UTNRL Director
Dr. Gajanan Bhat gbhat@utk.edu
MSE
Faculty Home Page
After earning his MS
and Ph.D. from Georgia Tech, Dr. Bhat accepted a
position at Image
Carpets, Rome, GA where he was responsible for
conversion of
recycled PET into fibers for carpets. He then
joined the faculty
of the University of Tennessee, Textile Science
program in August
1990. At UTK, his research covers nonwovens - melt
blown,
spunbonded and biodegradable, plastics recycling,
and high
performance fibers. He has also conducted
research at Edwards Air
Force Base, CA on specialty fibers. Dr. Bhat has
published about
125 papers and US Patents have been issued for two
inventions
resulting from his research. In recognition of his
achievements,
he was inducted as an Outstanding
Young Engineering Alumni by the College of
Engineering at Georgia
Tech in 1996 and he received the Distinguished
Achievement Award from the Fiber Society in 1999.
In 2005, he was
elected as a Fellow of the Textile Institute.
Recent Publications:
R.
Hegde, G. S. Bhat and R. A. Campbell,
“Morphological
Consequences during Thermal Bonding of
Polypropylene Films and
Fibers,” Journal
of Applied Polymer Science.
(Accepted)
G.
S. Bhat and R. Kotra, “ Development
of Structure and
Properties during Spunbonding of
Metallocene Catalyzed
Polypropylene,” Polymer
Plastics Technology and
Engineering,
in Print.
G.
Bhat, P. Gulgunje and K. Desai,
“Developments of Structure
and Properties during Thermal Calendering
of Polylactic Acid
(PLA) Fiber Webs,” eXPRESS
Polymer Letters, Vol. 2 (2008)
49-56.
G.
Bhat, R. Hegde, P. Gulgunje and R. K.
Vempati, “Nonwoven
Fabrics with Enhanced Performance and
Functionality using
Nanotechnology,” Nonwoven
and Technical Textiles,
1, P23-P28 (2007).
G.
Bhat, M. G. Kamath, D. V. Parikh and D.
Mueller,
“Biodegradable/Compostable
Composites from Lignocellulosic
Fibers,” Textiles
for Sustainable
Development,
Nova Publishers, pp133-145
(2007).
D.
V. Parikh, N. D. Sachinvala, Y. Chen, L.
Sun, G. Bhat and S.
Ramkumar, “Acoustic Properties of
Environmentally Benign
Automotive Natural Fiber
Composites,” AATCC Review, Vol. 6,
#1, 43-48 (2006).
All
publications by Dr. Gajanan Bhat
Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Larry Wadsworth lwadswor@utk.edu
MSE
Faculty Home Page
Dr. Larry C. Wadsworth,
Emeritus Professor, MSE, who was the Founding
Director of The
Textiles and Nonwovens Development Center
(TANDEC), which was the
fore-runner of UTNRL, is active in Nonwovens
research and is
affiliated with UTNRL.
UTNRL Staff
Chris Eash ceash@utk.edu
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