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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For understanding flow-induced microstructural transitions in complex liquids and invention of ballistic-resistant fabrics by strain-hardening suspensions.
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Norman J. Wagner is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research spans multiple main fields, including Engineering and Materials Science, with notable contributions in subfields such as Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their scholarly work addresses various topics, particularly Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies, Material Dynamics and Properties, Protein Purification and Stability, Blood Properties and Coagulation, Surfactants and Colloidal Systems, Protein Structure and Dynamics, as well as Concrete and Cement Materials Research.

Some of the recent papers authored under their name include:

  • "Comparison of lunar and Martian regolith simulant-based geopolymer cements formed by alkali-activation for in-situ resource utilization," 2021, Advances in Space Research
  • "Competitive Surface Activity of Monoclonal Antibodies and Nonionic Surfactants at the Air-Water Interface Determined by Interfacial Rheology and Neutron Reflectometry," 2020, Langmuir
  • "Adsorption of non-ionic surfactant and monoclonal antibody on siliconized surface studied by neutron reflectometry," 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • "Microstructure and rheology of shear-thickening colloidal suspensions with varying interparticle friction: Comparison of experiment with theory and simulation models," 2021, Physics of Fluids
  • "Direct measurements of the microstructural origin of shear-thinning in carbon black suspensions," 2021, Journal of Rheology

Frequent co-authors of Norman J. Wagner include Antony N. Beris, Yun Liu, Soham Jariwala, Benjamin R. Thompson, and Eric M. Furst.

Norman J. Wagner has published extensively in several journals. The most common publication venues are Journal of Rheology, Soft Matter, Physics of Fluids, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, and Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

In addition to journal publications, they have contributed to book literature, including a publication with Cambridge University Press titled Theory and Applications of Colloidal Suspension Rheology, released in 2021.

Norman J. Wagner's work has been recognized by professional bodies. They were named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2015, cited for understanding flow-induced microstructural transitions in complex liquids and inventing ballistic-resistant fabrics through strain-hardening suspensions. They were also named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Colloidal Suspension Rheology

    Jan Mewis;Norman J. Wagner

  • The ballistic impact characteristics of Kevlar® woven fabrics impregnated with a colloidal shear thickening fluid

    Young S. Lee;E. D. Wetzel;N. J. Wagner

  • Shear thickening in colloidal dispersions

    Norman J. Wagner;John F. Brady

  • Reversible shear thickening in monodisperse and bidisperse colloidal dispersions

    Jonathan Bender;Norman J. Wagner

  • Stab resistance of shear thickening fluid (STF)-treated fabrics

    M.J. Decker;C.J. Halbach;C.H. Nam;N.J. Wagner

  • The effects of particle size on reversible shear thickening of concentrated colloidal dispersions

    Brent J. Maranzano;Norman J. Wagner

  • Electrosteric Stabilization of Colloidal Dispersions

    Gerhard Fritz;Volker Schädler;Norbert Willenbacher, ,† and;Norman J. Wagner

  • Dynamic properties of shear thickening colloidal suspensions

    Young Sil Lee;Norman J. Wagner

  • The effects of interparticle interactions and particle size on reversible shear thickening: Hard-sphere colloidal dispersions

    Brent J. Maranzano;Norman J. Wagner

  • The Microstructure and Rheology of Mixed Cationic/ Anionic Wormlike Micelles

    Beth A. Schubert;Eric W. Kaler;Norman J. Wagner

  • Flow-small angle neutron scattering measurements of colloidal dispersion microstructure evolution through the shear thickening transition

    Brent J. Maranzano;Norman J. Wagner

  • Optical Measurement of the Contributions of Colloidal Forces to the Rheology of Concentrated Suspensions

    Jonathan W. Bender;Norman J. Wagner

  • Macromolecular diffusion and release from self-assembled b-hairpin peptide hydrogels

    Joel P. Schneider;Monica C. Branco;Darrin J. Pochan;Norman J. Wagner

  • The rheology and microstructure of acicular precipitated calcium carbonate colloidal suspensions through the shear thickening transition

    Ronald G. Egres;Norman J. Wagner

  • Advanced body armor

    Norman J. Wagner;Eric D. Wetzel

  • Effect of Particle Hardness on the Penetration Behavior of Fabrics Intercalated with Dry Particles and Concentrated Particle-Fluid Suspensions

    Dennis P. Kalman;Richard L. Merrill;Norman J. Wagner;Eric D. Wetzel

  • Yarn Pull-Out as a Mechanism for Dissipating Ballistic Impact Energy in Kevlar® KM-2 Fabric: Part I: Quasi-Static Characterization of Yarn Pull-Out

    Keith M. Kirkwood;John E. Kirkwood;Young Sil Lee;Ronald G. Egres

  • The Effect of Rheological Parameters on the Ballistic Properties of Shear Thickening Fluid (STF)-Kevlar Composites

    Eric D. Wetzel;Y. S. Lee;R. G. Egres;K. M. Kirkwood

  • Observation of Small Cluster Formation in Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody Solutions and Its Implications to Solution Viscosity

    Eric J. Yearley;Paul D. Godfrin;Paul D. Godfrin;Tatiana Nmn Perevozchikova;Tatiana Nmn Perevozchikova;Hailiang Zhang

  • Large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) measurements to obtain constitutive equation model parameters: Giesekus model of banding and nonbanding wormlike micelles

    A. Kate Gurnon;Norman J. Wagner

  • The Effect of Protein Structure on their Controlled Release from an Injectable Peptide Hydrogel

    Monica C. Branco;Darrin J. Pochan;Norman J. Wagner;Joel P. Schneider

  • Colloidal Suspension Rheology: Preface

    Jan Mewis;Norman J. Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

Yun Liu
Yun Liu National Institute of Standards and Technology
Lionel Porcar
Lionel Porcar Institut Laue-Langevin
Antony N. Beris
Antony N. Beris University of Delaware
Eric W. Kaler
Eric W. Kaler University of Minnesota
Abraham M. Lenhoff
Abraham M. Lenhoff University of Delaware
Paul D. Butler
Paul D. Butler National Institute of Standards and Technology
Eric M. Furst
Eric M. Furst University of Delaware
Lynn M. Walker
Lynn M. Walker University of Minnesota
Kunlun Hong
Kunlun Hong Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Norbert Willenbacher
Norbert Willenbacher Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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