Dr. Sadhan C. Jana
Title: Associate Vice President for Research and Business Engagement, 秀色短视频; BF Goodrich Professor, SPSPE
Dept/Program: School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering
Office: PEAC 422
Phone: 330-972-8293
Fax: 330-972-3406
Email: janas@uakron.edu
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Biography
Sadhan Jana received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1993 and worked at GE Corporate Research before joining University of Akron in 1998. He served as chair of the Department of Polymer Engineering from 04 to 11.
Research
Coalescence Filtration Nanofibers Consortium (CFNC)
The research of the centers on the performance of coalescence filters and the design of filter media, including the development and application of nanofibers.
Research Interests
- Aerogels
- Nanofibers
- Low rolling resistance tire tread via improved mixed filler dispersion
- Processing of self-assembled bottom-up polymer nanocomposite materials
- Chaos-induced multi-scale structures
- Chaotic mixers as reactors
- Chaotic mixers for nanofiller dispersion
- Polymer nanocomposites
- Shape memory polymers
- Shape memory polymer nanocomposite materials
- Shape memory aerogels for space applications
- Bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells
Publications
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Recent Publications
- Kulkarni, A., Jana, S.C. Surfactant-Free Syndiotactic Polystyrene Aerogel Foams Via Pickering Emulsion. Polymer, .
- Lin, W-H, Jana, S.C. Analysis of Porous Structures of Cellulose Aerogel Monoliths And Microparticles For Drug Delivery. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2021, 310, 110625(1-12). .
- Raut, P.; Yuan, S.; Miyoshi, T.; Jana, S.C., Effects Of Surface Area And Porosity On Behavior Of IL Molecules In Meso And Macroporous Polymeric Networks. Polymer, 211 (2020) 123081, 1-10. .
- Chan, Z.; Jana, S.C., Solid State Polymer Ionogel Electrolyte for Use in Li-ion Batteries. SPE Polymers, 2020, 1, 55-65, DOI: 10.1002/pls2.10016.
- Yao, Y., Joo, P., Jana, S.C. A Surfactant-Free Microfluidic Process For Fabrication Of Multi-Hollow Polyimide Aerogel Particles. Invited special issue article in Honor of Professor Musa Kamal and Pierre Carreau. Int. Polym. Proc., XXXV 2020, 5, 481–492. DOI 10.3139/217.3989.
- Zhan, C., Jana, S.C. Shrinkage Reduced Polyimide-Graphene Oxide Composite Aerogel For Oil Absorption. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2020, 307, 110501 (1-9). doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2020.110501.
- Ghosh, M., Jana, S.C. Fabrication of hollow and porous tin-doped indium oxide nanofibers and microtubes via a gas jet fiber spinning process. Materials 2020, 13, 1539; doi:10.3390/ma13071539.
- Niknezhad, S., Jana, S.C. Bi-component nanofibers from core-shell nozzle in gas jet spinning process. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020, 137, 48901. DOI: 10.1002/app.48901.
Detailed Publications, Patents, and Presentations
- Books and Book Chapter, Commissioned theme articles, Editorials, Publications in Refereed Journals, and Publications in Refereed Conference Proceedings
- Patents Issued to Prof. Sadhan C. Jana's Group
- Presentations from Prof. Sadhan C. Jana's Group
Education
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1993
- M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT- Kanpur, India, 1988
- B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta, India, 1986