Yossef Elabd

Assistant Professor

• PhD, Chemical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2001
• BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1995

Honors and Awards

• NSF CAREER Award, 2007
• Drexel University GSA Outstanding Mentor Award (Honorable Mention), 2006
  
• DuPont Science and Engineering Award, 2005
  
• ARO Young Investigator Award, 2004
  
• NRC Postdoctoral Award, 2001
  
• Phi Kappa Phi Honors, 1994
  
• AIChE Donald F. Othmer Sophomore Academic Excellence Award, 1993
  
• Memorial Scholarship of the Engineering Society of Baltimore, 1992 

Research Interests

• Fuel Cells
• Polymer Membranes
• Barriers
• Diffusion in Polymers
• Nanocomposites

Recent Publications

• Chen, H., Palmese, G.R. and Elabd, Y.A. Membranes with Oriented Polyelectrolyte Nanodomains. Chem. Mater. 18, 4875-4881 (2006).
• DeLuca, N.W. and Elabd, Y.A. (2006). Nafion®/Poly(vinyl alcohol) blends: Effect of composition and annealing temperature on transport properties. J. Membrane Sci. 282, 217-224.
• DeLuca, N.W. and Elabd, Y.A. (2006). Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for the Direct Methanol Fuel Cell: A Review. J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys. 44, 2201-2225. Invited Contribution
• Elabd, Y. A., Napadensky, E., Walker, C.W. & Winey, K.I. (2006). Transport properties of sulfonated poly(styrene-isobutylene-styrene) triblock copolymers at high ion-exchange capacities. Macromolecules, 39, 399-407.