Meisha Shofner Assistant Professor School of Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering School of Materials Science and Engineering School of Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology 801 Ferst Drive, NW Atlanta, GA 30332-0295 Office:  MRDC-4409 Phone: 404.385.7216 Fax: 404.894.8780 meisha.shofner@ptfe.gatech.edu B.S., 1997 Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin Ph.D., 2004, Materials Science & Engineering, Rice University Dr. Meisha L. Shofner is an Assistant Professor in the School of Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1997.  She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Rice University in 2004 and then conducted post-doctoral research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Her post-doctoral research studied the reinforcement behavior of nanofilled thermoplastic polymers above the glass transition temperature.  Research Interests Nano-structured polymers and nanocomposites Polymer processing (including micro- and nano-fabrication) Dr. Shofner’s research interests at Georgia Tech concern the processing and physical properties of polymer matrix composite materials with specific emphasis on nanocomposites.  Her research group focuses on manipulating the excess interfacial area provided by nanoscale fillers to create composite materials with novel properties. Awards Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (2007) Solvay Advanced Polymers Young Faculty Award (2006) Selected Publications M.L. Shofner, V.N. Khabashesku, and E.V. Barrera, "Processing and Mechanical Properties of Fluorinated Single Wall Carbon Nanotube-Polyethylene Composites" Chemistry of Materials 18, 906 (2006) E.V. Barrera, M.L. Shofner, and E.L. Corral, "Applications: Composites" in Carbon Nanotubes: Science and Applications. M. Meyyappan, ed., Boca Raton: CRC Press (2005) M.L. Shofner, F.J. Rodriguez-Macias, R. Vaidyanathan, and E.V. Barrera, "Single Wall Nanotube and Vapor Grown Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Processed by Solid Freeform Fabrication" Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 34, 1207 (2003) M.L. Shofner, K. Lozano, F.J. Rodriguez-Macias, and E.V. Barrera "Nanofiber Reinforced Polymers Prepared by Fused Deposition Modeling" Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 89, 3081 (2003) Return to top