G. Tayhas R. Palmore
Professor:
Engineering/Biology and Medicine
Phone: +1 401 863 2856
Tayhas_Palmore[at]Brown[dot]edu
My research interests lie at the intersection of materials science, electrochemistry, and biology, with broad interests in the areas of biomaterials, bioelectronics, and biocatalysis. Research projects in my laboratory include the synthesis of new biocomposites (biocatalysts/conducting polymers/nanofibers) for use in batteries, fuel cells, and biomedical applications (e.g., biosensors, tissue engineering); and the design and fabrication of devices that use these new materials.
Biography
Tayhas Palmore is an electrochemist/materials engineer specializing in materials for energy conversion and storage. She received her Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT and was an NSF postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. She joined the Materials Group in the Division of Engineering at Brown in 2000 and co-founded the graduate program in Biomedical Engineering in 2002. Her teaching experience includes courses on biomaterials, engineering thermodynamics, materials science, analytical methods of materials characterization, and organic chemistry. Her research is focused on new materials and device designs as they relate to fuel cells, batteries, sensors, and the bio/material/electronic interface. She is widely published in journals such as Advanced Materials, Chemistry of Materials, Biomaterials, Nature, and Science. She is a topic editor for the journal Crystal Growth and Design.
Degrees
Ph.D. Chemistry
Awards
Grass Fellow, Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study, Harvard University, 2006-2007
Center of Excellence Lectureship, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, October, 2005
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1998-2004
DuPont Science and Engineering Educational Award, 2000-2001
Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Holderness, NH, July, 2001
University of California New Faculty Award, 1994-1996
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1993-1994
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1993 (declined)
Affiliations
Materials Research Society
International Society of Electrochemistry
Electrochemical Society
American Chemical Society
Teaching
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ENGN0410-Materials Science
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Relationship between the structure of matter and its engineering properties. Topics: primary and secondary bonding; crystal structure; atomic transport in solids; defects in crystals; mechanical behavior of materials; phase diagrams and their utilization; heat treatment of metals and alloys; electrical, optical, and magnetic properties of materials; strengthening mechanisms in solids and relationships between microstructure and properties; corrosion and oxidation.
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ENGN0720-Thermodynamics
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An introduction to macroscopic thermodynamics and some of its engineering applications. Presents basic concepts related to equilibrium, and the zeroth, first and second laws for both closed and open systems. Examples include analysis of engines, turbines, and other engineering cycles, phase equilibrium and separation processes, chemical reactions, surface phenomena, magnetic and dielectric materials.
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ENGN1400-Analytical Methods in Biomaterials
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Analytical methods and instrumentation currently used to characterize biomaterials. Specific methods/instrumentation covered include: molecular scale analysis (NMR, FTIR, UV-Vis spectroscopy); surface anaylsis (AFM, SEM, XPS, contact angle goniometry, ellipsometry, quartz crystal microbalance, electrochemistry, grazing angle IR); bulk analysis (DSC, mechanical testing) and biological analyis (bioassays, flourescence and confocal microscopy).
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ENGN1470-Structure and Properties of Nonmetallic Materials
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A study of the structure and properties of nonmetallic materials such as glasses, polymers, elastomers, and ceramics. The crystal structure of ceramics and polymers, and the noncrystalline networks and chains of glasses, polymers, and elastomers and the generation of microstructures and macrostructures are considered. The mechanical, chemical, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties and their dependence on structure are developed.
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ENGN1490-Biomaterials
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Biomaterials science, the study of the application of materials to problems in biology and medicine, is characterized by medical needs, basic research, and advanced technological development. Topics covered in this course include materials used in bone and joint replacement, the cardiovascular system, artificial organs, skin and nerve regeneration, implantable electrodes and electronic devices, drug delivery, and ophthalmology.
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ENGN1970/1971-Independent Studies in Engineering
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Various topics.
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ENGN2980-Special Projects, Reading, Research and Design
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Various topics.
