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Bin Li

Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount St
Wichita KS 67260-0133

Phone: 316-978-6337
Fax: 316-978-3236

Campus Address: EB 101E
Mailbox: 133
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Research Groups : Materials Science and Engineering

Education

  • PHD in Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University, 2012
  • ME in Polymer Processing Engineering, Sichuan University, 2008
  • BE in Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, 2005

Brief biography

Dr. Bin Li joined Department of Mechanical Engineering at Wichita State University as an Assistant Professor in 2013 Fall, after his one-year appointment as an Assistant Research Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. Dr. Bin Li's research area include design, fabrication and characterization of polymers, protein-based biopolymers, and their nanocomposites for electronic and biomedical applications, supported by NSF EPSCoR and USDA-AFRI.

Research interests

  • Multifunctional polymer nanocomposites 
  • Plant protein-based functional materials 
  • Dielectric relaxation of polymers and polymer nancomposites
  • Applied Polymer Rheology

Teaching interests

  • Materials Engineerings ( ME 250)
  • Advanced Electronic Materials ( ME 728)
  • Polymer Materials and Engineering (ME 660)

Selected publications

  1. T. Liu, B. Li, B. Lively, A. Eyler and W. H. Zhong, Enhanced Wear Resistance of High-Density Polyethylene Composites Reinforced by Organosilane-Graphitic Nanoplatelets, Wear, 2014, 309, 43
  2. Y. Wang, B. Li, J. Y. Ji, A. Eyler and W. H. Zhong, A “Gummy” Electrolyte: Safety of a Solid, Performance of a Liquid, Advanced Energy Materials, 2013, 3,1557.
  3. B. Li, C. W. Tang, T. Liu and W. H. Zhong, Fabrication and Characterization of Flexible High Performance Thermoplastic Foam Derived from Rigid Polyetherketoneketone via a VOC- Free Foaming Technique, Journal of Materials Science, 2013, 48, 3517.
  4. J. Y. Ji, B. Li, W. H. Zhong, An Ultra Elastic Poly(ethylene oxide)/Soy Protein Film with Fully Amorphous Structure, Macromolecules, 2012,45, 602.
  5. B. Li, E. Olson, A. Perugini and W. H. Zhong, Simultaneous Enhancement in Damping and Static Dissipation Capability of Polyetherimide Composites with Organosilane Surface Modified Graphene Nanoplatelets, Polymer, 2010, 52, 5606.

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