Edward Drown

Contact Information

Address: Engineering Bldg.
428 S Shaw Ln
Room: 4143
East Lansing , MI 48824

Phone:

(517) 353-4696

Email:

drownedw@msu.edu

Research Assistant I

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Education

  • Ph.D. studies, Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University
  • M.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1991
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1987

Selected Publications

  1. Drown E.K., Mohanty A.K., Parulekar Y., Hasija D., Harte B.R., Misra M. and Kurian J.V., “The surface characteristics of organoclays and their effect on the properties of poly(trimethylene terephthalate) nanocomposites” Composites Science and Technology, Accepted – In Press
  2. “Biobased nanocomposites from poly(trimethylene terephthalate) and organoclays” 21st Annual Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites (September 17–20, 2006; Dearborn, MI)
  3. Miyagawa H., Mase T., Sato C., Drown E., Drzal L.T. and Ikegami K., Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Transverse Elastic Modulus of Carbon Fibers, Carbon 44 (2006) 2002–2008
  4. “Possible mechanisms responsible for low levels of fiber-matrix adhesion between carbon fibers and epoxy matrices in e-beam processed composites”, 44th International SAMPE Symposium (May 23–27, 1999)
  5. Al–Moussawi H., Drown E.K. and Drzal L.T., The silane/sizing composite interphase, Polymer Composites 14 (1993) 195–200

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