Haley Hagg Lobland
University of North Texas
PhD Student
Research
tribology testing,
wear,
friction,
scratch resistance,
dynamic mechanical analysis,
tensile mechanical testing,
polymer processing,
plasma modification,
focused ion beam,
electron microscopy
polymers,
polymer composites,
dental materials,
biomaterials,
drag reduction,
flocculation,
tribology,
brittleness of materials,
morphology of polymer composites
I work mainly with polymer-based-materials (PBMs); these include engineering
thermoplastics,
epoxy, dental
resins,
flocculation and drag-reducing agents. My focus is split between modification of
polymers to obtain improved properties and
mathematical modeling of observed phenomena. In my lab we have equipment to process PBMs (by blending,
injection molding,
compression molding, etc.) and analyze a variety of properties (mechanical,
thermal,
tribological).
