Alex Jordan

I received my Ph.D. in Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in 2016 utilizing multilayer coextrusion as a technology to create non-woven fiber structures and an in situ method to fabricate fiber reinforced hydrogel structures. After defending my dissertation, I began work as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota studying interfacial phenomena in polyolefin blends and multilayer films. I moved to the University of Wisconsin – Stout as a professor of plastics engineering in 2018. As a professor at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI), I teach foundational courses in polymer materials science and processing as well as upper level specialty courses in extrusion, thermoforming, and blow molding. I maintain my research interest in polymer rheology, processing, and recycling through industrially sponsored projects and by mentoring senior undergraduate students during their year-long capstone experience.