{"id":111,"date":"2011-01-26T11:26:04","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T16:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/?page_id=111"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:29:02","slug":"meisha-shofner-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/?page_id=111","title":{"rendered":"Meisha Shofner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/shofner_meisha_ec_full.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2472 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/shofner_meisha_ec_full-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Meisha Shofner is a Professor and the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.\u00a0 Meisha received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Materials Science Technical Block) at The University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. in Materials Science from Rice University.\u00a0 Prior to beginning graduate school, she was employed as a design engineer by FMC in the Subsea Engineering Division, working at two plant locations (Houston, Texas and the Republic of Singapore).\u00a0 Following post-doctoral research training at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Meisha joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2005.\u00a0 She is a registered Professional Engineer in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meisha\u2019s research interests include structure-property and processing-performance relationships in polymer nanocomposites, polymer crystallization as a tool for directed assembly, processing and mechanical properties of hierarchical structures, and new materials development for additive manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Honors and Awards:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development: as part of the Human Space Exploration Team: 2026<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW169980420 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW169980420 BCX0\">Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES) Fellow, 2024-2025\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW169980420 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:60,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;469777462&quot;:[450,810,2160,2880,3600,4320,5040,5760,6480,7200,7920,8640,9360,10080,10800,11520,12240,12960,13680,14400,15120,15840,16560,17280],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW172954293 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW172954293 BCX0\">Energy Equity, Environmental Justice &amp; Community Engagement Faculty Fellows Program: 2023-2024<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW172954293 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:1180,&quot;335559739&quot;:60,&quot;335559740&quot;:240,&quot;335559991&quot;:374,&quot;469777462&quot;:[450,810,2160,2880,3600,4320,5040,5760,6480,7200,7920,8640,9360,10080,10800,11520,12240,12960,13680,14400,15120,15840,16560,17280],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021<\/li>\n<li>MSE Faculty Fellow, 2021-2023<\/li>\n<li>MSE Faculty \u2013 Research Award, 2021<\/li>\n<li>Women in Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, 2020<\/li>\n<li>Emerging Leaders Program, 2017-2018<\/li>\n<li>Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellows Program, 2014<\/li>\n<li>Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Solvay Advanced Polymers Young Faculty Award, 2006<\/li>\n<li>Franz R. and Frances Brotzen Fellowship, Rice University, 2002<\/li>\n<li>National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2001-2004<\/li>\n<li>The University of Texas at Austin Women in Engineering Program\u2019s Academic Excellence Award in Mechanical Engineering, 1997<\/li>\n<li>Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society (Mechanical Engineering)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meisha Shofner is a Professor and the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.\u00a0 Meisha received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Materials Science Technical Block) at The University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. in Materials Science from Rice University.\u00a0 Prior to beginning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/?page_id=111\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meisha Shofner<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2788,"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/111\/revisions\/2788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shofnerlab.gatech.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}