Rate My Professor Kenan Song

Kenan Song is an Associate Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia, joining in 2023 following tenure as Associate Professor at Arizona State University from 2017 to 2023. He completed postdoctoral research affiliated with the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering at MIT from 2014 to 2017. Song earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University in 2014 and his B.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Northeastern University in 2010. His research investigates polymer-based nanoparticle-filled composites, focusing on manufacturing, characterization, simulation, and practical applications to establish processing-structure-property relationships for enhanced structural and functional performance. Applications span defense, energy, sustainability, health, and biomedical areas, including 3D-printed microfluidic devices, porous scaffolds for pelvic organ prolapse, and artificial artery vessels for tissue engineering and drug delivery. Funding supports his work from the National Science Foundation, Department of Defense AFOSR and ONR, Binational Science Foundation, Qatar National Research Fund, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, and Department of Homeland Security.

Song has garnered major awards such as the NSF CAREER Award, ACS PMSE Young Investigator Award, and SAMPE North America Young Professionals Emerging Leadership Award, all in 2022; SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award in 2023; UGA Faculty Fellow Award in 2024; and selection as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors in 2025. He serves on the editorial boards of Materials Today Communications and Engineered Science. Notable publications include "3D printing for polymer/particle-based processing: A review" (Composites Part B: Engineering, 2021), "Structural polymer-based carbon nanotube composite fibers: Understanding the processing–structure–performance relationship" (Materials, 2013), "3D printing‐enabled nanoparticle alignment: a review of mechanisms and applications" (Small, 2021), and "Ink-Based Additive Manufacturing of a Polymer/Coal Composite" (ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2024). His scholarship exceeds 3,500 citations on Google Scholar, impacting advanced manufacturing and composites fields.