Course Faculty

Lorraine F. Francis
Lorraine F. Francis, (Course Director), professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, leads the Coating Process Fundamentals Program, and researches drying and microstructure of coatings. |

Marcio S. Carvalho
Marcio S. Carvalho, program alumnus, formerly with 3M and Imation, is a professor of mechanical engineering at PUC in Rio de Janeiro, and an expert in the area of coating flows.

Satish Kumar
Satish Kumar, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, researches coating flows and interfacial phenomena in coating and printing processes.

Wieslaw J. Suszynski
Wieslaw J. Suszynski heads the Coating Process and Visualization Laboratory at the University.

Alon McCormick
Alon McCormick, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, researches nanostructures and curing processes.

Xiang Cheng
Xiang Cheng, associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, researches dynamics and rheology of colloidal and active suspensions, the flow behaviors of granular materials, and applied fluid mechanics.