Dr. Frank Fisher receives NSF funding to study crystalline morphologies
Funding provided through NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
HOBOKEN, N.J. – Frank Fisher, an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, recently received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a study on Fundamental Research Leveraging Nanoparticle-Induced Crystallization in Semicrystalline Polymer Nanocomposites.
The funding is part of the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. It is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations. Such activities should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research.
Fisher will study the crystalline morphologies that naturally form (or can deliberately be formed) during the processing and manufacturing of semicrystalline polymer nanocomposites. If successful, the results of this research will enable new approaches to address far-reaching impediments to the manufacture and optimization of semicrystalline polymer nanocomposites, an emerging technology being widely pursued to impart enhanced multifunctional behavior and properties to this technologically important class of polymers.
Fisher joined Stevens as a member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2004 after earning his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University.
The $430,000 in funding begins on Aug. 1, 2009 and runs for a period of five years.
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