Work
My work connects molecular polymer dynamics to macroscopic material behavior, spanning granular systems, soft wetting, and polymer blends.
Fabricating mercury-free photoelastic polymer particles with optimal mechanical and optical properties for granular matter and suspension studies. Characterizing suspensions using shear rheology, DMA, DSC, and optical microscopy.
CU Boulder · Lab of Prof. Nathalie Vriend · 2024–present
Developing a proprietary software tool that computationally identifies and extracts raw rheological data arrays from historical PDF plots. Built on image processing pipelines, physics-informed neural networks (PINNs), and MATLAB programming.
Independent project · Ongoing
Investigating small molecule contamination dynamics in soft block copolymer coatings using real-time confocal microscopy visualization. Formulated a MATLAB kinetics model to define dye contamination mechanisms.
University of Cincinnati · Lab of Prof. Jonathan Pham · 2023–2024
Measuring time-dependent wetting ridge height on polymer melt surfaces using AFM and optical profilometry. Derived a mathematical relationship between temperature-dependent bulk rheology and surface growth rate of the wetting ridge.
University of Kentucky · Lab of Prof. Jonathan Pham · 2020–2023
Designed a novel melt compounding technique for UHMWPE/HDPE blends. Developed a mathematical framework based on polymer chain entanglement dynamics to measure dissolution extent. Conducted extensional and oscillatory rheology to define optimal processing conditions.
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory · Lab of Prof. Ashish K. Lele · 2014–2020
Ran numerical simulations (MATLAB) of Janus spheres and anisotropic patchy particles on two-fluid interfaces, demarcating anisotropy zones and computing total surface energy at varying immersion levels at an oil–water interface. Generalized the algorithm to model patchy superellipsoids and other superquadrics, and built an image-processing system to classify surface activity into the four anisotropic regions from real optical images.
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory · Lab of Dr. Pankaj Doshi · 2013–2014