Professor
Office: E6 5088
Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 33436
Email: jsoares@uwaterloo.ca
Degrees: Dipl. ChE, UFBa, Brazil;
MSc, UNICAMP, Brazil; PhD, McMaster
Research Interests
Synthesis and mathematical modeling of advanced polyolefinic materials
Synthesis of polyolefins with controlled microstructures using coordination catalysts (metallocenes, late transition metal, Ziegler-Natta, and Phillips)
Advanced analytical techniques for polyolefin microstructural characterization
Polyolefin structure-property relationships
Mathematical modeling of polymerization kinetics and polymer molecular structures
Polyolefin reaction engineering
Polyolefin/clay nanocomposites
Editorial Boards
Editor-in-Chief, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
S. Mehdiabadi, J.B.P. Soares, D. Bilbao, J.L. Brinen. A polymerization kinetics comparison between a metallocene catalyst activated by tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl) borate and MAO for the polymerization of ethylene in a semi-batch solution reactor. Macromol. React. Eng.2011, in print.
Y. Choi, J.B.P. Soares. Supported single site catalysts for slurry and gas phase olefin polymerization. Can. J. Chem. Eng.2011, in print.
Y. Choi, J.B.P. Soares. Supported hybrid early and late transition metal catalysts for the synthesis of polyethylene with tailored molecular weight and chemical composition distributions. Polymer2010, 51, 4713-4725.
M.A. Al-Saleh, J.B.P. Soares, T.A. Duever. Integrated deconvolution estimation model. A parameter estimation methodology for ethylene/a-olefin copolymers made with multiple-site-type catalysts. Macromol. React. Eng.2010, 4, 578-590.
A.A. Alghyamah, J.B.P. Soares. Simultaneous deconvolution of the bivariate distribution of molecular weight and chemical composition of polyolefins made with Ziegler-Natta catalysts. Macromol. Rapid Commun.2009, 30, 384-393.
J.B.P. Soares, A.E. Hamielec. Chain length distributions of polyolefins made with coordination catalysts at very short polymerization times – Analytical solution and Monte Carlo simulation for non-instantaneous site activation. Macromol. React. Eng.2008, 2, 115-125.
J.B.P. Soares. An overview of important microstructural distributions for polyolefin analysis. Macromol. Symp. 2007, 257, 1-12.
J.B.P. Soares, T.F. McKenna, C.P. Cheng. Coordination polymerization. In Polymer Reaction Engineering, JM Asua (Ed.), Blackwell Publishing, 2007, pp 29-117.
J.B.P. Soares, L.C. Simon. Coordination polymerization. In Handbook of Polymer Reaction Engineering, T. Meyer and J. Keurentjes (Eds.), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005, pp 365-430.
J.B.P. Soares. Fractionation. In Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, 3rd Edition, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2004, pp 75-131.
