Jeffrey Giacomin
Professor-Cross appointed from Chem Engineering
Engineering & Applied Physics (EAP)
Office:
Dupuis Hall 314
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Phone:
613-533-2768
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Degree:
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, CANADA (1987)
Research Areas:
- explores the role played by rheology in polymer processing or in plastics manufacturing
- relation between polymer molecular structure and rheology
- experimental and theoretical investigations on die-lip build-up (die drool) in extrusion and on die line formation
- interpret the measured polymer hardness in terms of the Young's modulus
- explores processing elastohydrodynamics