Shantikumar Nair

Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
323 Engineering Laboratory, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9292
(413) 545-4713
nair@ecs.umass.edu
http://www.ecs.umass.edu/mie/faculty/nair.html

Nanocomposite Materials

Nano and multiscale reinforced polymer composites. These are important in the development of a new class of tough and high modulus polymers and are also important in biomaterial applications.

Research Interest	Potential Application
Nanoscale reinforced thermoplastics	Structural

Honors and Awards

• Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1986

Publications

1. S.V.Nair, L. A. Goettler and B. A. Lysek, “Toughness of nanoscale and multiscale polyamide-6,6 composites,” Polymer Eng. & Sc. 2002, 42, 1872-1882.