Polymer Institute Graduates

Prashant Chandran - spring 1992 - "Biaxial Orientation of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)"

Mahesh Patkar - spring 1992 - "Effect of Diethylene Glycol, DEG, on the Crystallization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)"

Prathiba Amireddy - summer 1992 - "Barrier Properties of HDPE and HDPE Blends to Gasoline and Gasoline/Alcohol Mixtures"

Amit Agrawal - fall 1992 - "Permeation and Transport Behavior of PET"

Prasad Sambaru - fall 1992 - "Properties and Morphology of Oriented Blends of PET/HDPE/Compatibilizing Agent"

Dimitrios Slioupkidis - summer 1993 - "Numerical Simulation of Nonisothermal Flow of Non-Newtonian Fluids in a Finned Channel"

Vinay Bhakkad - fall 1993 - "Morphology and Properties of Ternary Blends of PET/HDPE/Compatibilizer"

Karthik Chandramouli - fall 1993 - "Morphology and Property Relationships in Ternary Blends of HDPE/nylon/Compatibilizing Agent"

Sumit Mukherjee - winter 1993 - "Aging Characteristics of Oriented PET"

Gangadharan Kumaravel - winter 1994 - "Extrusion Blow Molding of PET/HDPE Blends"

Srikanth Dasari - spring 1995 - "Permeation Behavior of Composite Layered Materials to Varying Auto Fuel Composition"

Mitesh Shah - summer 1995 - "Structure-Morphology-Property Relationships in HDPE/Acrylonitrile Copolymer/Compatibilizer Blends"

Timothy Boyd - fall 1995 - "Effect of Copolymerization on Heat Set Properties of PET"

Sumit Khanna - spring 1996 - "Effect of Orientation Processes on the Structure and Properties of PET"

Pankaj Varma - summer 1996 - "Properties and Kinetics of Thermally Crystallized Oriented Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)"

Anitha Kosanam - summer 1996 - "The Effect of Compatibilizer on Morphology and Physical Properties of PET/HDPE Blends"

Venkateswaran Govindarajan - PhD - stretch blow molding of PET

Wen Chen - summer 1997 - "Microstructure of Amorphous and Crystalline Poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET)

Abhijit Natu - effect of morphology on barrier properties of PET

Shiram Venkataraman - orientation and structure development of thermally crystallized PET

Yu Shi - PhD in the winter 1997- "Study on PET/PEN Blends : Transesterification Reaction and Properties"

Tom O'Connell - studying permeation of gasoline through multilayer structures

Ravi Mody - summer 1998 - "Shrinkage Characteristics of Oriented Poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET)"