205

    e-mail: rowlands@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Composites and experimental mechanics

     


    Portrait: Vadim Shapiro

    Vadim Shapiro

    Professor

    Telephone: (608) 262-3591

    e-mail: vshapiro@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: CAD, automation, and geometric modeling

     


    Portrait: Yuri M. Shkel

    Yuri M. Shkel

    Assistant Professor

    Telephone: (608) 263-2479

    e-mail: yshkel@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Field-aided manufacturing of composites and sensing

     

     


     

    Associates

     


    Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong

    Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong

    Professor, UW-Milwaukee

    Telephone: (414) 229-5946

    e-mail: sgong@uwm.edu

    Interests: Polymer nanocomposites, smart materials (actuators, sensors), photopolymerizable macromers for tissue engineering applications, biobased plastics, polymer processing, polymer thin films, and polymer light emitting diodes.

     


     

     

    Staff


    Lawrence Casper

    Lawrence Casper

    Assistant Dean, Research and Technology Transfer

    Telephone: (608) 265-4104

    e-mail: casper@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Research and Technology Transfer

     


    Chris Lacey

    Chris Lacey

    Assistant Director,
    Polymer Engineering Center

    Telephone: (608) 263-5963

    e-mail: lacey@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: PEC Administration

     


    Helene Demont

    Helene Demont

    Engineering Outreach Program Specialist

    Telephone: (608) 262-5516

    e-mail: demont@engr.wisc.edu

    Interests: Engineering Outreach

     


     


    Students

    A list of active graduate students, email addresses, and fields of research can be found on the Graduate Student page