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Kat Wakabayashi

Kat Wakabayashi is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University.  He was a post-doctoral associate working with Prof. John Torkelson in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University from 2005-2006.  He completed his M.A. and Ph.D. in Chemical and Materials Engineering at Princeton University under the guidance of Professor Richard Register.  He received B.S.E. degrees in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering from University of Pennsylvania.  Kat's current research interests are novel polymer blends and nanocomposites via an innovative, continuous, and environmentally benign technique called solid-state shear pulverization. Current Contact Info: Department of Chemical Engineering Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA 17837 [T] 570-577-3778 [F] 570-577-1141 [E] kat.wakabayashi @ bucknell.edu (kw025) Personal Website

K. Wakabayashi and R.A. Register, "Ethylene/(Meth)Acrylic Acid Ionomers Plasticized and Reinforced by Metal Soaps", Polymer 47, 2874 (2006). [Link]

K. Wakabayashi and R.A. Register, "Morphological Origin of the Multistep Relaxation Behavior in Semicrystalline Ethylene/Methacrylic Acid Ionomers", Macromolecules 39, 1079 (2006). [Link]

K. Wakabayashi and R.A. Register, "Micromechanical Interpretation of the Modulus of Ethylene-(Meth)Acrylic Acid Copolymers", Polymer 46, 8838 (2005). [Link]

Y.-L. Loo, K. Wakabayashi, Y.E. Huang, R.A. Register, and B.S. Hsiao, "Thin Crystal Melting Produces Low-Temperature Endotherm in Ethylene/Methacrylic Acid Ionomers", Polymer 46, 5118 (2005). [Link]