1. L. Jensen and S. Shivkumar, "Development and Evaluation of a Foamed N,O-Carboxymethyl Chitosan Wound Dressing, J. of Biomaterials Applications, (1997) submitted for publication
   
   
2. M. Johnson and S. Shivkumar, "Structure and Properties of Filamentous Green Algae", Materials Science and Engineering B, B38 (1996) 103-108
   
   
3. C. Mansur, M. Pope, M.R. Pascucci and S. Shivkumar, "Zirconia-Calcium Phosphate Composites for Maxillofacial Applications", Ceramics International, (1996) in press
   
   
4. V. Tucci, B. Gibson, D. DiBiasio, S. Shivkumar and G. Borah, "Shape Memory Polymers for External Fracture Fixation", Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Society for Plastic Engineers, May 7-11, 1995, Boston, MA, Vol. 3, pp.2102-2124
   
   
5. S. Mehta, S. Biederman and S. Shivkumar, "Thermal Degradation of Foamed Polystyrene", J. of Materials Science, 30 (1995) 2944-2949
   
   
6. S. Shivkumar, "Modeling of Temperature Losses in Liquid Metal During Casting Formation in the Lost Foam Process", Materials Science and Technology, 10 (1994) 986-992

ME 1800	Materials Selection and Manufacturing Processes
ES 2001	Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering
ME 2820	Materials Processing
ME 3811	Microstructures in Materials
ME 4814	Biomedical Materials
ME 4821	Plastics
ME 4840	Physical Metallurgy
ME 581	Phase Transformations

Recent MQP's(Selected)

Recent M.S. theses(Selected)

• "Effects of Storage time on the Quality of UHMWPE orthopedic Implants", 1996
  
  
• "Effects of Polymer properties on Casting Quality in the Lost foam Process", 1996
  
  
• "Effects of Radiation Sterilization on the Mechanical and Physical Properties of UHMWPE", 1995
  
  
• "Filamentous Algae as a Filler in Synthetic and Biodegradable Foams", 1994