Kwabena Narh

Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
About Me
Kwabena A. Narh is a Professor and Associate Chair of Mechanical Engineering for Undergraduate Studies, and Director of the National Science Foundation funded NJIT Research Experience for Undergraduates Site (NSF-REU site) at the New Jersey Center for Engineered Particulates from 2006-2009. He is also the Director of the NSF funded Research Experiences for Teachers (RET). He also serves as Outreach coordinator for the NSF funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Structured Organic Composites for Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical, and Agrochemical Applications (C-SOC).
Education
Ph.D.; University of Bristol; Physics; 1982
M.S.; University of Bristol; Materials Science; 1979
B.S.; University of Ghana; Physics; 1974
Website
http://mechanical.njit.edu/people/narh.php
2026 Fall Courses
ME 490 - MECH ENGR PROJECT A
ME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
ME 790A - DOC DISSERTATION & RES
ME 491 - MECH ENGR PROJECT B
ME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
ME 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
ME 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
Teaching Interests
Undergraduate Courses: Stress Analysis, Engineering Properties of Plastics, Introduction to Polymer Processing. Graduate Courses: Engineering Design of Plastics, Stress Methods in Mechanical Design
Past Courses
ME 315: STRESS ANALYSIS
ME 405: MECHANICAL LABORATORY II
ME 470: ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF PLASTICS
ME 470: ENGR PROP OF PLASTICS
ME 678: DESIGN PLASTIC PRODUCTS
ME 794: MECHANICAL COLLOQUIUM
Research Interests
Crystallization kinetics and phase transitions in plastics processing, polymer degradation, melt extrusions, PVT measurements, self-reinforcing composites, nanocomposites, thermal contact resistance in material processing. My research activities on these topics involve experiments as well as computer simulations.
Chapter
Kwabena A. Narh. "Liquid Crystalline Polymer Blends as Fillers for Self-Reinforcing ." In Vijay Kumar Thakur and Michael R. Kesler, eds., pp. 241. Springer international Publishing, 2015.
Conference Proceeding
"Using Magnetic Impact Coating Technique to Prepare Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites"
NanoTech 2014, June, 2014.
"Translating Research Experience into Classroom Practice: An RET Project"
Proceedings of the 2011 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, June, 2011.
"Characterization of Carbon Nanotube-reinforced Polyethylene Nanocomposite Produced by Cryogenic Ball-milling Process"
Nanotechnology 2010: Advanced Materials, CNTs, Particles, Films and Composites , June, 2010.
"Improving the Mechanical Properties of Polyethylene by Cryogenic Mixing with Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes"
Proceedings of the 67th Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition, June, 2010.
"Connecting high school Science with better medicines: A RET Outreach of the NSF ERC-SOPS"
National Science Foundation, February, 2010.
"Measuring the impact of undergraduate research programs on engineering students' attitudes toward graduate studies"
ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, June, 2009.
Journal Article
Catherine Florio , Kwabena A. Narh. 2012. "Effect of modeling method on prediction of cortical bone strength adaptation under various loading conditions." Meccanica, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 393-413.
Gracela Terife, Kwabena A. Narh. 2011. "Properties of Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Linear Low Density Polyethylene Nanocomposites Fabricated by Cryogenic Ball-Milling." Polymer Composites, vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 2101-2109.
Catherine Florio, Kwabena A. Narh. 2011. "Development of a Modeling Technique for the Investigation of Muscle Activity and its Effect on Bone Stresses in the Human Leg during an Isometric Exercise." SIMULATION.
Kwabena A. Narh. 2009. "Liquid Crystalline Blends as Route to Self-Reinforcing Nanocomposites." Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, vol. 28, no. 16, pp. 1957-1973.
Kwabena A. Narh, Ahmed-Tijani Agwedicham, Laila J Jallo, Kyong Y Rhee, Ji H Lee. 2009. "Influence of Deagglomeration States of Carbon Nanotubes on the Thermal And Mechanical Properties of Carbon Natube-Reinforced Polyethylene Oxide." International Journal of Nanoscience, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 23-27.
Kwabena A. Narh, Laila J Jallo, Kyong Y Rhee. "The Effect of Carbon Nanotube Agglomeration on The Thermal And Mechanical Properties of Polyethylene Oxide." Polymer Composites, vol. 29, no. 7, pp. 809-817.