Dr. Stephen Michielsen,
Senior Research Scientist
801 Ferst Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Textile & Fiber Engineering
Atlanta, GA 30332-0295
Phone: 404-894-6345
FAX: 404-894-8780
Last Updated: June 27, 2000
Dr. Stephen Michielsen is a Senior Research Scientist with the School of Textile & Fiber Engineering.
Dr. Michielsen's research interests lie in the fields of fiber and polymer physics and physical chemistry. Current efforts are aimed at modifying fiber surfaces to impart new functionality to the fibers, including frictional properties, antistatic properties and antimicrobial behavior. His group also is actively involved in the use of Raman microspectoscopy to understand bonding mechanisms in nonwoven fabrics and structure/property relationships in polymers. Additional efforts are aimed at understanding the failure mechanisms of fibers and how process variables affect these mechanisms.
Dr. Michielsen joined Georgia Tech after spending 15 years at the Experimental Station of E. I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc. While at DuPont, he studied a wide variety of polymer and fiber physics problems including polymer blends, fracture of polymers and fibers; and the thermomechanical, frictional and birefringent properties of fibers. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, the Fiber Society, and the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- Ph.D., 1979, University of Chicago
- B.S., 1972, State University of New York at Stony Brook