Faculty Directory

Peter Schwartz Peter Schwartz
Professor and Head

Office: 101 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-5452, Main office: (334) 844-4123
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Composites; interfacial adhesion, flow through porous media, mechanics of flexible structures

 

SABIT Sabit Adanur
Professor

Office: 222 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-5497
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Polymer and nano composites, extrusion, injection molding, compression molding, fibers, yarns, fabrics, weaving, knitting, braiding, computer-aided design and modeling, testing and analysis

 

Maria Auad Maria Lujan Auad
Assistant Professor

Office: 103 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-5459
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Polymer materials science, polymer nanocomposites, flow behavior of polymers, rheology, control of microstructure and nanostructure in materials, polymers for structural and biomedical applications, shape memory polymers

 

Gisela Buschle-Diller Gisela Buschle-Diller
Professor, Graduate Program Officer

Office: 221 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-5468
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Biopolymers for medical applications, natural fibers and polymers from renewable resources, application of engineered enzyme systems, hydrogels, electrospinning, coloration, surface modifications

 

Davis Ed Edward W. Davis
Assistant Research Professor

Office: 232 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-5471
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Polymer nanocomposities, bio-degradable polymers, polymer processing, sol-gel derived nanoparticles, clay based nanocomposites

 

Yehia El Mogahzy Yehia El Mogahzy
Professor

Office: 207 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 332-9430
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Fiber and polymer science, quality engineering, statistical analysis of fiber properties, geotextiles

 

Yasser Gowayed Yasser Gowayed
Professor

Office: 222A Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-5496
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Mechanics of ceramic and polymer matrix composites, Manufacture and testing of fibrous composites, Time-dependent response of viscoelastic materials, Modeling of the mechanical behavior of nanocomposites for static and transient loading and non-linear response of flexible structures.

 

GWEN Gwynedd A. Thomas

Associate Professor

Office: 117 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-5461
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Engineered fabrics and design; protective materials (including ballistic resistance, blast protection, chemical resistance, flame resistance, biological agent protection); aircraft and vehicle protective structures; fiber-based medical fabrics and protective materials; communications enhancing, structual reinforcement fibruous structures

 

ZHANG2 Xinyu Zhang

Assistant Professor

Office: 223 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-5439
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Conducting polymers, carbon nanotubes, sensors, nanocarbons, energy storage and harvesting

 

Adjunct Faculty

parazynski Scott Edward Parazynski
Astronaut Office, Mail Code CB
NASA-Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX 77058
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RogersR Robin Rogers
Director, Center for Green Manufacturing
Department of Chemistry
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Phone: (205) 348-4323
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Structural chemistry, green separation science and technology, room temperature ionic liquids, aqueous biphasic separations, dissolved metal ion separations, environmental applications, pollution prevention, pollution remediation, design and synthesis of porous solids, radiochemistry, and environmental inorganic chemistry

 

Emeritus Faculty

roy M. Broughton Roy Broughton, Jr.
Professor Emeritus

Office: 105 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-5460
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Chemistry of polymers and fibers, antimicrobial materials, fiber extrusion, microscopy, CAD of fabrics, statistical analysis of fiber properties, nonwovens engineering

 

David HallDavid Hall
Professor Emeritus

Office: 115 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-5454

 

Robert WalkerRobert Walker
Professor Emeritus

Office: 115 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-4123

 

William WalshWilliam Walsh
Professor Emeritus

Office: 115 Textile Building
Auburn University, AL 36849-5327
Phone: (334) 844-4123