Dr. Jamil Baghdachi
Interim Coordinator, Coatings Research Institute
Professor, Polymers and Coatings Graduate Program Coordinator

Overview of Research Interests

The research of Professor Baghdachi's group is focused on the creation of new materials, rational design, and formulation, preparation of polymers, coatings, adhesives and composite systems. Design and preparation of current interests include conventional and nanotechnology-based automotive, industrial and aerospace coatings, smart materials: Stimuli-responsive, anti-microbial, re-mendable, self-healing, and self-stratifying, corrosion and high temperature resistant polymers and coatings. The focus on the coatings area is on design and formulation of environmentally friendly coatings: Waterborne, UV-cure, powder and high solid coatings.

Fundamental studies are aimed at understanding the adhesion and corrosion phenomena and practical methods of improving adhesion to a wide variety of surfaces and improving corrosion resistance of metals used in industry. Further investigations aimed at understanding and accessing durability and service life of polymers and coatings, the role and interactions of ingredients and methods of enhancing coatings durability.

Short Bio:
Over 20 years of prior industrial R&D and management experience. He is the author and co-author of 41 patents and 102 publications including 4 technical professional books and is a frequent speaker for professional organizations both nationally and internationally. He has been an active consultant for the industry for the past 25 years and conducts training courses and workshops in all aspects of polymers and coatings.

Selected Publications:
" Baghdachi, J. Provder, T., "Smart Coatings," Smart Coatings II, ACS Symposium Series 1002, 2009.
" Baghdachi, J. Provder, T., "Smart Coatings," Smart Coatings I, ACS Symposium Series 957, 2007.
" Baghdachi, J., Clemans, D., Xu, Q., "Evaluating Antimicrobial Activities of Surface Coatings," American Chemical Society, Symposium Series, 957, 2006.

Most Recent Invited Presentations:
" Roon Foundation Award, 1st place 2009, Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology
" Keynote Lecturer, U.S. Army Corrosion Summit, Clearwater, Fl, February 3-5, 2009.
" FSCT, Distinguished Lecturer 1999-present
" Keynote Lecturer, ASME/STLE, October 20, 2008.
" Keynote Lecturer, SATER, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Septembre 8, 2004.
" Society of Automotive Engineers, "Distinguished Paper" Annual Congress, 1999.

Slides of Typical Research:

jamil.baghdachi@emich.edu Phone: 734.487.3192

Dr. Frank N. Jones
Professor, Polymers and Coatings

Twenty years of research and R&D management experience in industry, 20 years in academia. More than 200 publications and patents. FSCT Mattiello Lecture award, Fellow of ACS PMSE Division. Research interests include polymer synthesis, cross-linking, structure/property relationships, corrosion protection, and zero-VOC coatings.
frankjones@comcast.net

Dr. Vijay Mannari
Associate Professor, Polymers and Coatings

Prof. Mannari has been in the field of Polymers and coatings for the last 20 years, with vast experience in both academics and industrial fields. His research interests include polymer synthesis, coatings based on bio-based materials, Sol-Gel technology, water-borne coatings and novel crosslinking chemistry. Prof. Mannari is a qualified Chartered Scientist, fellow member of Oil and Colour Chemists' Association, (OCCA), UK and currently serving on the board of Detroit Soc. for Coating Technology (DSCT). Eastern Michigan University honored Prof. Mannari with "Faculty Excellence Award" for the year 2007.
vijay.mannari@emich.edu Phone: 734.487.1235

Dr. John Texter
Professor, Polymers and Coatings Program

More than 24 years of R&D experience in industry and more than 140 publications, including 41 U.S. patents. Editor in chief of the Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology. Recipient of many awards including Fellow, Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Service Recognition Award, Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, MRE Innovation Award for Nanocrystalline Technology. Research interests include polymeric thin films and composites, fire and heat resistant polymeric materials, colloidal crystal coating and manufacturing, templating photonic crystals from polymeric arrays and nanoencapsulating of pigments.
john.texter@emich.edu Phone: 734.487.4587

Dr. Weidian Shen
Professor, Physics and Director, Surface Science Research Lab
in the Department of Physics and Astronomy

Research interests include the study of surface morphology at the micro and nano-scale level using scanning tunneling microscope (STM) and atomic force microscope (AFM) instrumentation, micro/nano-mechanics at surfaces, and micro/nano-tribology, a new interdisciplinary field dealing with wear and friction at surfaces. Started collaborative research with the Coatings Research Institute in 1995, and developed a new technique to characterize mar/scratch resistance and identify mar/scratch mechanisms of surface coatings quantitatively.
wade.shen@emich.edu Phone: 734.487.8797

Smart Coatings 2009