Dalton F. Cheng will defend his dissertation entitled “Correcting Misconceptions in Wettability Theory and Utilizing Fluid Surface Tension to Create Complex Hierarchical Polymer Structures” on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in Conte A110-111. The event is open to the public. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served prior to the defense.
Wednesday, October 14: CUMIRP Cluster Meetings followed by PSE Student Poster Sessions 1 & 2.
Thursday, October 15: MRSEC 2008-2009 Review followed by PSE Lecture Series Highlighting UMass Faculty Research.
Professor Greg Tew, by incorporating a monomer with a cobalt ligand
into a block copolymer, has produced a magnetic material that
increases the density of information storage. This is considered “the
first report of a processible, ferromagnetic polymer” that is both
prepared and magnetic at room temperature according to a leading
metal-containing polymer expert.
Details at: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news/87/i34/8734news6.html
Douglas Holmes will defend his dissertation entitled, “Wrinkling, Folding, and Snapping Instabilities in Polymer Films” on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM in Conte A110/A111. The event is open to the public. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served prior to the defense.
Jessica Zimberlin will defend her dissertation entitled “Mechanics of Hydrogels and Biological Tissues” on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in Conte A110-111. The event is open to the public. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served prior to the defense.
Professor Kookheon Char from the Center for Functional Polymer Thin Films at the School of Chemical & Biological Engineering at Seoul National University will give a special seminar entitled “Functional Multilayer Thin Film Platforms Based on the Layer-by-Layer Deposition” on Friday, June 26, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. All are welcome to attend.
Surangkhana Martwiset will defend her dissertation entitled “High Temperature Proton Conducting Materials, and Fluorescent-labeled Polymers for Sensor Applications” on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in Conte A110-111. The event is open to the public. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served prior to the defense.
Scott Eastman will defend his dissertation entitled “Composite Fabrication and Polymer Modification Using Neoteric Solvents” on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. in Conte A110-111. The event is open to the public. All are wecome to attend. Refreshments will be served prior to the defense.
Sinan Yordem has been awarded the Thermoset Division/James MacKenzie Graduate Scholarship from The SPE Foundation
for the 2009-2010 academic year. Congratulations Sinan!
Beth Cooper is the recipient of a 2009-2010 Graduate School Fellowship. The fellowship includes a stipend, waver of tuition and Curriculum Fee, and payment of individual Student Health Insurance Plan. Congratulations Beth!