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List of Current Projects

“Superhydrophobic Coatings for Corrosion Mitigation” funded by WSU, 2016.
“Emulsion-based Nanofuel Systems for Internal Combustion Engines” funded by Fuel Technologies, 2015.
“Optimization of Nanoparticle-embedded Scaffolds to Improve Neural Cell Remyelination through Raman Micro-spectroscopy,” funded by the WSU-MURPA, 2015.
“Electrospun SrTiO3 Nanofibers Incorporated with NiOx Nanoparticles for Improved Water Splitting Efficiency,” funded by NSF EPSCoR, 2014.
“UV-Exposure of CNT-yarns,” funded by Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), 2014.
“Pyrocarbonization of CNT Yarns for Enhanced Physical Properties,” funded by the AFRL, 2014.
“Size Dependent Nanoparticles Intervention with Breast and Prostate Cancer Cells” funded by the John A. See Foundation/WSU, 2014.
“Characterization of Aluminum Alloy Microstructures under a Corrosive Environment and Performance Analysis,” funded by the AFRL, 2013.
“IL-21 Gene Tethering Nanofiber Mesh for Osteosarcoma,” funded by the Flossie E. West Foundation/WSU, 2013.

Current Graduate Students

Tyler Alexander, Sarah Jurak, Emil Jurak, Lateefah Miller, Vamsi Patlolla, Eddie Harrison, Ibrahim Alarifi, Aybala Usta, Shawn Hughes, Md. Nizam Uddin, Fairus Tanzim, Iheanyi Onwubiko, Tharun Chillakuru, Vinay Patil, Naif Alzahrani, Mohammed Alamir, Ankit Khadka and Mustafa Alsalamah.

Research Lab Information

The nanotechnology research and teaching laboratories were developed in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Wichita State University, and have been actively used for various industry and academic projects. The Nanolab laboratory spaces (1500 ft2) are located in the Wallace Hall 125, and Beggs Hall 137, 139 and 144. The equipment in this facility includes two electrospinning units, a layer-by-layer coating unit (dipping unit), autoclaves, centrifuges, asylum atomic force microscope (AFM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), optical microscopes, corrosion testing units, UV photolithography, oxygen plasma cleaner, AC/DC power units, UV-Vis spectrometer, software-driven optical and fluorescence microscopes, zeta potential/nanosizer, fume hoods, spin coating apparatus, capacitance bridge, shakers, freezers, glove boxes, injection molding unit, pH meters, balances, photograph unit, environmental chamber, UV chamber, hot press, two furnace, oven, shakers and contact angle and surface tension measurement devices. In addition to these, the department has a well-equipped composite/nanocomposite labs that includes DSC, TGA, DMA, Raman Spectroscopy, FTIR, VARTM, composite curing oven, press, rheometer, viscosity meter, C-scan, SEM, three-mill rolling, cryogenic milling, mixers, etc. The equipment are extensively used in the funded projects above, other graduate students' projects, as well as industry projects.

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