- Vice Chancellor for Research
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Axalta Coating Systems Chair II
- Phone: 979-458-5598
- Email: elabd@tamu.edu
- Website: Research Website
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University – 2001
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County – 1995
Research Interests
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- Materials - Polymer Science and Engineering
- Energy - Electrochemical Engineering
Awards & Honors
- 2016 APS Fellow
- 2015 Senior Visiting Fellow, University of Bologna
- 2007 NSF CAREER Award
- 2005 DuPont Science and Engineering Award
- 2004 ARO Young Investigator Award
- 2001 NRC Postdoctoral Award
Selected Publications
- Hwang, M.; Karenson, M.O.; Elabd, Y.A. High Production Rate of High Purity, High Fidelity Nafion Nanofibers via Needleless Electrospinning. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2019, 1, 2731-2740.
- Sun, R.; Elabd, Y.A. Synthesis and High Alkaline Chemical Stability of Polyionic Liquids with Methylpyrrolidinium, Methylpiperidinium, Methylazepanium, Methylazocanium, and Methylazonanium Cations. ACS Macro Letters 2019, 8, 540-545.
- Elabd, Y.A. Ion Transport in Hydroxide Conducting Block Copolymers. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, 2019, 4, 519-530.
- Hwang, M.; Elabd, Y.A. Impact of Ionomer Resistance in Nanofiber-Nanoparticle Electrodes for Ultra-Low Platinum Fuel Cells. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 2019, 44, 6245-6256.
- Chen, T.-L.; Sun, R.; Willis, C.; Morgan, B.F.; Beyer, F.L.; Elabd, Y.A. Lithium Ion Conducting Polymerized Ionic Liquid Pentablock Terpolymers as Solid-State Electrolytes. Polymer 2019, 161, 128-138.