Shelby Hutchens, Polymer Science and Engineering

Dec 2011-Present.

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology.

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University

Topic: Cavitation Rheology

Jun Cui, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2007 - Present.

Topic: Local Mechanics of Hydrogel Materials

Jointly advised with Professor Greg Tew, Polymer Science and Engineering

Yuri Ebata, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2007 - Present.

Topic: Wrinkles and Folds in Polymer Thin Films

Sam Pendergraph, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2007 - Present.

Topic: Patterned Polymer Nanoparticles

Jointly advised with Professor Ken Carter, Polymer Science and Engineering

Michael Bartlett, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2008 - Present.

Topic: Scaling Bio-Inspred Adhesion

Cheol Hee Lee, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2008 - Present.

Topic: Synthesis of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots and anomalous behavior of quantum dots in heterogeneous polymeric gels.

Jointly advised with Professors Todd Emrick and Ryan Hayward, Polymer Science and Engineering

Yujie Liu, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2010 - Present.
Topic: Nanoparticle Assembly

Marcos Reyes Martinez, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2010 - Present.
Topic: Mechanical Properties of Organic Single Crystals

Jointly advised with Professor Alejandro Briseno, Polymer Science and Engineering

Sami Fakhouri, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2010 - Present.
Topic: Cavitation rheology: geometric and rate effects

Dan King, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2010 - Present.
Topic: Bio-inspired reversible adhesion

Jon Pham, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2010 - Present.
Topic: Physical Properties of Nanoparticle Assemblies

Yu-Cheng Chen, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2010 - Present.
Topic: Polymer Surface Instabilites

Mike Imburgia , Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2011 - Present.
Topic: Mechanics of wrinkled surfaces

Minchao Zhang, Polymer Science and Engineering

Ph.D. Candidate, 2011 - Present.
Topic: Nanoparticle assembly

Beth Paret, Undergraduate from the University of Massachusetts, Summer 2010 - present.

Undergraduate from the University of Massachusetts, Summer 2010 - present.