Polymer Engineering Center - People
- Tim Osswald, Lih-Sheng (Tom) Turng, Nicola Ferrier, A. Jeffrey Giacomin, Padma Gopalan, Paul Gramann, Xiaochun Li, Paul F. Nealey, Heidi-Lynn Ploeg, Robert E. Rowlands, Vadim Shapiro, Yuri M. Shkel
A list of active graduate students, email addresses, and fields of research can be found on the Graduate Student page

Professor; Co-Director,
Polymer Engineering Center
Telephone: (608) 263-9538
e-mail: osswald@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: Mixing, extrusion, and composites processing

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)

Associate Professor
Telephone: (608) 265-8793
e-mail: ferrier@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: Robotics, automation, and process monitoring

Professor, Director RRC
Telephone: (608) 262-7473
e-mail: giacomin@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: Rheology in plastics processing

Assistant Professor
Telephone: (608) 265-4258
e-mail: pgopalan@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: Polymer synthesis, SAM block copolymers, and liquid crystalline polymers

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Telephone: (608) 231-1907
e-mail: paul@madisongroup.com
Interests: Structural and failure analysis, composites, and polymer processing and simulation

Assistant Professor
Telephone: (608) 262-6142
e-mail: xcli@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: Rapid prototyping and smart structures

Associate Professor
Telephone: (608) 265-8171
e-mail: nealey@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: Lithography, polymer films, and nanofabrication

Assistant Professor
Telephone: (608) 262-2690
e-mail: ploeg@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: Orthopaedic implants, biomechanics, and bone modeling

Professor
Telephone: (608) 262-3205
e-mail: rowlands@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: Composites and experimental mechanics

Professor
Telephone: (608) 262-3591
e-mail: vshapiro@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: CAD, automation, and geometric modeling
Assistant Professor
Telephone: (608) 263-2479
e-mail: yshkel@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: Field-aided manufacturing of composites and sensing
Associates

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

Assistant Dean, Research and Technology Transfer
Telephone: (608) 265-4104
e-mail: casper@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: Research and Technology Transfer

Assistant Director,
Polymer Engineering Center
Telephone: (608) 263-5963
e-mail: lacey@engr.wisc.edu
Interests: PEC Administration

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
