Sindee Simon Ph.D.
Head, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NC State University
Bio
Dr. Sindee L. Simon’s research group focuses on the physics and chemistry of polymers and glass-forming materials. Using calorimetry, dilatometry, and mechanical experiments, coupled with rigorous analysis and modeling, her research laboratory elucidates fundamental questions in three broad areas of materials physics and chemistry:
- The kinetics and nature of the glass transition
- Properties and reactions at the nanoscale
- Viscoelastic bulk modulus of polymers and nanocomposites
Dr. Simon has performed important work testing and developing the empirical models of structural recovery, is one of the few researchers in the world to be able to measure the time-dependent bulk modulus, and has pioneered research on polymerization reaction kinetics and thermodynamics at the nanoscale.
Education
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Princeton University 1992
Bachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering Yale University 1983
Publications
- Kinetics of nanoconfined benzyl methacrylate radical polymerization , JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE (2024)
- The glass transition and enthalpy recovery of polystyrene nanorods using Flash differential scanning calorimetry , JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS (2024)
- Amorphization and Crystallization of Hexanitroazobenzene (HNAB) Using Conventional DSC and Flash DSC , PROPELLANTS EXPLOSIVES PYROTECHNICS (2022)
- Composition-dependent glass transition temperature in mixtures: Evaluation of configurational entropy models , POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (2022)
- Dodecyl Methacrylate Polymerization under Nanoconfinement: Reactivity and Resulting Properties , MACROMOLECULES (2022)
- Origin of the broad endothermic peak observed at low temperatures for polystyrene and metals in Flash differential scanning calorimetry , POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (2022)
- The absolute heat capacity of polymer grafted nanoparticles using fast scanning calorimetry , POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (2022)
- Mobility of Pressure-Densified and Pressure-Expanded Polystyrene Glasses: Dilatometry and a Test of KAHR Model , MACROMOLECULES (2021)
- Prediction of the Synergistic Glass Transition Temperature of Coamorphous Molecular Glasses Using Activity Coefficient Models , MOLECULAR PHARMACEUTICS (2021)