Common Courses Taught

FYS 154: Nanotechnology and Modern Society
CHE311: Transport Processes
CHE321: Unit Operations I
CHE322L: Chemical Engineering Lab II
CHE 411: Unit Operations II: Mass Transfer and Separations
CHE422L: Chemical Engineering Lab III
CHE344: Introduction to Colloid and Interface Science

Educational background

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 2000
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1995
Visiting Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Colloids
        and Interfaces, Golm/Potsdam, Germany
Research Scientist, American Cyanamid, Princeton, NJ

Research interest

Interfacial phenomena, preparation and characterization of nanocomposites, thermodynamics of self-assembly, biomaterials

Recent publications

Ferri, J.K., Dong, W.F., Miller, R. Möhwald, H., Mechanics of Ultrathin Freestanding Polymeric Nanocomposites, Macromolecules, 36 (2006). 1532-1537

Ferri, J.K., Dong, W.F., Miller, R., Ultrathin Freestanding Nanocomposites:  A Novel Method for Preparation and Characterization of Assembly Dynamics, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109 (2005) 14764-14768

Dong, W.F., Ferri, J.K., Adalsteinsson, T.,Schönhoff, M.,Sukhorukov, G.B., Möhwald, H., Influence of Shell Structure on Stability, Integrity, and Mesh Size of polyelectrolyte capsules: Mechanism and Strategy for Improved Preparation, Chemistry of Materials, 17 (2005) 2603-2611

Ferri, J.K., Miller, R., Makievski, A.V., Equilibrium and Dynamics of PEO/PPO/PEO Penetration into DPPC Monolayers, Colloids and Surfaces A, 261 (2005) 39-48

Moor, S.S. and Ferri, J.K., Passing It On:  A Laboratory Structure Encouraging Realistic Communication and Creative Experiment Planning, Chemical Engineering Education, August (2003) 202-206

Ferri, J.K., and Stebe, K.J., Which Surfactants Reduce Surface Tension Faster?  A Scaling Argument for Diffusion-Controlled Adsorption, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 85 (2000) 61-97

Awards

Deutscher Akademisher Austausch Dienst Fellow, June-August 2002

AIChE National Student Research Paper Competition: 2nd Place (awarded to Dan Connolly, 2003)

AIChE Mid-Atlantic Student Research Paper Competition: 1st Place (award to Dan Connolly, 2002)

Professional Memberships: AIChE, ASEE