Affiliated Department or Office:
Education:
BS Regional Engineering College 1978
MS Indian Institute of Technology 1980
MS Stevens Institute of Technology 1986
PhD Stevens Institute of Technology 1987
Email
shivkuma@wpi.edu
Office Location
Washburn Shops 227
Contact
Phone:
+1 (508) 8315000 x5048
Research Lab
Polymer Laboratory
Research Interests
Research Interests:
Food Engineering
Plastics
Biomedical Materials
Materials Science
Scholarly Work
M. Pasquali, J. Liang and S. Shivkumar, “ Role of AAO Template Filling Techniques in Controlling the Structure of Polymer Nanoparticles”, Nanotechnology 22 (2011) pp375605 2.
G. Eda and S. Shivkumar, “Bead-to-Fiber Transition in Electrospun Polystyrene”Journal of Applied Polymer Science 106 (2007) 475-487 3.
J. Tao and S. Shivkumar, “Molecular Weight dependent Structural Regimes during the electrospinning of PVA”, Materials Letters 61 (2007) 2325-2328 4.
M. Johnson and S. Shivkumar, "Structure and Mechanical Properties of Filamentous green Algae" Materials Science and Engineering B 38 (1996) 103-108 5.
X. Dai and S. Shivkumar, “Hybrid Analogs for the production of porous calcium phosphate scaffolds” Materials Science and Engineering C 28 (2008) 336-340
Professional Highlights & Honors
Professional Highlights & Honors:
Scientific Merit Award
1993
American FoundrymenÕs Society
Numerous awards for projects