Chemical Engineering Department

Katsuyuki Wakabayashi

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA17837
Phone: (570) 577-3778
Fax: (570) 577-1141
kw025@bucknell.edu 

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Educational Background:

  • B.S.E., Chemical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania 
  • B.S.E., Materials Science and Engineering, University  of Pennsylvania 
  • M.A., Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
  • Ph.D., Chemical and Materials Engineering, Princeton University
  • Post-Doctoral,  Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University

Teaching Specialties:

  • Materials Science
  • Process Engineering
  • Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Research Interests:

  • Polymer Processing and Characterization
  • Nanoscale Blends and Composites
  • Sustainable Engineering
  • Ionomers

 Selected Publications: 

  • K. Wakabayashi, C. Pierre, D. A. Dikin, R. S. Ruoff, T. Ramanathan, L. C. Brinson, and J. M. Torkelson, "Polymer-Graphite Nanocomposites: Effective Dispersion and Major Property Enhancement via Solid-State Pulverization", Macromolecules 41, 1905 (2008).

  • K. Wakabayashi and R. A. Register, “Ethylene/(Meth)Acrylic Acid Ionomers Plasticized and Reinforced by Metal Soaps”, Polymer 47, 2874 (2006).

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

  • K. Wakabayashi and R. A. Register, “Micromechanical Interpretation of the Modulus of Ethylene-(Meth)Acrylic Acid Copolymers”, Polymer 46, 8838 (2005).

  • 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).

  • B. Zhang Newby, K. Wakabayashi and R. J. Composto, “Confinement Induced Stabilization in Polymer Blend Thin Films”, Polymer 42, 9155 (2001).