1 STEPHEN Z. D. CHENG Member, National Academy of Engineering of the United States of America Robert C. Musson Professor of Polymer Science Trustees Professor of Polymer Science Dean, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, 44325-3909 Tel: (330) 972-6931 Fax: (330) 972-8626 E-mail:
[email protected] EDUCATION 1977 Diploma Mathematics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 1981 M.S. Polymer Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 1985 Ph.D. Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York (Major Professor: Dr. Bernhard Wunderlich) PROFESSIONAL CAREER 1985-87 Research Associate and Postdoctoral Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1987-91 Assistant Professor of Polymer Science, The University of Akron 1991-95 Associate Professor of Polymer Science, The University of Akron 1995-98 Professor of Polymer Science, The University of Akron 1998- Trustees Professor of Polymer Science, The University of Akron 2001-05 Chairman, Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron 2001- Robert C. Musson Trustees Professor of Polymer Science, The University of Akron 2001- Cheung Kong Scholar Professor, Peking University, China 2007- Dean, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS 1987- Faculty Research Associate, Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science, The University of Akron 1988- Faculty Research Associate, Institute of Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron ACADEMIC, INDUSTRIAL AND GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH