Faculty
Lenore Dai
Dr. Lenore Dai
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Texas Tech University
6th and Canton
Mail Stop 3121
Lubbock, TX 79409-3121
(806) 742-1757
Personal Information:
Dr. Lenore Dai received her BS in Polymer
Science and Engineering from Beijing University
of Chemical Technology and her Ph.D. in Materials
Science and Engineering from the University
of Illinois. She worked for PPG Industries,
Inc. for 5.5 years prior to joining the Department
of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University
in July, 2002. Dr. Dai is the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 3M
Nontenured Faculty Awards, a Whitacre Engineering Research Award, a Lockheed Martin Teaching Award, a Texas Tech Alumni
Association New Faculty Award, AICHE Professor
of the Year Awards, and a Young Alumnus Award.
Her academic research interests are in the
areas of nanorheology, surface, interfacial,
and colloidal science, materials at the nanoscale,
and thermal and mechanical analyses of complex
fluids, polymers, and composites.
Texas Tech University, College of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering,
806.742.3553