Principal Investigator

Bryan D. Vogt

Professor of Chemical Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
315 CBEB
University Park, PA 16802
Ph: (814)863-5459
bdv5051@psu.edu

Education

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts-Amherst (2003)
• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University (1998)

Professional Experience

• Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (August 2019 – present)
• Associate Editor, ACS Applied Polymer Materials (October 2018-present)
• Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH (August 2015-August 2019)
• Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH (August 2011-August 2015)
• Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (July 2006-August 2011)
• Staff Scientist, Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (2004-2006)

Current graduate students

Sierra Yost
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Maine (U.S.A)
Project: Polymer design for 3D printing to minimize anisotropy and maximize print speed

Po-Hao Lai
M.S. Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan)
Project: Circular economy of materials through cold sintering composites

Fawaz Motolani
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Ilorin (Nigeria)
Project: Reactive extrusion of polyolefins

Current undergraduate students

Evan Sowinski (Penn State ChE)
Project: Controlled plastic nano- and micro-particles through impingement jet mixing

Matthew Stokes (Penn State ChE)
Project: Re-engineering plastic waste for use in 3D printing

Former graduate students and postdocs

Lingyan Song (Ph.D Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2009). last known location: ADA Carbon Solutions

Vicki Chavez (M.S., Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2009) last known location: Sandia National Laboratories

Xinxin Li (Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2010) last known location: CytomX Therapeutics

Jesmin Haq (Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2011, co-advised with G. Raupp) last known location: Western Digital

Jessica Torres (Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2011) last known location: Intel

Alpha Labiano (M.S. Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2012) last known location: Micron Technology

Todd Prichard last known location: Intel

Mingzhi Dai (Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, 2012) last known location: Intel

Jiachen Xue (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2013) Then Ph.D. from Texas State – San Marcos. last known location: Amperex Technology Limited ATL

Guodong Deng (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2014– K.A. Cavicchi coadvisor) then Ph.D.from UA. last known location: Celanese

Yuanzhong Zhang (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron,2014) last known location: UC Riverside

Jialin Qiu (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2015) last known location: Alcon

Jeongwoo Lee (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2015) last known location: Hankook Tire

Sarang Bhaway (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2016) last known location: Intel

Changhuai Ye (Ph.D Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2016) last known location: Assistant Professor, Donghua University

Zhe Qiang (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2016– K.A. Cavicchi coadvisor) last known location: Assistant Professor, Southern Mississippi University

Siyang Wang (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2016) , Ph.D. Clemson University, last known location: postdoc at University of Chicago

Jianxing Ma (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2016) last known location: Albemarle Corporation

Yubing Ma (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2016) last known location: China

Kehua Lin (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2016)  last known location: Asahi Kasei

Yiming Yang (M.S.Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2016), Ph.D. University of Alabama- Birmingham, last known location: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy

Burcu Gurkan (Postdoc 2016) last known location: Professor, Case Western Reserve University

Yipin Duan (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2017– N.S. Zacharia coadvisor) last known location: 广州海关技术中心

Clinton Wiener (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2017 – R.A. Weiss coadvisor) last known location: 3M

Chao Wang (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2018 – R.A. Weiss coadvisor) last known location: PPG

Yanfeng Xia (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2018) last known location: China

Zhiyang Zhao (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2018– R.A. Weiss coadvisor) last known location: Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire

Fang Peng (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2018 – M. Cakmak coadvisor) last known location: Meta

Chao Zhang (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2018 – K.A. Cavicchi coadvisor) PhD in Mechanical Engineering at UA, last known location: West Virginia University

Haowei Jiang (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2018 – N.S. Zacharia coadvisor), Ph.D. student at South China University of Technology

Jin Qian (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2018),Ph.D. University of Houston, last known location: postdoc at University of Southern Mississippi

Mengzue Zhang (M.S.Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2019), PhD University of South Carolina

Shiping Wang (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2019) last known location: Genscript

Ziyuan Gong (M.S. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2019 –N.S. Zacharia coadvisor) Then PhD student at University of South Carolina

Xuhui Xia (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2020) last known location: BASF

Elizabeth Lewis (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2020) last known location: X-Bow Systems

Siyuan Li (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2021) last known location: China

Pablo Sepulveda-Medina (Ph.D. Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2021) last known location: Kent Displays

Jia-Ruey Ai (Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Penn State, 2022) last known location: Honeywell

Yun Zhu (M.S. Chemical Engineering, Penn State, 2023) last known location:

Group photos

2009 research group

2012 research group

Jiachen’s farewell dinner

2013 research group

2015 visiting REU students (Andrew Johnson and Jake Polster) presenting posters on their work.

2016 research group

2017 research group

2019 research group

2023 research group