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Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award

NSF CAREER Award

Hybrid Chemomechanical Plastics Recycling: Solvent‐free, High‐Speed Reactive Extrusion of Low‐Density Polyethylene

Efficacy, economics, and sustainability of bio-based insecticides from thermochemical biorefineries

Infusible acrylic thermoplastic resins: Tailoring of chemorheological properties

I believe in balancing experimental work with theoretical and modeling studies. Theoretical models provide the framework for interpreting experimental results available from rheology, ellipsometry, microscopy, and spectroscopy experiments. I am working to advance the science and technology of biobased polymers, polymer membranes, and the computer simulation of polymeric materials.

Ecological concerns are a predominant theme for the 21st century; humanity must develop sustainable systems for materials and fuels. Biologically derived and inspired materials offer hope for achieving this important goal. Also, nanotechnology is rapidly expanding and its convergence with both biology and ecology is now being recognized. Ecobionanocomposites are a new class of green materials that exploit this triple convergence of technologies and are an active area of investigation within my group. In this technical area, we work to maximize the renewable content of these next-generation plastics materials under the guidelines of the principles of green chemistry.

The long-term transition away from fossil fuels towards a sustainable system of providing fuels and materials is the greatest technical challenge facing humanity. Our efforts are aimed at improving the efficiency of present systems while working to develop new technologies that are inherently more environmentally benign and sustainable. A clear example is our work to improve the materials used to make wind turbines as part of IACMI (iacmi.org). Clearly, this is an important and exciting area in which to work and there is much to be done!

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Polymers from Renewable Resources

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