Chair and Professor

P: (931) 372-3267

E: parce@tntech.edu

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS-With Functional Performance (Health Care Engineering Applications: Hydrogels for clinical diagnostics, wound healing, math-assisted medicine, tissue scaffolds and assisted drug delivery) - MICRO- AND NANO-FLOWS in Biophysical Systems (Microcirculatory and renal system pathologies, arterial stenosis, kidney failure, etc.)- ENVIRONMENTAL CATALYSIS (Advanced oxidation in water, soil and air; photocatalytic clean energy production, electrokinetics-based remediation; battery and fuel cell materials) - ENGINEERING EDUCATION: (collaborative-, creative- and innovation-driven learning; constructionistic approaches)

Assistant Professor

P: (931) 372-3666

E: lchavez

Green Energy Production, Decentralized and Low Energy Water Treatment, Desalination, and Reclamation of Energy and Materials from Waste Streams. Fabrication of polymeric membranes for water treatment.

SCOPUS AUTHOR PROFILE

Professor

P: (931) 372-3367

E: jbiernacki@tntech.edu

Modeling of Multi-Scale Materials Systems Composite Concrete Systems

Joseph J. Biernacki, DRE, PE, Website

Professor

P: (931) 372-3324

E: bghorashi@tntech.edu

Blockchain Technology Applied to Chemical Industry; Agility and Agile Manufacturing - Mass Customization

Assistant Professor

P: (931) 372 3606

E: vpadmanabhan@tntech.edu

Self-assembly of nanoparticles in polymer matrix, polymer nanocomposite films for organic photovoltaics, and biomechanics of Caenorhabditis elegans

Assistant Professor

P: (931) 372-6059

E: crice@tntech.edu

Direct Liquid Fuel Cells: Formic acid and methanol; Freeze Dynamics for PEMFC. Cathode catalyst Durability for automotive PEMFC; Electrochemical Diagnostics

Associate Professor

P: (931) 372-2494

E: rsanders@tntech.edu

Bio-assay Development, Drug delivery, Wound Healing

Professor

P: (931)372-3495

E: hstretz@tntech.edu

Research program in interfaces in 3-D printing, high-throughput on demand manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, nanomaterials as sensors, nanocomposite water treatment membranes. Expertise in polymer nanocomposites.

Assistant Professor

P: (931)372-3495

E: lzhang@tntech.edu

Molecular simulation on biomass modified asphalt, warm mix asphalt; simulations and modeling on structure and dynamics of human beta defensin type 3, interaction with lipid membranes and receptors.