Polymer Science and Engineering

Le Li Dissertation Defense on October 28, 2011

October 24th, 2011

Le Li will defend her dissertation entitled, Kinetically Trapping Co-Continuous Morphologies in Polymer Blends and Composites on Friday, October 28, 2011 at 10:00 am in Conte A110/111. The public is cordially invited to attend and refreshments will be served in the Conte Atrium prior to the defense.

Eunyoung You Dissertation Defense on October 27, 2011

October 24th, 2011

Eunyoung You will defend her dissertation entitled Fabrication of Nanostructured Metal Oxide Films with Supercritical CO2: Processing and Applications on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 2:15 pm in Conte A110/111. There will be refreshments prior to the defense. The event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend.

Raghavendra Maddikeri Dissertation Defense on October 17, 2011

October 10th, 2011

Raghavendra Maddikeri will defend his dissertation entitled “Characterization of Self-Assembled Functional Polymeric Nanostructures: I. Magnetic Nanostructures from Metallopolymers II. Zwitterionic Polymer Vesicles in Ionic Liquid”, on Monday, October 17, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in Conte A110. The event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served prior to the defense.

Thomas Russell Receives 2011 Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity.

September 20th, 2011

Tom was honored at the Seventh Annual Faculty Convocation on Friday, September 16, 2011. He was one of six acclaimed faculty members who were presented with the Award.
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UMass Nanotech Receives $20 M in Federal Grant

September 7th, 2011

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $20 million grant to support a national research center for nanomanufacturing through a second round of funding for the Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing (CHM).

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Xinyu Wei Dissertation Defense on September 21, 2011

August 17th, 2011

Xinyu Wei will defend his dissertation entitled, “Click Chemistry to Modify Block Copolymers and Their Morphologies” at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 in Conte A111. The event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served prior to the defense.

Joseph Peterson Dissertation Defense on September 6, 2011

August 16th, 2011

Joe Peterson will defend his dissertation entitled, Design of Hybrid Conjugated Polymer Materials: 1) Novel Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Semiconductors and 2) Surface Modification Via Grafting Approaches on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 in Conte A110. All are welcome to attend and there will be refreshments before the defense.

Derek Ronald Breid Dissertation Defense on September 1, 2011

August 15th, 2011

Derek Breid will defend his dissertation entitled, “Controlling Morphology in Swelling-Induced Wrinkled Surfaces” on Thursday, September 1, 2011 in Conte A110/111 at 10:00 a.m. Refreshments will will served prior to the defense and all are welcome to attend.

Dian Chen Dissertation Defense on August 24, 2011

August 15th, 2011

Dian Chen will defend her dissertation entitiled, “Organic Photovoltaics Based on P3HT/PCBM: Correlating Efficiency and Morphology” on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. in Conte A110/111. The event is open to the public. Refreshments will be served prior to the defense and all are welcome to attend.

Andrew Thomas Detwiler Dissertation Defense on August 23, 2011

August 15th, 2011

Andrew Detwiler will defend his dissertation entitled, “Aspects of Network Formation and Property Evolution in Glassy Polymer Networks” on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. The event is open to the public. Refreshments will be served prior to the defense and all are welcome to attend.