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BNL will be attending the 2024 MRS Spring Meeting in Seattle, April 22-26

For more information, please visit the MRS official website

BNL will be attending the 2023 American Society for Composites 38th Annual Technical Conference in Boston, September 17-20.

For more information visit: https://www.asc-composites.org/ascc2023

BNL will be attending the 2023 US-Japan Joint Symposium for Composite Materials in Tokyo, June 14-16.

For more information visit: https://www.rs.tus.ac.jp/koyanagi/2019/

BNL will be attending the 2023 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco, CA. April 10-14

Our lab will present our work on CO2. Prospective graduate students attending the conference are encouraged to contact Prof. Bozlar about openings in our lab. For more information visit :...

BNL is Hiring: Open PhD Student Positions

BNL is Hiring! We have multiple openings for PhD students for the Fall 2023 semester. Please check the "Join Us" section for more information.

Welcome Dogukan and Vitaliano to BNL!

BNL welcomes the new Mechanical Engineering PhD students Dogukan and Vitaliano

We send our best wishes to Dogukan Yazici and Vitaliano Dattilo, who began their PhD studies by coming from Turkey and Italy to the Bozlar Nanoscience Lab to participate in Carbon Capture and Graphene-reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites for Flame Retardancy and...

BNL will present at the 6th International Congress on 3D Printing Technologies and Digital Industry, Bucharest (Romania)

Prof. Bozlar will deliver a Plenary Lecture entitled "Low-dimensional Materials for 3D Printing" at the 6th International Congress on 3D Printing Technologies and Digital Industry which will be held in Bucharest (Romania), November 22-24, 2022. For more information...

BNL will attend the 2022 American Chemical Society-SWRM in Baton Rouge, LA. Nov. 6-9

Our lab will present our work entitled “CO2 Capture using Nanomaterials”. Prospective graduate students attending the conference are encouraged to contact Prof. Bozlar about openings in our lab. For more information visit: https://swrm.org

Meet The Team

Principal Investigator

Michael Bozlar, Ph.D.

bozlar@uta.edu

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Materials Science & Engineering

Academic Background

Research Faculty: Princeton University, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Postdoc: Princeton University, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering: Ecole Normale Superieure CentraleSupelec (Paris-Saclay, France)

UTA Faculty Profile | Google Scholar Profile

Graduate Students

Ozge Ece Aydogan

Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Bio-based Materials | Tissue Engineering | Synthetic Skin | REE Extraction and Separation

oxa1388@mavs.uta.edu

Vitaliano Dattilo

Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Polymer Composites | Flame Retardancy | EMI Shielding | 3D Printing | Recyclability & Renewable Energy Systems

vitaliano.dattilo2@uta.edu

Dogukan Yazici

Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Computational Chemistry | Carbon Capture and Separation | REE Extraction and Separation 

dogukan.yazici@uta.edu

Nikhil Alagandula

M.S. Student, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Polymer Composites | Recyclability & Renewable Energy Systems  

nxa0228@mavs.uta.edu

Kunal Bachim

M.S. Student, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Polymer Composites | Recyclability & Renewable Energy Systems

kab4142@mavs.uta.edu

Ravi Mogilisetti 

M.S. Student, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Polymer Composites | Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Shielding

rsm6123@mavs.uta.edu

Alessio Tollin

Visiting M.S. Student, Dept. of Energy and Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Torino

Polymer Composites | Thermoresponsive Polymers | Water Harvesting

alessio.tollin99@gmail.com

Fabio Margiotta

Visiting M.S. Student, Dept. of Energy and Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Torino

Carbon Capture and Sequestration | Direct Air Capture 

fabiomargiotta99@gmail.com

Undergraduate Students

Christopher Marquez Rodriguez

Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Polymer Composites | Recyclability & Renewable Energy Systems

cmr3700@mavs.uta.edu

Fernando Parra

Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Polymer Composites | Flame Retardant Polymer Composites and Coatings

fxp1425@mavs.uta.edu

Audrey Miller

Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

REE Extraction and Separation | Computational Chemistry

aem8082@mavs.uta.edu

Research

At BNL, nanoscale science and technology form the cornerstone of our research endeavors. Our interdisciplinary group, consisting of graduate and undergraduate students, postdocs from diverse backgrounds, is committed to pushing the boundaries of nanomaterials research. Our aim is to address the pressing materials science and engineering challenges confronting society.

Our mission is twofold: to delve into the fundamental properties of materials at the near-atomic scale and subsequently leverage this understanding to engineer macroscopic devices. Whether it is utilizing 3D printing to substitute metals with polymer composites for human body parts, enhancing battery performance for electric vehicles, or synthesizing novel materials to combat global water scarcity, BNL is passionately committed to tackling these diverse challenges with innovation at the forefront.

Our ongoing research activities are summarized below.

Polymer Composites

The Environment

Energy

Critical Materials

Biomaterials

The BNL team strives to address the challenges associated with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development defined by the United Nations

Publications

Journals

 

15. Alginate Biopolymeric Coated Heat Exchanger for Atmospheric Water Harvesting.

Gentile V., Bozlar M., Calo M., Simonetti M., Meggers F. ACS ES&T Water (2024). [PDF]

 

14. Water Vapor Mass Transfer in Alginate-Graphite Bio-Based Hydrogel for Atmospheric Water Harvesting.

Gentile V., Calo M., Bozlar M., Simonetti M., Meggers F. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 219, 124794 (2024). [PDF]

13. Liter-scale Atmospheric Water Harvesting for Dry Climates Driven by Low Temperature Solar Heat.

Gentile V., Bozlar M., Meggers F., Simonetti M. Energy 254, 124295 (2022). [PDF]

12. Effect of Electric Stimulus on Human Adipose-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cultured in 3D-printed Scaffolds.

Bedir T., Ulag S., Aydogan K., Sahin A., Yilmaz B.K., Guvenc Y., Bozlar M., Ustundag C.B., Gunduz O. Polymers for Advanced Technologies 32, 1114-1125 (2021). [PDF]

11. Carbonaceous Nanomaterials for Phototherapy: A Review.

Gurbuz B., Ayan S., Bozlar M., Ustundag C. Emergent Materials 3479-502(2020)[PDF]


10. Active Building Envelope Systems Toward Renewable and Sustainable Energy.

Luo Y., Zhang L., Bozlar M., Liu Z., Guo H., Meggers F. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 104, 470-491 (2019). [PDF]


9. Revisiting the Use of Globe Thermometers to Estimate Radiant Temperature in Studies of Heating and Ventilation.

Guo H., Teiltelbaum E., Houchois N., Bozlar M., Meggers F. Energy and Buildings 180, 83-94 (2018).  [PDF]

8. Development of Moisture Absorber Based on Hydrophilic Nonporous Membrane Mass Exchanger and Alkoxylated Siloxane Liquid Desiccant.

Pantelic J., Teitelbaum E., Bozlar M., Kim S, Meggers F. Energy and Buildings 160, 34-43 (2018). [PDF]

7. Functionalization of Graphene Oxide by Tetrazine Derivatives: A Versatile Approach toward Covalent Bridges between Graphene Sheets.

Li Y., Alain V., Glamiche L., Audebert P., Miomandre F., Louarn G., Bozlar M., Pope M.A., Dabbs D.M., Aksay I.A. Chemistry of Materials. 27, 4298-4310 (2015).  [PDF]

6. Buckling of Elastomeric Plates for Soft, Electrically Active Microfluidic Pumps.

Tavakol B., Bozlar M., Punckt C., Froehilcher G., Stone H. A., Aksay I.A., Homes D.P. Soft Matter 10, 4789-4794 (2014). [PDF]

5. Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Elastomeric Electrodes.

Bozlar M., Punckt C., Korkut S., Zhu J., Foo C. C., Suo Z., Aksay I. A. Applied Physics Letters  101, 091907 (2012). [PDF]


4. Carbon Nanotube Microarchitectures for Enhanced Thermal Conduction at Ultralow Mass Fraction in Polymer Composites.

Bozlar M., He D., Bai J., Chalopin Y., Volz S. Advanced Materials 22, 1654-1658 (2010). [PDF]

3. Diameter and Length-dependent Self-organizations of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes on Spherical Alumina Microparticles.

He D., Bozlar M., Genstoux M., Bai J. Carbon 48, 1159-1170 (2010). [PDF]

2. Broad-frequency Dielectric Behaviors in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube/rubber Nanocomposites.

Jian M.J., Dang Z.M., Bozlar M., Miomandre F., Bai J. Journal of Applied Physics 106, 084902 (2009). [PDF]

1. Electrochemical Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanotube/Modified Polypyrrole Hybrids Using a Cavity Microelectrode.

Bozlar M., Miomandre F., Bai J. Carbon 47, 80-84 (2009). [PDF]

Books

3. Biomaterials for Neural Tissue Engineering. (Elsevier)

Ulag S., Cesur S., Ayran M., Bozlar M. (2023)

2. Handbook of Carbon Nanotubes. (Springer)

Ozerol E., Bozlar M., Ustundag B.C., Dikici B. (2021)

1. Microelectrode a cavite

Miomandre F., Audebert P., Bozlar M., Bai J. Publications de l’Universite de Saint-Etienne, France. ISBN 978-2-86272-500-0 (2009). 

Patents

1. Electrohydrodynamically Formed Structures of Carbonaceous Material.

Aksay I., Rizzo V., Bozlar M., Bozym D., Dabbs D., Szamreta N., Ustundag C., US Patent 10,920,334 B2 (2021). [PDF]


2. Heat and Mass Exchanger made with Alginate-Bentonite Biocomposite Hydrogel for Water Vapor Capture, and the Production Process thereof.

Gentile V., Bozlar M., Simonetti M., Neirotti F., Meggers F., International Patent WO 2022/013724 A1 (2020). [PDF]

Teaching

Undergraduate Level

MAE 3324-002: Structure and Mechanical Behavior of Materials

This is a Junior-Senior level materials science course required in the MAE program. Students enrolled in this course learn the interrelationships between processing, structure (crystal and microstructure), and the physics and chemistry of materials, with emphasis on the mechanical behavior of metals, polymers, and composite materials.

This course is being taught every Spring and Fall semesters since Fall ’20. Enroll in this class to learn how exciting and beautiful materials science is!

Graduate Level

MAE 5390-006: Polymer Science & Engineering

This is a graduate level physics and chemistry course on polymers for students across the College of Engineering and College of Science. Students enrolled in this course will learn the fundamentals and applications of polymeric materials.

This course is being taught every Spring semester since Spring ’23. Enroll in this class to learn how exciting and complex polymers can be!

Brown Bag Seminar

Prof. Bozlar’s weekly Brown Bag Seminars for MAE PhD students serve to:
    • Provide a platform for presenting research.
    • Offer feedback for improvement in presentation skills.
    • Foster collaboration within the department.
    • Develop students’ professional skills.
These seminars are crucial for academic and professional growth, encouraging students to refine their research, communication, and collaboration abilities.

JOIN US!

BNL is always interested in welcoming new group members that have strong motivation and commitment for exciting and innovative research in the area of nanomaterials. We encourage applications from underrepresented groups and women. Prospective graduate and undergraduate students, please carefully follow the relevant application guidelines described below to be considered for a position.

Openings Ph.D. Students

UTA Graduate and Undergraduate Students

If you are currently enrolled in a Dept. within the College of Engineering or the College of Science, and you are interested in conducting a graduate level thesis or an undergraduate level independent research project, please submit the following documents to Prof. Bozlar:

    • Brief description of your research interests
    • Detailed CV
    • Academic transcripts at UTA and prior to UTA.

Contact Info

Prof. Michael Bozlar
University of Texas at Arlington
Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
bozlar@uta.edu

Office: ERB 331
Lab: ERB 382
Office Phone: 817-272-9424
Lab Phone: 817-272-9425