Alan Jeffrey Giacomin (杰克明)
Adjunct Professor He, him, his- Phone: (775) 682-9310
- Email: giacomin@unr.edu
- Website: Dr. Giacomin's Google Scholar page
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Dr. Giacomin is a retired Professor of Chemical Engineering, Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy from Queen’s w88 sports betting app in Kingston, Canada where he holds the title of Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Rheology. Born in Kingston, Professor Giacomin graduated high school on the island of Montreal. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s w88 sports betting app before joining the Research Division at DuPont, Canada. He then earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from McGill w88 sports betting app under Professor John Dealy. His thesis is titled “A Sliding Plate Melt Rheometer Incorporating a Shear Stress Transducer.” Dr. Giacomin had joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at Texas A&M w88 sports betting app. He has been Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the w88 sports betting app of Wisconsin, where for twenty years he chaired its Rheology Research Center. He has held visiting professorships at McGill w88 sports betting app, the w88 sports betting app of Sherbrooke, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, the Paris School of Mines, the National w88 sports betting app of Singapore, Chung Yuan w88 sports betting app near Taipei, Yunlin w88 sports betting app, in southern Taiwan and Shandong w88 sports betting app in mainland China. He is an Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Peking w88 sports betting app in Beijing. Dr. Giacomin married Marie, and they have a daughter Caroline, son David, and grandsons Graham, Mason and Kingston. His daughter-in-law, Courtney, a Human Resources specialist, is an alumnus of UNR. David is a civil engineer, and Caroline, a chemical engineer. Giacomin speaks English, French and some Mandarin Chinese. His hobbies are Chinese characters, expert witnessing for products liability and patent litigation, and his passions are cycling and ice hockey. He is immediate past-President of the Canadian Society of Rheology, a former President of The Society of Rheology, and was inducted Fellow of The Society of Rheology. Giacomin serves as sole Editor-in-Chief of Physics of Fluids.
- B.Sc. (Honours) Chemical Engineering, Queen's w88 sports betting app, Kingston, Canada, 1981
- M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Queen's w88 sports betting app, Kingston, Canada, 1983
- Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, McGill w88 sports betting app, Montréal, Canada, 1987
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Professor Giacomin's group explores the rich and interesting relation between polymer molecular structure and rheology. Specifically, they use molecular models to derive the behavior of polymer molecules in oscillatory shear flow, analytically, and from first principles. Professor Giacomin's group also explores the role played by rheology in polymer processing or in plastics manufacturing.