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Jaroslaw W. Drelich

Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
506 M&M Building
Shipping/Mailing Address

906.487.2932
906.487.2934 Fax
jwdrelic@mtu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

BS in Chemistry, Technical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, 1983
MS in Chemical Technology, Technical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland, 1983
PhD in Metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1993

Appointments

Research Interests

Adhesion of fine particles; Characterization of materials’ surfaces with atomic force microscopy; Enhancement of biocompatibility of implant materials; Wetting of solids and liquids – stability of thin liquid films; Colloidal properties of nanoparticles; Recycling of materials; Minerals and oil sands processing

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Courses

MY 4200 Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy (Fall)
MY 5200 Advanced Scanning Electron Microscopy (Summer)
MY 5550 Solid Surfaces (Spring)
MY 5580 Introduction to Scanning Probe Microscopy (Fall)

Previous Courses

MY 401 Mineral Process Engineering
MY 402 Interfacial Phenomena in Material and Environmental Technologies
MY 403 Mineral Processing Plant Design
MY 584/MY 5540 Surface Chemistry
MY 4520 Surface Effects on Particulate Separation
MY 4530 Surfaces and Interfaces
MY 4900 Capstone Senior Design Project

Professional Affiliations

American Chemical Society (ACS)
Materials Research Society (MRS)
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (AIME)
The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (TMS)

Awards, Recognition, and Notables

• Individual Award from the president of the Technical University of Gdansk for research activity (1984, 1986, 1987)
• I-Degree Group Award from the president of the Technical University of Gdansk for scientific activity (1988)
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology (since 1999)
• Member of Advisory Board for several international and domestic professional/scientific meetings
• Chairman/Co-Chairman of several technical sessions during international and domestic professional meetings
• Invited Speaker to several technical meetings and seminars at universities and in companies
• Reviewer to funding agencies (NSF, EPA, PRF) and journals (Langmuir, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Colloids and Surfaces, Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, The Journal of Adhesion, Minerals and Metallurgical Processing, Polymer Engineering and Science, International Journal of Mineral Processing, and other)

Previous Funding

Some of Dr. Drelich’s recent service to industrial sector includes surface characterization of polymeric coatings used in pulmonary drug delivery systems, wetting and adhesion characterization of aluminum canisters used in propellant-based inhalers, selection of polymeric coatings of reduced adhesion for drug delivery systems, development of technology for fabrication of bioactive calcium phosphate coatings for implant devices, development of technologies for recycling of polymers, and other. Sponsors included: Boehringer Ingelheim, Daimler-Chrysler, Dura Pharmeceuticals Inc., General Motors, Medtronic Inc.

Dr. Drelich’s research funded by US federal agencies and foundations includes fundamentals of wetting, spreading and adhesion phenomena, adhesion and colloidal force measurements for microscopic particles using atomic force microscopy, and nanotechnology.
Sponsors included: ACS-PRF, EPA, NSF

Personal

Hobbies: Fishing, table tennis (ping pong) playing, hiking, Polish stamps collecting

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