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.
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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
PhD Students:
Pratik Kasbe
Shan Liu
Jinyu Bu
Naifu Shen
Muxuan Yang
Undergraduate Students:
Allan Berduo
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Michael Hill
Cade Smarr
Alumni:
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
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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).
Fall 2022
Fall 2021
Summer 2021
Fall 2020
Fall 2019
