Marino Xanthos Lecture Series
Marino Xanthos Memorial Lectures
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MARINO XANTHOS MEMORIAL LECTURE 2026
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 2:30 PM
Central King Building (CKB) Room L-70 (Agile Strategy Lab)
Dr. Nader Engheta
H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Dept. of Electrical and Systems Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
Lecture Title: TBD
About Marino Xanthos
Marino Xanthos, Ph.D. was a professor of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering. Associate Provost for Graduate Studies, and Senior Technical Advisor to the Polymer Processing Institute (PPI) at NJIT Petroleum Institute. During the period of 1987 to 1995, he was the research director of the PPI and Stevens Research Professor. He was appointed professor of chemical engineering at NJIT in 1995, where he served until his passing as Director of the Polymer Engineering Center, Director of the Center of Processing of Plastics Packaging, Chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Materials Research Council, Senior Technical Adviser to the PPI at NJIT, and finally Associate Provost for Graduate Studies.
Dr. Xanthos was internationally recognized for his polymer blends, polymer composites and polymer foams expertise, and his studies on polymer modification through the use of functional particulate additives and reactive extrusion processes. He applied those to the processing of pharmaceutical oral dosage forms. He advised Ph.D. and master-level students and was also involved with PPI technical staff and industrial colleagues nationally and internationally.
Dr. Xanthos became a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) in 2003 and received the NJIT Board of Overseers Harlan J. Perlis Award that same year in recognition of his exemplary scholarship and outstanding research in the field of polymers. He served as the U.S. representative to the Board of the Polymer Processing Society since 2005. In 2010, he received the Heinz List Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements in reactive processing and devolatilization.
Dr. Xanthos deeply cared for and was a renowned mentor and advisor to his graduate and undergraduate students. For many years, he was the advisor and life force of the NJIT student chapter of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE).
This lecture series was established by his family, friends and colleagues to memorialize his accomplishments and love of his chosen field.
Previous Lectures
Frontiers in Supramolecular Design Materials
Fluid Mechanics Everywhere: Surprises, Beauty, Bifurcations and Similarity
Howard A. Stone
Neil A. Omenn '68 University Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University
Xanthos Memorial Lecture Program 2025
2D Carbides and Nitrides (MXenes) Are Ready to Roll
Frontiers in Supramolecular Design Materials
Interfacial Rheology: From Beer Foams to Material Design
Plastics - What Are They and Could We Live Without Them?
Liquid Crystals - From Simple Constructs to Autonomous Materials
Functional Polymer Materials Designed for Advanced Applications and Sustainability
Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science & Engineering
Texas A&M University
Engineered Silk Proteins for Regenerative Medicine
David L. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Stern Family Endowed Professor of Engineering
Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Distinguished University Professor
Tufts University
Director, NIH P41 Resource Center on Tissue Engineering
Editor-in-Chief, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering
Xanthos Memorial Lecture Program 2017
Breaking Moore's Law,
Thomas P. Russell, Ph.D.
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and
Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
Xanthos Memorial Lecture Program 2016
The Unusual Rheology of Concentrated Suspensions
Morton M. Denn, Ph.D.
Benjamin Levich Institute, City College of New York
Xanthos Memorial Lecture Program 2015