Department Chair: Dr. Peter Kofinas
Professor and Chair
Ph.D., MIT, 1994
Room 2113D Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building
E-mail: kofinas@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-7335
Dr. Kofinas has written more than 80 papers in archival journals, and has given over 40 invited talks on his work in the U.S., Europe, Korea and Singapore. As a faculty member at UMD, he has graduated 19 Ph.D. students, 3 of which have secured faculty positions. During his tenure at UMD, Kofinas has received the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. He has received several awards from the Clark School of Engineering including the Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching award, has been named Keystone Professor, the Engaged Faculty Award, the Senior Faculty Outstanding Research Award, and the Faculty Outstanding Service Award.
His current research aims are the synthesis characterization and processing of polymer based architectures used in a variety of technologies and devices ranging from energy storage to medical devices. Present research problems of interest include functional polymer-based technologies for medical devices, biosensors, batteries and radio frequency devices.