Yuri Ebata Dissertation Defense on May 28, 2013

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Yuri Ebata will defend her dissertation entitled, Bending, Wrinkling, and Folding of Thin Polymer Film/Elastomer Interfaces on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in Conte A110/111. Yuri has been advised by Professor Alfred Crosby. The public is cordially invited to attend. Refreshments will be served in the Conte Atrium at 1:00 pm.

Michael Beaulieu Dissertation Defense on May 20, 2013

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:45:15 +0000

Michael will defend his dissertation entitled, Applications of Planar and Patterned Metal Oxide Nanocomposites and Reactive Polymer Blends as Gas Permeation Membranes, in Conte A110/111 on Monday, May 20, 2013 at 1:00 pm in the afternoon. All are welcome to attend this public event. Michael has been advised by Professor James Watkins.

Michael Bartlett Dissertation Defense on May 2, 2013

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:38:21 +0000

Michael Bartlett will defend his dissertation entitled, Scaling reversible Adhesion in Synthetic and Biological Systems on Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 1:00 pm in Conte A110/111. Michael has been advised by Professor Alfred Crosby. The event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend, including refreshments in the Conte lobby prior to the defense.

Scott Christensen Dissertation Defense on April 4, 2013

admin — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:14:43 +0000

Scott Christensen will be defending his dissertation entitled, “Photo-reaction of Copolymers with Pendent Benzophenone” on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 2:30 pm in Conte A110/111. Refreshments will be served in the Conte lobby prior to the defense. The event is open to the public.

Felicia Bokel Dissertation Defense on January 14, 2013

admin — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:30:04 +0000

Felicia Bokel will defend her dissertation entitled, “Solution Assembly of Conjugated Polymers“, on Monday, January 14 at 10:00 am in Conte A110/111. There will be refreshments served prior to the defense and all are welcome to attend.

Sedef Piril Ertem receives 2012 Santos Go Memorial Merit Scholarship

admin — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:45:55 +0000

PSE faculty selected Piril for the Santos Go award for 2012. The Santos Go Memorial Merit Scholarship is awarded each year to the most outstanding second year PSE student as judged by scholarly accomplishments accrued during the previous academic year.

CNN Money names Geckskin a top science breakthrough for 2012

admin — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:24:56 +0000

Geckskin, a super-strong adhesive device developed by Al Crosby, Michael Bartlett and colleagues, was named one of the top 5 scientific breakthroughs of 2012.

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Maria Santore elected to AAAS Fellowship

admin — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:03:31 +0000

Professor Maria Santore was recently elected, for the year 2012, to Fellowship in the AAAS (American Society for the Advancement of Science.) Maria will be recognized for her contributions to science and technology at the Fellows Forum to be held on February 16th, 2013 during the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Kathleen McEnnis Dissertation Defense on December 12, 2012

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Kathleen McEnnis will defend her dissertation entitled, “Particle Behavior on Anisotropically Curved Interfaces,” on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 10:00 am in Conte A110/111. The event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served prior to the defense.

Kenneth Carter ~ NSF Special Creativity Award

admin — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:59:01 +0000

Ken Carter was given an NSF Special Creativity Award from the Division of Materials Research of National Science Foundation (NSF) in recognition of his excellent research on semiconducting polymers involving hybrid moieties and the broader impacts emanating from his NSF project.