Joshua U. Otaigbe

Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering
School of Polymers and High Performance Materials
Polymer Science Building,Room 208
118 College Drive #10076
Hattiesburg,MS 39406-0001
Phone:(601)-266-5596
Fax:(601)-266-5504
Email: Joshua.Otaigbe@usm.edu
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Background

B.S. (with Honors), Industrial Chemistry, Nigeria , 1979. Ph.D., Polymer Science & Engineering, University of Manchester (UMIST), 1984. Fellow of Institute of Materials ( UK ).Fellow, Society of Plastics Engineers. National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1997. Listed in Who's Who of American Inventors, 1998-1999. Member of Society of Advanced Materials and Process Engineering, Society of Rheology, American Chemical Society, Institute of Materials ( UK ). Elected to the Board of Directors, Society of Plastics Engineers-EPSDIV, 2001. Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, the University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Polymer Science, August 2002. Registered Chartered Engineer.

Research Areas

Polymer processing and rheology; Materials science; Viscoelastic properties of polymeric solids and liquids; Structure and properties of polyphosphate glasses and glass/polymer hybrids; Composite materials and processing; Nanotechnology; University/industry interactions.

Representative Publications, Patents

Publications:

P.C. Guschl, J.U. Otaigbe, C.K. Loong,"Investigation of phase behavior during melt processing of novel inorganic-organic polymer hybrid material", Polymer Engineering and Science 44[9], 1692-1701 [2004]

J. Teng, J.U. Otaigbe, E.P. Taylor,"Reactive blending of functionalized polypropylene and polyamide 6: In situ polymerization and in situ compatibilization", Polymer Engineering and Science 44[4], 648-659 [2004]

P.C. Guschl, J.U. Otaigbe,"Experimental observation and prediction of interfacial tension and viscoelastic emulsion model behavior in novel phosphate glass-polymer hybrids", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 266[1], 82-92 [2003]

V.E. Yudin, J.U. Otaigbe, T.X. Bui, V.M. Svetlichnyi,"Polyimide bonded magnets: Processing and properties", Journal of Applied Polymer Science 88[14], 3151-3158 JUN [2003]

B.C. Tischendorf, T.M. Alam, R.T. Cygan, J.U. Otaigbe,"The structure and properties of binary zinc phosphate glasses studied by molecular dynamics simulations", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 316[2-3], 261-272 [2003]

P.C. Guschl, J.U. Otaigbe,"Effects on the melt rheology of systems of Nd-Fe-B particles suspended in a poly(phenylene sulfide) and liquid crystalline polymer blend", Polymer Composites 23[3], 285-306 [2002]

B. Tischendorf, D.J. Harris, J.U. Otaigbe, and T.M. Alam,"Investigation of structure and Morphology Dynamics in Tin Flurophosphate Glass-Polyethylene Hybrids Using Solid-State 1H, 13C, and 31P MAS NMR", Chemical Materials 14,341-347 [2002]

K.Kar, J.U. Otaigbe,"Numerical Analysis and Experimental Studies on the Role of Rheological Properties in Effecting Die-Swell of Low Density Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and Polystyrene: A Predictive Model Based on Newtonian Fluid", Journal of Elastomers and Plastics 33, 1-39 [2001]

M.D. Barnes, K.Fukui, J.U. Otaigbe, B.G. Sumpter and D.W. Noid,"Generation, Characterization, and Modelling of Polymer Micro- and Nano-Particles", Polymer Physics and Engineering , pp. 1-86, Springer-Verlag, [2001]

M.D Barnes, J.U. Otaigbe, "Nanoscale Optical probes of polymer Dynamics in Ultrasmall Volumes", Computational Studies, Nanotechnology, and Solution Thermodynamics of Polymer Systems, pp. 79-92, Kluwer Academic/Plenum , Publishers, New York, [2001]

Patents:

"Apparatus for and method of producing monodisperse submicron polymer powders from solution" U.S. Patent 6,461,546 [2002] (with D.W. Noid, et al .)

"Optical Devices and their Method of Assembly" U.S. Patent 6,444,076 [2002] (with R.E. Johnson et al. )

"Method of Making Polymer Powders And Whiskers As Well As Particulate Products of the Method and Atomizing Apparatus ", US Patent 6,171,433 [2001] (with J.M. McAvoy et al.).

"Sealing Frit Pastes", US Patent 5,510,301 [1996] (with K. Fink).

"Preparation of Powdered Glass Paste Compositions For Sealing Glass Panels to Funnels or Tubes in Television Picture Tubes" European Patent 709,346 [1996], (with K. Fink).

"Desulfurization of Carbonaceous Fuels By Coagglomeration With Sulfur Sorbents", US Patent 5,284,497 [1994], (with N. Egiebor ).

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