Kander Research

Name: Ronald Kander, PhD
Position: Research Professor and Founding Dean of Kanbar College
Organization: College of Architecture, Design & Engineering

302A Lawrence N. Fields
DEC Center
Philadelphia, PA 19144

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Contact

Name: Gabriella Fioravanti
Position: Research Faculty

College of Architecture, Design & Engineering
313 Lawrence N. Fields DEC Center
Philadelphia, PA 19144

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Our Team

Alyssa Pierce

Project: 
Developing A Hemp Fiber testing Method

Benjamin Ellenbecker

Project: 
Mechanizing the Water Retting Process of Hemp Stalks

Bahare Nozari

Project:
Degumming Hemp Fibers and Isolating Pectin and Lignin Using Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Jacob Janiszewski

Project: 
Mechanizing the Water Retting Process of Hemp Stalks

Jeanie Le

Project: 
Developing A Hemp Fiber testing Method, Characterization of P3HB Biopolymer Manufactured from Waste Biomass

Joshua Baird

Project: 
Mechanizing the Water Retting Process of Hemp Stalks; Developing A Hemp Fiber testing Method

Past Team Members

Ashley Clark

Projects: 
Synthesis and Characterization of P3HB Biopolymer Manufactured from Waste Biomass

Developing A Hemp Fiber testing Method

Caitlin Lawson

Project: 
Enhanced Properties of Polypropylene-Polylactic Acid Blends via Cryogenic Mechanical Alloying: Processing and Characterization

Fatemeh Mahdiyeh, PhD

Project: 
Manufacture and Characterization of Hemp-Derived Cellulose Nano-nano crystals in Polymer Matrices

Hiral Jani 

Project: 
Enhanced Properties of Polypropylene-Polylactic Acid Blends via Cryogenic Mechanical Alloying: Processing and Characterization

Jessica Velez

Project: 
Manufacture and Characterization of Hemp-Derived Cellulose Nano-nano crystals in Polymer Matrices

Lucia Gargano

Project: 
Synthesis and Characterization of P3HB Biopolymer Manufactured from Waste Biomass

Nina Van Ekelenburg

Project: 
Mechanizing the Water Retting Process of Hemp Stalks

Parinaz Heydar

Project: 
Developing A Hemp Fiber testing Method

Richa Rao

Project: 
Synthesis and Characterization of P3HB Biopolymer Manufactured from Waste Biomass