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Mataz Alcoutlabi, Ph.D

Associate Professor

 

Contact Info

Office Location: Eng. 3.262
Office Hours: T 2-3:00, TR 2-3:00
Office Telephone: 956-665-8945
E-mail: mataz.alcoutlabi@utrgv.edu

Research Interests

  • Material Behavior at the Nanoscale
  • Rheology and NanoRheology
  • Polymers and polymer nanocomposites
  • Smart polymer hydrogels
  • Confinement effects on thin films
  • Nanofiber reinforced composites as separators and electrodes for Energy Storage
  • Melt Forcespinning for Biomedical Applications

Research Group

This is the Battery Group from Mechanical Engineering at UTRGV 2018

Battery Group from Mechanical Engineering at UTRGV 2018

Personal Information

  • Postdoctoral, Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University , 06/ 2000-02/2005
  • Postdoctoral, Chemical Engineering, L'Universite’ Laval, Quebec, Canada, (09/1998-05/2000)
  • Ph.D, Polymeric and Composite Materials, INSA Lyon, France, (1999)
  • M.S., Mechanical engineering, INSA Toulouse, France, (1995)
  • B.S., Mechanical engineering, University of Aleppo, Syria, (1986)

Ongoing Projects

  • Nanostructured materials as cathodes and anodes for Lithium-ion Batteries
  • Nonwoven-based separators for Lithium-ion Batteries
  • Nanostructured electrodes for Sodium-ion Batteries
  • Melt Forcespinning of Biomaterials