Robert Knobel

Professor Robert Knobel

Robert Knobel

Associate Professor

Faculty, Engineering & Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Physics & Optics

Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy

Centre for Nanophotonics

Arts & Science

Jeffrey Giacomin

Professor Jeffrey Giacomin

Jeffrey Giacomin

RETIRED

Faculty, Engineering & Applied Physics

Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy

Arts & Science

Degree:

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, CANADA (1987)

Research Areas:

  • explores the role played by rheology in polymer processing or in plastics manufacturing
  • relation between polymer molecular structure and rheology
  • experimental and theoretical investigations on die-lip build-up (die drool) in extrusion and on die line formation
  • interpret the measured polymer hardness in terms of the Young's modulus
  • explores processing elastohydrodynamics