Current Projects
- Construction of fully 3-D orientation tensors from experimental measurements of polymer/nanofiber composites
- Development of Kinetic theory based models for Magneto-rheological fluids.
- Shear and Extensional Rheology of Nanoclays and Nanotubes in Polymer Melts and Solutions
(with Kurt Koelling, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Ohio State University)
- Fundamental Modeling of Thermal Expansion of Solids
- Fundamental Modeling of Thermal Expansion of Fluids
- Development, Validation, and Application of Fiber Manufacturing Computer Models
- Analysis of MRI Angiogenesis Data (with Michael Knopp, Novartis Chair and Director of Imaging Research, Professor of Radiology, University Hospitals, Ohio State University, and Ed Overman, Professor of Mathematics)