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Faculty
Faculty

Nikolai Priezjev

Adjunct Lecturer

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Department/Office

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, CEA

Biography

Nikolai Priezjev obtained his Ph.D. in Soft Matter Physics from Brown University. Prior to joining Howard University, he worked at Princeton University and taught at Michigan State and Wright State Universities. More information about his research and teaching interests: https://sites.google.com/view/nikolai-priezjev

How do glasses break under repeated loading? Learn here https://youtu.be/92F8kajDvbk

A recent paper on the fatigue behavior of Cu-Zr metallic glasses is available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/met13091606  

Research

Research

Specialty

Atomistic Simulations, Metallic Glasses, Microfiltration, Nanofluidics, Porous Materials

Funding

American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) Grant, PRF# 60092-ND9, “Modeling of the Contact Angle Hysteresis and Wetting Properties of Oil Droplets on Textured Surfaces” (PI: N.V. Priezjev). Budget: $110,000 (2019-2022).