Dilhan Kalyon

Biography

Professor Kalyon has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in chemical and polymer engineering and has been investigating the rheology, processing, structure and ultimate properties of polymers and concentrated suspensions since 1980. He has been directing the Highly Filled Materials Institute since 1989. He has trained and collaborated with over 150 undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral and visiting scientists.

Research Interest

Professor Kalyon’s research at the Highly Fllled Materials Institute (HfMI) focuses on precision structuring and processing/shaping of complex fluids including polymers, polymeric suspensions and nanosuspensions and gels. The tools developed at Stevens for this purpose include new methods of rheological characterization, structural analysis and mathematical modeling in conjunction with novel sets of rheometers and continuous processing hardware. Interesting new capabilities include the development of three new tissue engineering scaffold fabrication methods, the generation of nanocomposites of engineering plastics incorporated with nanofibers and nanotubes, use of supercritical fluid technology to generate extruded foams from engineering plastics and new methods for the analysis and elimination of flow instabilities of complex fluids.