Nwachukwu Ibekwe

Contact Information

Email: nwibekwe@seas.upenn.edu
Mail Address: 112 Towne Building (main lab)

Education

Masters Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, 2022-present

BS, Mechanical Engineering (summa cum laude), Fairfield University, 2018-2022

Research interest

• Nano-scale and macro -scale tribology to understand friction and wear at interfaces

Publications

• “Microwave foaming of carbon dioxide saturated polylactic acid” S. Srinivas Sundarram, N. Ibekwe, S. Prado, C. Rotonto, S. Feeney, Poly. Eng. Sci. 2022, 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.25897