
Associate Professor and Chair
Phone: (775) 327-2227
Fax: (775) 784-4764
Office: LME 311
E-mail: afuchs(at)unr.edu
Web site: http://www.unr.edu/homepage/afuchs/
Education & Research Interests
Education
- B.E. Chemical Engineering, Cooper Union, 1977
- M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, 1979
- Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Tufts University, 1996
Research Interests
- Polymer materials development;
- Polymer-based magnetic fluids;
- Polymeric composites for thermal control of electronics;
- Polymer membrane processes;
- Polymer process modeling.
Selected Publications
A. Fuchs, Q. Zhang, F. Gordaninejad, and C.A. Evrensel, "Development and Characterization of Magnetorheological Elastomers," Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 105 [5] 2497-2308 (2007).
B. Hu, A. Fuchs, F. Gordaninejad, and C. Evrensel, "Nanostructured and Surface Polymerized Iron Particles for Magnetorheological Fluids," International Journal of Modern Physics B, 21 [28-29] 4819-4824 (2007).
G. Aydar, C.A. Evrensel, F. Gordaninejad, and A. Fuchs, "A Low Force Magneto-Rheological (Mr) Fluid Damper: Design, Fabrication And Characterization," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 18 [12] 1155-1160 (2007).
S. Ozcan, C.A. Evrensel, M. Pinsky, and A. Fuchs, "Dynamic Simulation of Pressure Driven Flow Fluids with Suspended Ferrous Particles in a Micro Channel under Magnetic Field," International Journal of Modern Physics B, 21 [28-29] 4890-4897 (2007).
H. Sahin, Y. Liu, X. Wang, F. Gordaninejad, C.A. Evrensel, and A. Fuchs, "Full-Scale Magneto-Rheological Fluid Dampers For Heavy Vehicle Rollover," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 18 [12] 1161-1167 (2007).
B.M. Kavlicoglu, F. Gordaninejad, C.A. Evrensel, Y. Liu, N. Kavlicoglu, and A. Fuchs, "Heating of a High-Torque Magneto-rheological Fluid Limited Slip Differential Clutch," Journal of Intelligent Materials and Systems, (2007).
N.C. Kavlicoglu, B.M. Kavlicoglu, Y. Liu, C. Evrensel, A. Fuchs, G. Korol, and F. Gordaninejad, "Response Time and Performance of a High-Torque Magneto-Rheological Fluid Limited Slip Differential Clutch," Smart Materials and Structures, 16 (2007) 149-159.
B.M. Kavlicoglu, F. Gordaninejad, C. Evrensel, A. Fuchs, and G. Korol, "A Semi-Active Magnetorheological Fluid Limited Slip Differential Clutch," ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, 128 [5] 604-610 (2006).
B. Hu, A. Fuchs, S. Huseyin, F. Gordaninejad, and C. Evrensel, "Atom Transfer Radical Polymerized MR Fluids," Polymer, 47 [22] 7653-7663 (2006).