This grant has been awarded to study bioadhesion in geckos and insects. The researchers received international scientific and media attention recently for their discovery reported in the journal Advanced Materials, of how gecko feet and... Read More...
Events
Greg Grason, Polymer Science and Engineering, receives NSF Career Award to study statistical mechanics of filamentous assemblies.
Jun will defend her dissertation entitled, Resilient Polymer Networks via Thiol-norbornene Chemistry: Mechanical and Adhesive Properties, on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 1:00 pm in Conte A111. Jun is advised by Professors Al... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
University of Ottawa’s Professor May Griffith will be lecturing on Friday, May 9, 2008 in Conte A110-111 at 3:30 PM. Her lecture is titled, "Biomimetic Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine." She will be hosted by Professor Alfred... Read More...
Seminars
Shilpi Sanghi will defend her dissertation entitled, "Ion Mobility Studies of Functional Polymeric Materials for Fuel Cells and Lithium Ion Batteries", on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 in Conte A110/111. The event is open to the public.... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
Professor Thomas J. McCarthy has been chosen to represent the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics as an exemplar of the faculty who provide guidance and mentorship to graduate students through chairs and membership on student... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
Suriyakala Ramalingam will defend her dissertation entitled, "Analysis of Chain Configuration in Semi-Crystalline Random Copolymers" on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. in Conte A110-111. The event is open to the public. All... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
Jing Hua will defend his dissertation entitled, "Phase Transitions in Polyelectrolyte Systems" on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in Conte A110/111. The event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. Refreshments will... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
Tom Russell has been named the Spring 2012 Kalvi Lecturer. He will give a presentation at the upcoming MRS Meeting on April 9th, 2012 in San Francisco, California.
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Greg Tew, one of 59 distinguished past recipients of a POLY award, was inaugurated into the Fellows program as a founding POLY Fellow. Other PSE alums and professors who were included are: Robert W. Lenz, William J. MacKnight, Bruce M.... Read More...
Ozgul will defend her dissertation entitled, Protein Transduction Domain Mimics by ROMP and Their Bioactive Cargo Delivery on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 10:15 AM in Conte A110/111. Ozgel is advised by Professor Greg Tew.... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
Naomi Delong will defend her dissertation titled, “PLA-PEO-PLA Triblock Copolymer Hydrogels for Soft Tissue Engineering: Properties, Assembly, and Structure,” on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 9:00 AM in Conte A110-111. The event is open to... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
Sinan Yordem will defend his dissertation defense entitled, "In Situ Reinforced Polymers Using Low Molecular Weight Compounds", on Monday, May 23, 2011 in Conte A110/111. The event is open to the public. Refreshements will be provided... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
Elizabeth Glogowski will defend her dissertation titled, “Nanoparticle Functionalization and Grafting-From Chemistry for Controlling Surface Properties and Nanocomposite Behavior,” on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 2:15 PM in Conte A110-... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
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... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
Damla Koylu will defend her dissertation entitled, “Polymer Brush-modified Photopolymer Network Surfaces and their Applications,” on Monday, March 1, 2010 in LGRT 703 at 10:15 a.m. The public is cordially invited to... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
Peiwen Zheng will defend her dissertation on Wednesday, May 2nd at 9:00 a.m. in Conte A110/111. Her dissertation is entitled, "Preparation, Characterization, Surface Modification and Applications of Siloxane Polymers". The... Read More...
Dissertation Defense
After 43 years with the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sophia Hsu is retiring. A reception in her honor will be held on Thursday in the Conte Atrium beginning at 12:30 PM. Mrs. Hsu is the former office manager for the... Read More...
Alejandro L. Briseno of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Wenping Hu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; and coworkers formed single-crystal nanoribbons by selectively crystallizing copper hexadecafluorophthalocyanine (n-type... Read More...
Hitesh will defend his dissertation entitled, Synthetic Mimics of Antimicrobial Peptides from Aryl Scaffolds , on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 1:00 pm in Conte A111. Hitesh is advised by Professor Greg Tew. Refreshments... Read More...
Dissertation Defense