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Rutledge Group
Back row (frow left to right):
Matthew Mannarino, Predjag Djuranovic, Peng Yi, Gregory Rutledge

Front row (from left to right):
Miguel Amat, Sanghun Lee, Sezen Buell, Jung Ah Lee, Chia-Ling Pai, Simon Choong, Yuxi Zhang

Current Group Members

(Click on name to retrieve full address and email, and on topic for project description)

Name
Research Topic
Erik Christian Allen
Graduate Student
Applying and comparing coarse-graining techniques in systems of aqueous surfactants
Miguel A. Amat
Post-doctoral Associate
Molecular simulation of surface properties
Pradipto Battacharjee  (www)
Post-doctral Associate
Fundamental studies on electrospinning of polymeric nanofibers
Liang Chen
Graduate Student
next generation of electrospun nanomaterials for chemical and biological protection
Sezen Buell
Graduate Student
Multiscale modeling and analysis of nanofibers and nonwoven materials
Neta Datta
Graduate Student
Electrospun nonwovens for biomedical applications
Predrag Dragutin Djuranovic
Graduate Student
Molecular dynamics simulation of polymer crystallization in oriented melts
Keith M. Forward
Post-doctoral Associate
Electrospinning polymeric fibers from a free liquid surface. The objective of this project is to investigate the electrospinning properties of polymeric fibers produced by a free liquid surface (without the use of a needle).
Jung Ah Lee
Post-doctoral Associate
Surface active mutifunctional electrospun silicone nanofiber membranes
Sanghun Lee
Post-doctoral Associate
Semicrystalline (crystal + amorphous phases) polymer systems can be modeled by atomistic Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics computer simulations. Plastic deformation is one of our main concerns.
Joseph L. Lowery
Graduate Student
Electrospun nonwovens for biomedical applications
Matthew Mannarino
Graduate Student
Electrospinning
Chia-Ling Pai
Graduate Student
Mechanical Properties of electrospun nanofibers and composites
Peng Yi
Graduate Student
Molecular simulation of polymer nucleation
Ying Yang
Post-doctoral Associate
Field-responsive superparamagnetic composite nanofibers by electrospinning
Yuxi Zhang
Graduate Student
Nanofibers with Surface and Internal Functionality
Administrative Assistants
Linda L. Mousseau



Alumni/ae

Sudhakar Balijepali Post-doctoral Associate,
Present position: Dow Chemical Company, Midland MI
Mark Bathe  (www) Ph.D. 2004, Thesis: Inverse Monte Carlo simulation of biomolecular conformation and coarse-grained molecular modeling of chondroitin sulfate conformation, titration, and osmotic pressure
Present position: Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering Department, MIT.
Frederick E. Bernardin Ph. D. 2007, Thesis: "Application of Semi-Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (SGMC) Methods to Describe Non-Equilibrium Polymer Systems".
Present Position: Tessella Inc, Newton, MA
Franco Capaldi  (www) Ph.D. 2005, Thesis: "Atomistic simulations of octacyclopentyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane polyethylene nanocomposites".
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, PA
Jeffrey D. Carbeck Ph.D. 1996, Thesis: "Temperature-Dependent Structure and Properties of Crystalline Poly(vinylidene fluoride) from Molecular Simulation".
Present position: Arsenal Medical, Watertown, MA.
Frederick L. Colhoun Ph.D 2000. Thesis: Relaxaion of Processing Induced Orientation in Polymer Melts.
Present position: Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN.
Steven H. Foulger Ph.D. 1996, Thesis: "Molecular Simulation of Liquid Crystalline Polyesters".
Present position: Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University.
Sergey V. Fridrikh Visiting Scientist. Research topic: Electrohydrodynamic Theory
Present Position: US Genomics, Cambridge, MA
Sumit Gautam M.S. 2000. Thesis: The Role of Chain Tilt in Semi-Crystalline Polymer Interphases, Studied Through Molecular Simulation.
Present position: McKinsey and Co., CA
Anil Gopala M.S.CEP 1995,
Present position: Charles River Associates, Cambridge, MA.
Markus Hütter  (email) Post-doctoral Associate, 2004
Research Topic: Polymer Crystallization: Coupling of Solid and Liquid Phase
Present Position: Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Ahmed E. Ismail Ph.D. 2005, Thesis: "Multiresolution methods for materials modeling via coarse-graining".
Present position: Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Lab, NM
Amrit Kalra Post-doctoral Associate, 2004
Present position: Shell International B.V., Houston, TX.
Anjali A. Khare Post-doctoral Associate.
Present position: Technology Strategy, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
Min Jae Ko Post-doctoral Associate, 2004
Present position: Samsung Electronics Co., LCD Business.
Vikram K. Kuppa Post-doctoral Associate, 2008
Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati.
Daniel J. Lacks Post-doctoral Associate.
Present position: Case Western Reserve University, Chemical Engineering Department, C. Benson Branch Professor.
Marc Lavine Post-doctoral Associate. Present position: American Associate for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC., Associate Editor
Yong Li Graduate student, Technology and Policy Program. Present position: MIT TPP.
Ming-Yuan Liao Post-doctoral Associate.
Present position: Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Biomedicine and Biomedical Technology, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan.
Minglin Ma  (www) Ph.D. 2008
Present position: General Electric Global Research, Niskayuna, NY.
Oleg Manevitch Post-doctoral Associate. Research Topic: Molecular simulation of polymer nanocomposites.
Present position: Russian Academy of Sciences.
Shawn W. Mowry Ph.D. 2002 Thesis: Atomistic simulation of the alpha_c relaxation in semicrystalline polyethylene. Present position: ExxonMobil, Baton Rouge, LA.
Paola B. Nasser M.Eng. 2002 Thesis: Remote Microscope for Polymer Crystallization WebLab. Present position:
Peter H. Nelson Ph.D. 1998 Thesis: "Simulation of Self-Assembled Polymer and Surfactant Systems".
Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Benedictine University.
David C. Oda Ph.D., 1998, Thesis: "Determination of Orientation in Aromatic Polyesters". Present position: OSI Software, Inc., San Leandro, CA
Derik A. Pridmore M.S. 2005, Thesis: Online polymer crystallization experiment"
Present Position: McKinsey, New York, NY
Wei-Ning Shen Visiting Scholar. Present position: University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Chemical Engineering, graduate student.
Y. Michael Shin Ph.D. 2000. Thesis: "Formation of polymer nanofibers from electrified fluid jets"
Present position: Orteq Bioengineering, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Daniel Talavera M.Eng. 2003 Thesis: "On-Line Laboratory for Remote Polymer Crystallization Experiments Using Optical Microscopy".
Pieter in 't Veld Post-doctoral Associate. Research Topic: Molecular simulation of polymer interphases.
Present Position: BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Numan Waheed Ph.D. 2005, Thesis: "Molecular simulation of crystal growth in alkane and polyethylene melts".
Present Position: Bain and Co., Atlanta, GA.
Mao Wang Post-doctoral Associate, 2005
Research Topic: Electrospinning
Present position: Phillip Morris, Richmond, VA
John L. Wilhelmi M.S. 1996, Thesis: "Study of the Structure and Properties of the Polymer Crystalline Surface"
Present position: Eastern Research Group, Lexington, MA.
Jian H. Yu Ph. D. 2007, Thesis: "Electrospinning of Polymeric Nanofiber Materials: Process Characterization and Unique Applications".
Present Position: United States Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD



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