Kuboki, T - University of Western Ontario - Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

个人简介

Academic, Research and Industrial Experience Associate Director and Research Associate, Centre for Industrial Application of Microcellular Plastics and Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory, University of Toronto Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto Alberta Ingenuity Industrial Associate, Resin Systems Inc., Edmonton, Alberta Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Alberta Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow, Kyushu University, Japan Visiting Fellow, University of Alberta Visiting Fellow, The Australian National University Honors and Awards G. H. Duggan Medal (The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME)) Alberta Ingenuity Industry Associateship Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship Honors and Awards G. H. Duggan Medal (The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME)) Alberta Ingenuity Industry Associateship Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship

研究领域

Kuboki’s primary research interests are (i) to identify process-structure-property relationships of materials, and (ii) to develop novel functional materials. The materials include: synthetic fiber (glass, carbon, and aramid) reinforced polymer composites natural fiber reinforced polymer composites biocomposites nanocomposites polymer blends biopolymers microcellular plastic foams nanocellular plastic foams

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Nofar, M. Majithiya, K. Kuboki, T., and Park, C. B. The Foamability of Low-Melt-Strength Linear PP with Nanoclay and Coupling Agent. Journal of Cellular Plastics, 48, 271-287, 2012. Lee, Y. H., Kuboki, T., Park, C. B., and Sain, M. The Effects of Nanoclay on the Extrusion Foaming of Wood Fiber/Polyethylene Nanocomposites. Polymer Engineering and Science, 51, 1014-1022, 2011. Zhai, W. T., Kuboki, T., Wang, L., Park, C. B., Lee, E. K., and Naguib, H. E. Cell Structure Evolution and the Crystallization Behavior of Polypropylene/Clay Nanocomposites Foams Blown in Continuous Extrusion. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 49, 9834-9845, 2010. Lee, Y. H., Kuboki, T., Park, C. B., Sain, M., and Kontopoulou, M. The Effects of Clay Dispersion on the Mechanical, Physical, and Flame-Retarding Properties of Wood Fiber/Polyethylene/Clay Nanocomposites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 118, 452-461, 2010. Kuboki, T., Lee, Y. H., Park, C. B., and Sain, M. Mechanical Properties and Foaming Behavior of Cellulose Fiber Reinforced High-Density Polyethylene Composites. Polymer Engineering and Science, 49, 2179-2188, 2009. (Invited) Yoon, J. D., Kuboki, T., Jung, P. U., Wang, J., and Park, C. B. Injection Molding of Wood-Fiber/Plastic Composite Foams. Composite Interfaces, 16, 797-811, 2009. (Invited) Lee, Y. H., Sain, M., Kuboki, T., and Park, C. B. Extrusion Foaming of Nano-Clay-Filled Wood Fiber Composites for Automotive Applications. SAE International Journal of Materials & Manufacturing, 1, 641-647, 2008. Kuboki, T., Jar, P.-Y. B., and Cheng, J. J. R. Delamination Resistance of Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Plate subjected to Out-of-Plane Loading. Advanced Composites Letters, 17, 75-79, 2008. Kuboki, T., Lee, Y. H., Park, C. B., and Sain, M. Effects of Styrene-Ethylene-Butylene-Styrene Based Additives on the Mechanical Properties of Rice Hull/Polypropylene Composites. Polymer Engineering and Science, 47, 1148-1155, 2007. Setiadi, Y., Jar, P.-Y. B., Kuboki, T., and Cheng, J. J. R. Comparison of Damage Development in Random Fibre-Reinforced Polymers (FRPs) under Cyclic Loading. Journal of Composite Materials, 40, 71-91, 2006. Ding, W. D., Kuboki, T., Zhao, N., Malm, T., Park, C. B., and Sain, M. Mechanical Properties of Cellulose Nanofiber Reinforced Polylactic Acid Biocomposites and Their Foams. CSME (Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering) International Congress 2012, Paper #1569579241, 4-6 June 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Ding, W. D., Wong, A., Kuboki, T., Park, C. B., and Sain, M. In Situ Observation of the Foaming Processes of Cellulose Nanofiber Reinforced Polylactic Acid Biocomposites. Annual Technical Conference 2012 of Society of Plastics Engineers, Paper # PENG-12-60136, 2-4 April 2012, Orlando, Florida, USA. Ding, W. D., Kuboki, T., Koyama, R., Park, and C. B., Sain, M. Solid-State Foaming of Cellulose Nanofiber Reinforced Polylactic Acid Biocomposites. Annual Technical Conference 2011 of Society of Plastics Engineers, Paper #0595, 1-5 May 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Koyama, R., Kuboki, T., Ding, W. D., Adhikary, K. B., Chen, N., and Park, C. B. Extrusion Foaming of Cellulose Fiber Reinforced Polylactic Acid Biocomposites. Annual Technical Conference 2011 of Society of Plastics Engineers, Paper #0370, 1-5 May 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Nofar, M., Majithiya, K., Kuboki, T., Bonnet, T., and Park, C. B. Investigating the Foamability of Low Melt Strength Homopolymer Linear PP and Coupling Agent by using Nanoclay. Annual Technical Conference 2011 of Society of Plastics Engineers, Paper #0361, 1-5 May 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Kuboki, T., Lee, J. W. S., Koyama, R., Park, C. B., and Sain, M. Mechanical Properties of Cellulose Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composite Foams. CSME (Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering) Forum 2010, Paper #100, 7-9 June 2010, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Chen, N., Kuboki, T., Islam, S., and Park, C. B. Development of Crosslinked Woodfiber/Elastomer Foams. Annual Technical Conference 2010 of Society of Plastics Engineers, Paper #589, 16-20 May 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA. Zhai, W. T., Lee, R. E. K., Kuboki, T., and Park, C. B. A Study of Extrusion Foaming Behavior of Random and Block Polypropylene/Clay Nanocomposites with Using CO2 as Physical Blowing Agent. Annual Technical Conference 2010 of Society of Plastics Engineers, Paper #570, 16-20 May 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA. Kuboki, T., Koyama, R., Lee, J. W. S., Park, C. B., Zhang, J., Wu, Q., and Sain, M., Extrusion Foaming of Cellulose Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composites. 2009 AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Annual Meeting, 8-13 November 2009, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Kuboki, T., Lee, J. W. S., Park, C. B., and Sain, M. Foam Injection Molding of Cellulose Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Composites. Annual Technical Conference 2009 of Society of Plastics Engineers, Paper #0713, 22-24 June 2009, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Chen, N., Hasan, M. M., Kuboki, T., and Park, C. B. Effect of Crosslinking on the Solubility of N2 in Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA). Annual Technical Conference 2009 of Society of Plastics Engineers, Paper #0520, 22-24 June 2009, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Chen, N., Wang, J., Li, Y. G., Kuboki, T., and Park, C. B. Effect of a Blowing Agent on the Flow Properties in Extrusion and Injection Molding. Annual Technical Conference 2009 of Society of Plastics Engineers, Paper #0518, 22-24 June 2009, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Zhai, W. T., Leung, S. N., Wang, L., Kuboki, T., and Park, C. B., The Fundamental Issues About the Effect of Nano-Particles on the Foaming Behavior of Nanocomposites. 11th Blowing Agents and Foaming Processes, 19-20 May 2009, Hamburg, Germany. Lee, Y. H., Kuboki, T., Park, C. B., and Sain, M. Effect of Nanoclay on Extrusion Foaming of WF/PP/Clay Composites Using N2. 2008 AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Annual Meeting, 16-21 November 2008, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Yoon, J. D., Kuboki, T., Jung, P. U., Wang, J., and Park, C. B. Injection Foam Molding of Wood-Fiber/Plastic Composites. PPS-24 (The Polymer Processing Society 24th Annual Meeting), 15-19 June 2008, Salerno, Italy.