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Dilip Gersappe

Professor and Department Chair

Office: 316 Engineering Bldg. Stony Brook, NY
Phone:  631-632-8499
Email: Dilip.Gersappe@stonybrook.edu

 

 

 

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Studying statistical mechanics and computer modeling of complex chemical systems is at the heart of Dilip Gersappe’s research. He investigates the behavior of self-assembling polymeric and biopolymeric systems, and is developing theories for the properties of polymer blends and the behavior of polymers at surfaces and interfaces. In recent work, Gersappe has used mean field theories to determine the effect of confinement on the properties of thin film polymer blends. In other work, he has used molecular dynamics simulations to isolate the molecular mechanisms of failure in polymeric adhesives. Currently, he is developing parallel molecular dynamics techniques to study the strengthening mechanisms in polymer nanocomposites and to investigate the factors that control the permeability of polymeric membranes.

 

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EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 1992, Northwestern University, USA.
  • B.Tech. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, 1987, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.
 

CAREER

  • Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Present.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
  • Postdoctoral Research: (1996-Oct '97), Johns Hopkins University.