Linda S. Schadler

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Name:	Linda S. Schadler
Title:	Professor , Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Russell Sage Professor
Department	Materials Science and Engineering
School	Engineering
Center	Rensselaer Nanotechnology Center (RNC) Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC)
Website:	http://rpi.edu/~schadl/

Bio Professor Schadler received her Ph.D. in materials science and engineering in 1990 from the University of Pennsylvania. She held a post-doctoral research position at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center from 1990-1992 and joined the faculty at Drexel University in 1992 as an assistant professor. While at Drexel she received a National Young Investigator Award. She joined the Rensselaer faculty in 1996.

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Nanotechnology

Focus Areas

Polymer nanocomposites
Nanomaterials
Advanced Materials

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Education Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania B.S., Cornell University

Scholarly Works:

“Electrical behavior of particle filled polymer nanocomposites,” R.C. Smith, J.K. Nelson, L.S. Schadler, Physical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites, edited by Tjong and Mai, Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, UK, in press 2010.
“Non-Linear Field Grading Materials and Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites with Controlled Conductivity,” Linda S. Schadler, X. Wang, J.K. Nelson, H. Hillborg, Dielectric Polymer Nanocomposites edited by J.K. Nelson, Springer, New York, NY, 2010.
“Measurement of the Critical Aspect Ratio and Interfacial Shear Strength in MWNT/Polymer Composites,” R.K. Duncan, X.G. Chen, J.B. Bult, L.C. Brinson, L.S. Schadler, Composites Science and Technology, vol. 70, no. 4, 599-605 (2010).
“Gel-like” Mechanical Reinforcement in Polymer Nanocomposites,” Pinar Akcora, Sanat K. Kumar*, Sarah Lewis, Linda S. Schadler, Yu Li, Brian C. Benicewicz, Alec Sandy, Suresh Narayanan, Pappannan Thiyagarajan, Ralph H. Colby, Jack F. Douglas, Macromolecules, vol 43, 1011–1015 (2010).
“Conformational Transitions of Spherical Polymer Brushes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory,” Douglas Dukes, Yu Li, Sarah Lewis, Brian Benicewicz, Linda Schadler, Michael Tambasco, Sanat Kumar, Macromolecules, vol. 43, 1564–1570 (2010).
“Influence of the Nanoparticle-Polymer Interface on Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Assisted Processing,” Kerem Goren, Limeng Chen, Linda S. Schadler, Rahmi Ozisik, The Journal of Supercritical fluids, vol. 51, 429-427 (2010).
“Anisotropic Self-Assembly of Spherical Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles,” Pinar Akcora, Hongjun Liu, Sanat K. Kumar, Yu Li, Brian C. Benicewicz, Linda S. Schadler, Devrim Acehan, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Jack F. Douglas, Nature Materials, vol. 8, no. 4, 354-U121 (2009).
“A route to wear resistant PTFE via trace loadings of functionalized nanofillers, David L. Burris, S. Zhao, R. Duncan, J. Lowitz, S.S. Perry, L.S. Schadler, W.G. Sawyer, Wear, vol. 267, 653-660 (2009).

Recognitions:

Fellow, ASM International
ASM International 1997 Bradley Stoughton Award for Excellence in Teaching
Rensselaer School of Engineering, 2008 Outstanding Faculty Member Award
NSF - National Young Investigator Award 1994
Named as one of the top 100 Materials Scientists in the world by Times Higher Education in 2011
Member of the National Materials Advisory Board (2002-2008)