Meisha Shofner
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Ph.D., 2004, Materials Science & Engineering, Rice University
B.S., 1997, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Meisha Shofner's research interests concern the processing and physical properties of polymer matrix composite materials with specific emphasis on nanocomposites. Her research group focuses on manipulating the excess interfacial area provided by nanoscale fillers to create composite materials with novel properties. Topics in her research areas include solid freeform fabrication of composite materials reinforced by anisotropic nanofillers, processing strategies for high performance nanocomposites, and synergistic nanofiller interactions.
Dr. Shofner is an Assistant Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Materials Science & Engineering. Prior to joining the Georgia Tech faculty, she was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering where she studied the reinforcement behavior of nanofilled thermoplastic polymers above the glass transition temperature.
Dr. Shofner is a member of the APS, TMS, and ASME.
Research Interests
Selected Publications
R.A. Narayanan, P. Thiyagarajan A. Zhu, B. Ash, M.L. Shofner, L.S. Schadler, S.K. Kumar, and S.S. Sternstein, “Nanostructural Features in Silica-Polyvinyl Acetate Nanocomposites Characterized by Small-Angle Scattering”, Polymer, 48, 5734 (2007)
M.L. Shofner, V.N. Khabashesku, and E.V. Barrera, "Processing and Mechanical Properties of Fluorinated Single Wall Carbon Nanotube-Polyethylene Composites" Chemistry of Materials 18, 906 (2006)
E.V. Barrera, M.L. Shofner, and E.L. Corral, "Applications: Composites" in Carbon Nanotubes: Science and Applications. Meyyappan, ed., Boca Raton: CRC Press (2005)
M.L. Shofner, F.J. Rodriguez-Macias, R. Vaidyanathan, and E.V. Barrera, "Single Wall Nanotube and Vapor Grown Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Processed by Solid Freeform Fabrication" Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 34, 1207 (2003)
M.L. Shofner, K. Lozano, F.J. Rodriguez-Macias, and E.V. Barrera "Nanofiber Reinforced Polymers Prepared by Fused Deposition Modeling" of Applied Polymer Science, 89 3081 (2003)