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Dr. Erol Sancaktar

Professor of Polymer Engineering,
Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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Education

• 1979 Ph. D., Engineering Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 1976 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 1974 B. S., Mechanical Engineering, Robert College (now Bogazici University), Istanbul

Honors

• Fellow, ASME International, elected September 1997.

Recognitions

• American Men and Women of Science (1998).
• Who's Who in America 52nd edition (1998), 53rd edition (1999).
• Who's Who in the World, 7th edition (1984), 12th edition (1995).
• Who's Who in Science and Engineering 2nd edition (1994), 3rd edition (1996), 4th edition (1997), 5th edition (2000).
• Who's Who in American Education 1st edition (1989), 3rd edition (1992).
• Who's Who in the East 26th edition (1996).
• Who's Who in the Midwest 25th edition (1996).
• Who's Who in Finance and Industry 29th edition (1995).
• Two Thousand Notable American Men (1992, 1994).
• Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans (1990).
• Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology, lst edition (1984).
• The Adhesive and Sealant Council Directory of Researchers and Research Programs.
• Adhesives Age Directory of Research Programs.
• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society of North America, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Chapter, elected full member.

Research Interests

1. Optimization of Adhesive Joint Geometries, Mechanical Adhesion: Involves efforts to increase the load carrying capacity of adhesively bonded joints under both monotonic, and cyclic loads using geometrical methods; by inducing material property gradients within the adhesive material, and optimization of substrate surface topography for optimum mechanical adhesion.

2. The Use of Excimer Laser in Composite Material, Adhesion, Polymer Property Evaluation, Polymer Welding, Micromachining Applications and Nanolithography: A state-of-the-art LPX240i multi-gas (193-351 nm) excimer laser with 400 Hz repetition capacity is used for research purposes.

3. Design for New Applications with Polymer and Composites: A 4-axis, computer controlled filament winder is used to design and manufacture composite components varying from highly efficient, and tunable helical composite springs to aircraft turbine shields for blade breakage. An SLA250 3D system stereolithography instrument is also available for rapid prototyping research.

4. Electrically/Electronically Conductive Polymers/Adhesives: Involves modeling basic conduction mechanisms, and processing of filled conductive adhesives including anisotropically conducting adhesives, as well as the development of composites of conductive polymers, such as polyaniline, for adhesive, and/or film coating purposes.

5. Ultrasonic Welding Research: Involves ultrasonic weldability of polymer based parts and composites, including research on the improvement in weldability of non-polar polymers by polar additives, and laser treatment, as well as weldability of filled polymers.

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