ABOUT
Meisha
Shofner
Professor
Member/Fellow:
ACS, RSC
meisha.shofner@mse.gatech.edu
404.385.7216
404.894.8780
MRDC-4409

Dr. Meisha L. Shofner is a Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, joining the faculty following post-doctoral training at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. in Materials Science from Rice University. Prior to beginning graduate school, she was employed as a design engineer at FMC in the Subsea Engineering Division, working at two plant locations (Houston, Texas and the Republic of Singapore), and she is a registered Professional Engineer in Georgia.

Dr. Shofner's group investigates processing-structure-property relationships in polymers and composites. She and her group focus on scalable processing approaches relevant to emerging materials such as mechanical metamaterials, natural polymers, and nanocomposites.

Students:
Malik Blackman
Fariha Rubaiya
Emily Ryan
Ide Onal
Selected publications
  1. E.A. Ryan, Z.D. Seibers, J.R. Reynolds, and M.L. Shofner, Surface-localized chemically modified reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites as flexible conductive surfaces for space applications,” ACS Applied Polymer Materials. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c00588
  2. P. Verma, C.L. Smith, A.C. Griffin, and M.L. Shofner, “Towards textile metamaterials: A pathway to auxeticity and tensegrity in a needle-punched nonwoven stiff felt”, Materials Advances, 3 (15), 6324-6334 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00405D
  3. Z. Wang, C. Ma, S.A. Sinquefield, M.L. Shofner, and S. Nair, “Graphene oxide nanofiltration membranes for desalination at realistic conditions”, Nature Sustainability, 4, 402-408 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00674-3
  4. C.W. Irvin, C.C. Satam, J. Liao, P.S. Russo, V. Breedveld, J.C. Meredith, and M.L. Shofner, “Synergistic reinforcement of composite hydrogels with nanofiber mixtures of cellulose nanocrystals and chitin nanofibers”, Biomacromolecules, 22 (2), 340-352 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.0c01198
  5. M.P. Orr, A. Sonekan, and M.L. Shofner, “Effect of processing method on cellulose nanocrystal/polyethylene-co-vinyl alcohol composites”, Polymer Engineering and Science, 60 (12), 2979-2990 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.25527
  6. E.R. Fitzharris, D.W. Rosen, and M.L. Shofner, “Fast scanning calorimetry for semicrystalline polymers in fused deposition modeling”, Polymer, 166, 196-205 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2019.01.083
Education
  • Ph.D., 2004, Materials Science, Rice University
  • B.S., 1997, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Awards
  • Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
  • MSE Faculty – Research Award
  • Women in Engineering Teaching Excellence Award
  • Emerging Leaders Program
  • Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellows Program
  • Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
  • Solvay Advanced Polymers Young Faculty Award
Research Interests