Meet Our Researchers: Advanced Manufacturing and Materials

Portrait of chemical engineering professor Gerard Capellades

Industrial crystallization

Most solid pharmaceuticals are crystalline. How can we improve processes for making them? Meet Gerard Capellades, crystallization expert.

Advanced foam materials

Can energy-absorbing materials be made reusable and lightweight? Meet Behrad Koohbor, mechanical engineer.

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Eco-friendly solutions

Mathematical modeling, process design, and simulation can help forecast cost-effective and environmentally friendly ways to manage chemicals and waste. Meet Kirti Yenkie, chemical engineer.

Sensors and electronics

Functional materials can be used to build advanced structures such as wearable sensors and electronics. Meet Wei Xue, mechanical engineer.

Xiao Hu stands in his laboratory holding silk cocoons

Novel, sustainable materials

He's using silk and other natural fibers to create sustainable materials to design biomedical and other technical applications. Meet Xiao Hu, materials scientist.

Joe Stanzione stands in his lab holding up a piece of polymer sheeting

Sustainable materials

The planet needs renewable sources of new materials, perhaps from trees and plants. Meet Joe Stanzione, chemical engineer.

Transportation safety

Distracted driving is the leading cause of fatal crashes in New Jersey. Researchers hope increasing public awareness will save lives. Meet Mohammad Jalayer, transportation engineer.

$This is a portrait of Dr. Sam Lofland standing in front of an x-ray diffractometer in his physics lab.$

Advanced materials science

Developing new materials takes an interdisciplinary approach. Meet Sam Lofland, condensed matter physicist.

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Engineering systems

Careful study is required to make complicated systems work best for people, no matter their strengths or weaknesses. Meet Patrice "Polly" Tremoulet, human factors scientist.