MS students

Masters Theses Supervised

Krunal R. Waghela, 2010, (Chemical Engineering)

Lea's's photo

14. Fabrication of a Memory Device Using Polyaniline Nanofibers and Gold Nanoparticles.

13. Synthesis of Nanostructured Conducting Polymers and their Application as Gas Sensors.

Zhefei Li , 2008 (Materials Science and Engineering),

Zhefei's photo

Lea Dankers, 2007

Lea's's photo

12. Physical Analysis of Human Hair.

11. Effect of plasticizer on the segmental dynamics of bulk and adsorbed poly(vinyl acetate)-d₃

200. G. Xu, R. R. Nambiar, F. D. Blum, Room-Temperature Decomposition of 2,2'-Azobis(isobutyronitrile) in Emulsion Gels With and Without Silica, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 302, 658-661 (2006). DOI:10.1016/j.jcis.2006.07.015

Rakesh R. Nambiar, 2005

Rakesh's's photo

Ravindra Vohra, 2005

Pavan's's photo

10. Effect of Surface Segmental Mobility on Adhesion of Acrylate Soft Films, Chem. Eng. (Co-advisor: O. Sitton)

198. F. D. Blum, R. Vohra, B. Metin, O. C. Sitton, Surface Segmental Mobility and Adhesion - Effects of Filler and Molecular Mass, J. Adhesion, 82, 903-917 (2006). DOI:10.1080/00218460600875920

9. Bound Carbonyls in Adsorbed PMMA-r-PS Copolymers

Pavan Kumar Challa, 2005

Pavan's's photo

Erin Young, 2004

Erin's photo

8. Thermal Characterization of the Glass Transition of Adsorbed PMMA Using Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry (Chemical Engineering)

195. F. D. Blum, E. N. Young, G. Smith and O. C. Sitton, Thermal Analysis of Adsorbed PMMA on Silica, Langmuir, 22, 4741-4744 (2006).

7. Polymer Mobility and Adhesion in Thin Poly(methyl acrylate and Poly(methyl methacrylate Films (Chemical Engineering)

174. F D. Blum, B. Gandhi, D. Forciniti, and L. Dharani, Effect of Surface Segmental Mobility on the Adhesion of Acrylic Soft Adhesives, Macromolecules, 38, 481-487(2005).

Bhavesh Gandhi, 2002

Bhavesh's photo

Moses Kabomo, 2002

6. Glass Transition Behavior of Thin Poly(methyl methacrylate) Films on Silica

203. M. T. Kabomo, F. D. Blum, S. Kulkeratiyut, S. Kulkeratiyut, P. Krisanangkura, Effects of Molecular Mass and Surface Treatment on Adsorbed Poly(methyl methacrylate) on Silica, J. Polym. Sci.: B: Polym. Phys., 46, 649-658 (2008). DOI: 10.1002/polb.21400

5. Molecular Motion in Surface-Bound Swollen Poly(methyl acrylate)-d

119 - M. Liang, F. D. Blum, Segmental Motion in Surface-Bound Swollen Poly(methyl acrylate), Macromolecules, 29, 7374-7377 (1996).

Ming-Hua Liang, 1996

Menon Nalini, 1993

4. Organic titanates as coupling agents for Kevlar^TM/phenolic composites.

99 - M. Nalini, F. D. Blum, L. R. Dharani, Use of Titanate Coupling Agents in Kevlar/ Phenolic Composites, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 54, 113-123 (1994).

3. Molecular mobility in a model polymer composite

78 - J. E. Gambogi, F. D. Blum, Molecular Mobility of the Interface in a Model Polymer Composite. A NMR Study, Macromolecules, 25, 4526-4534 (1992).

Joan E. Gambogi, 1990

Saumil S. Mehta, 1989

2. A pulsed field-gradient system for nuclear magnetic resonance diffusion experiments, M.S. in Electrical Engineering.

Saumil Mehta, M.S. Thesis, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1989

1. Diffusion of solvents in mixed-solvent polymer solutions by the pulsed-gradient spin-echo technique

William Kohlman, M.S. Thesis, Drexel University, 1987

William Kohlman, 1987