Early phase discoveries by M. Muthukumar and former graduate student Ben Mohr, based on the fundamental science of proteins in the lens of the human eye, hold promise of revolutionizing the treatment of cataracts and presbyopia. UMass... Read More...
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News
Classrooms: MacDuffie students "Aspire" for great science through program at UMass is the name of an article written by Morgan Hughes in the Gazette featuring the ASPIRE Outreach program.
Congratulations to Laura Lanier, Kelly... Read More...
February 15, 2017
By means of a new, four-year, $2.6 million grant from the Office of Naval Research, a team of researchers led by Al Crosby have formed “CAVITATE.” This group aims to study cavitation, the sudden expansion of bubbles in a material and... Read More...
January 20, 2017
Sarah Ward of the Emrick Group received the 2016 Santos Go Award. This award is given to the most outstanding second year PSE student as judged by scholarly accomplishments accrued during the previous academic year.
December 23, 2016
A communication by Joel M. Sarapas and Gregory N. Tew published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
The thiol-ene reaction has been widely used in the field of polymer science for decades, primarily as a network... Read More...
November 30, 2016
M. Muthukumar has recently published an article in an online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Attempts to characterize charged macromolecules using light scattering have resulted in mysterious... Read More...
October 28, 2016
Research from Professors Al Crosby and Duncan Irschick was featured on a recent episode of Nature Knows Best, a nationally syndicated Fox network show. Mike Imburgia, Satyan Choudhary and Chris Barney of the Crosby group were also in... Read More...
October 26, 2016
A communication by Dong-Po Song, Aditi Naik, Shengkai Li, Alexander Ribbe and James J. Watkins* published in JACS.
The Watkins group has reported a simple strategy for the creation of large-area nanoporous hybrid films of silica... Read More...
October 14, 2016
An article by Svetlana Morozova, Gaojie Hu, Todd Emrick, and M. Muthukumar published in ACS Macro Letters.
Muthukumar’s group and their collaborators have studied the influence of segmental dipole orientation on the solution... Read More...
September 26, 2016
An article by N. A. W Bell, M. Muthukumar and U. F. Keyser published in Phys. Rev. E.
Using theory and collaborative experiments from the Cavendish team at the University of Cambridge, a fundamental understanding of how double... Read More...
September 26, 2016
An article by Debasish Mondal and M. Muthukumar published in J. Chem. Phys.
Stochastic resonance (SR) explores how noise in a system is harnessed to synchronize the response of a system to an externally applied force field. ... Read More...
September 26, 2016
An article by Hamid R. Shojaei and M. Muthukumar, published in J. Phys. Chem. B.
Muthukumar's group studied the passage of a vesicle through a smaller pore, taking into account its deformation and friction. By deriving the... Read More...
September 26, 2016
An article by A. M. P. Boelens and M. Muthukumar published in Physical Review E.
The drag in a turbulent flow is significantly reduced in the presence of very small amounts of polymeric additives such as PEO or DNA. This long-... Read More...
September 26, 2016
An article by Michael A. Leaf and M. Muthukumar published in Macromolecules.
To understand conductivity in films of poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene): poly(styrene sulfonic acid) (PEDOT:PSS), the structure and phase behavior of... Read More...
September 26, 2016
An article by Svetlana Morozova, Paul Hamilton, Nathan Ravi, and M. Muthukumar published in Macromolecules.
Synthetic hydrogel systems are promising long-term candidates for therapeutic use as vitreous substitutes. To improve... Read More...
September 26, 2016
As of September 1, 2016, E. Bryan assumes the role of Polymer Science and Engineering Department Head.
September 26, 2016
An article by M. Muthukumar, published in J. Chem. Phys.
Details of crystallization processes of a polymer depend on the melt state and its previous history of preparation. Muthukumar has presented a theory for explaining this “... Read More...
September 9, 2016
As announced in the August 22nd issue of Chemical & Engineering News, Alejandro Briseño will be presented with the 2017 Arthur C. Cope Early Career Scholar Award at the 254th ACS National Meeting in Washington, DC on August 22, 2017... Read More...
August 24, 2016
M. Muthukumar has been selected to receive the 2017 ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry sponsored by ExxonMobil Chemical Company. Muthu will be presented with this award in conjunction with the 253rd ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA... Read More...
August 24, 2016
STEM FTI director Maria Santore, says the national magazine’s recognition is a welcome honor. “I am extremely pleased that this powerful program is being recognized at the national level. The success of STEM FTI is a testament to the... Read More...
August 12, 2016