Xu Research Group at the Univesity of Akron

Principal Investigator:

Prof. Weinan Xu

Weinan Xu is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at the University of Akron. He received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2015 and did postdoctoral research (2016-2019) in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. He was recognized with several awards, including DARPA Young Faculty Award, Polymer Processing Society Early Career Award, Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Award from the American Chemical Society, Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from Sigma Xi and Georgia Tech.

Contact Information
School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, PEAC 223,
University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-0301
Phone: (330) 972-6675
Email: weinanxu@uakron.edu

Ph.D. Students:

Jinyu Bu

Muxuan Yang

Naifu Shen

Leyi Deng

M.S. Students:

Xun Liu

Xinran Gao

Muye Niu

Undergraduate Students:

Rebecca Rubiano

Michael Hill

Cade Smarr

Allan Berduo

Recent Alumni:

Pratik Kasbe (PhD, 2024. Now work at Intel)

Shan Liu (PhD, 2024. Now work at Avient)

Cheng-Han Tsai (MS 2023, now work at Inteplast)
Xiongyu Luo (MS 2022, now work at Lochn Optics)
Muxuan Yang (MS 2021, now PhD student at UAkron)
Naifu Shen (MS 2021, now PhD student at UAkron)
Linrui Duan (MS 2021, now PhD student at Penn State)

Cade Smarr (UG 2023, now PhD student at Cleveland State)

Openings

The group has openings for graduate and undergraduate students, we are looking for highly motivated and collaborative students with solid background in polymer science, materials chemistry and physics.
If you are interested in joining, please contact Prof. Xu directly (weinanxu@uakron.edu).