Research Interests
- Soft materials adhesion
- Buried interfaces
- Surface wrinkling and other instabilities
- Viscoelastic properties of confined polymer films
- Surface patterning
 
Awards and Honors
- Quadrant AG 3rd International Award (2009)
- Adhesion Society Distinguished Best Paper Award (2008)
- Bausch & Lomb 2nd Annual National Student Innovation Award (2007)
- Adhesion Society Alan Gent Distinguished Student Paper Award (2006)
- Adhesion Society Peebles Student Travel Award (2006)
- GRC Films and Coatings Best Poster Award (2005)
Selected Non-NIST Publications
 
E.P. Chan, E.J. Smith, R.C. Hayward, A.J. Crosby, "Surface wrinkles for smart adhesion." Advanced Materials, 20, 711-716 (2008)
J.Y. Lee, K. Su, E.P. Chan, Q. Zhang, T.S. Emrick, A.J. Crosby, "Impact of surface modified nanoparticles on the glass transition and elastic modulus of polymer thin films." Macromolecules, 40, 7755-7757 (2007).
E.P. Chan, C. Greiner, E. Arzt, A.J. Crosby, "Designing model systems for enhanced adhesion." MRS Bulletin, 32, 496-503 (2007).
E.P. Chan and A.J. Crosby, "Fabricating microlens arrays by surface wrinkling." Advanced Materials, 18, 3238-3242 (2006).
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Position:
Associate
Polymers Division
Characterization and Measurement Group
Employment History:
2008-present: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Polymers Division, NIST
2007-2008: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Chemical Engineering Department, MIT
2006: Industrial Internship, Materials R&D, Dow Corning Corporation
Education:
Ph.D.,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Advisor: Crosby
2007
M.S., Polymer Science & Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2004
M.S.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2003
B.S., Materials Science & Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
2000
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Edwin P. Chan, Ph.D.
