International Scholarships

AWE sponsored PhD Studentship Theory of phase separation in polymer nanocomposites Department of Chemical and Process Engineering The Department of Chemical and Process Engineering invites applications for a postgraduate student to study the theory of phase separation in polymer nanocomposites. Specifically, the student will develop and apply techniques based on the density functional theory of … [More Info]

The Department of Chemical and Process Engineering invites applications for a postgraduate student to study the theory of phase separation in polymer nanocomposites. Specifically, the student will develop and apply techniques based on the density functional theory of classical fluids and integral equation theory to model these systems. This project is sponsored by AWE, a … [More Info]

2-3 Ph.D. student positions are available in the nanoscale materials modeling group in the Department of Polymer Engineering,University of Akron, Ohio. Our computational research is aimed at: controlling self-assembly at biological-inorganic interfaces, including adsorption of peptides on metals and biominerals and development of accurate energy models for biominerals understanding electron conduction in conjugated polymers and … [More Info]