Dr. Dilhan M. Kalyon is the holder
of the Institute Professor chair and the Director of the Highly Filled
Materials Institute at Stevens. He obtained his M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in
chemical engineering from McGill
University in Canada, in 1977 and 1980, respectively and his BEng degree
from METU in Ankara in
1975, following 7 years of boarding school in Talas/Tarsus in Turkey. Upon graduation from McGill he joined
Stevens Institute of Technology, where he has served at the International
Programs Office (80-84), and at the Department of Chemical, Biochemical and
Materials Engineering Department as an Assistant Professor, Associate
Professor, and Professor of Engineering (84-98) and Institute Professor chair
since March 1999.
Professor Kalyon’s expertise is in
the rheology, simulation and processing of complex fluids including polymers
and energetic, ceramic, magnetic and composite materials processed using
molding, extrusion and coating techniques, especially involving suspensions
filled with rigid particles at concentrations which approach the maximum
packing fraction of the rigid particles.
His research is multi-disciplinary in nature and integrates mathematical
modeling, experimental studies using industrial-scale processing equipment,
microstructural distributions and ultimate properties of processed articles. He
has received over 120 contracts and grants from various companies and
Government organizations.
Professor Kalyon and his co-workers
have developed various comprehensive technologies in the areas of disposal of
very toxic chemicals, mitigation of EMF, mixing, on-line rheology and
microstructural analysis of suspensions including their degree of mixedness,
novel materials including processable magnetic composites with high relative
permeability, materials and processes for on-site molding of replacements for
cranial bones removed during neurosurgery, recycling and reuse of energetic
materials, particle size distribution of crystalline solids using x-ray
techniques, novel foodstuffs and methods of manufacturing them, new methods of manufacturing of
energetic materials with desired
structural distributions and a safe disposal technique for medical waste. They have also developed comprehensive
source codes to simulate processing, mixing and microstructure development of
polymers and concentrated suspensions. Some of these developments are patented,
and some are being pursued by Stevens as new patents and opportunities for
commercialization.
Prof. Kalyon has received the
Harvey N. Davis Distinguished Teaching Assistant Professor (1987) and the Henry
Morton Distinguished Teaching Full Professor award (2000), Exemplary Research
Award of and an Honorary MEng degree from Stevens (1994), the Research award of
Society of Plastics Engineers (2008), the 2008 Thomas Baron Award of AICHE and
various fellowships including those from Dupont, Exxon and Unilever. He is a
Fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineering and Fellow of the Society
of Plastics Engineers. He is a member of the NY Academy of Sciences, US Society
of Rheology, Polymer Processing Society, British and European Societies of
Rheology, American Institute of Physics, and American Society of Engineering
Education. He has served or currently serves as an editorial board member of
the Journal of Energetic Materials, Journal of Materials Manufacturing and
Processing and Journal of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Gazi
University, Teknoloji, and the Board and university representative of the
Engineering Research Council of American Society for Engineering Education.