Principal Investigator:
Prof. Weinan Xu
Weinan Xu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and did postdoctoral research at Johns Hopkins University. He then started his independent career in the School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering at the University of Akron before moving to Tennessee.
His current research focuses on the development of sustainable/functional polymer composites and their advanced manufacturing, with applications in energy, electronics, and biomedicine. He has been recognized with several awards, including the DARPA Young Faculty Award, Polymer Processing Society Early Career Award, ACS PMSE Early Investigator Award, NSF LEAP award, and Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from Sigma Xi and Georgia Tech.
Contact Information
1508 Middle Dr, Ferris 403, Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (330) 972-6675
Email: wxu@utk.edu
Ph.D. Students:
Leyi Deng
Pushkar Dalal
Julian Pratt
Yanbin
M.S. Students:
Ablajan Mamat
Mingcheng Liu
Zuoqiao Wu
Undergraduate Students:
Kate K.
Logan C.
Andrew W.
Oscar M.
Hudson T.
Logan P.
Recent Alumni:
Pratik Kasbe (PhD, 2024. Now work at Intel)
Shan Liu (PhD, 2024. Now work at Avient)
Jinyu Bu (PhD, 2025, Now work at Exponent)
Muxuan Yang (PhD, 2025, Now work at Eaton)
Naifu Shen (PhD, 2025, Now work at HKUST)
Linrui Duan (MS 2021, now PhD student at Penn State)
Muxuan Yang (MS 2021, then PhD 2025)
Naifu Shen (MS 2021, then PhD 2025)
Xiongyu Luo (MS 2022, now work at Lochn Optics)
Cheng-Han Tsai (MS 2023, now work at Inteplast)
Xun Liu (MS 2025. Now PhD student at WUSTL)
Xinran Gao (MS 2025, Now work in Industry)
Muye Niu (MS 2025, Now work in Industry)
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 (wxu@utk.edu).
Spring 2024
Fall 2022
Fall 2021
Summer 2021
Fall 2019
