We are so proud of our graduates! 🎓 Colby Snyder Tackling one rigorous STEM major is a feat; conquering a dual-degree in Chemical Engineering and Physics through Penn’s prestigious VIPER program is next-level. Colby has spent his undergraduate career at the intersection of energy technology and foundational science, spending 3 years researching in the Composto […]
Senior member Katie Sun participated in the University of Pennsylvania’s 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition and won 2nd place! Penn 3MT is a university-wide competition designed to showcase graduate students’ research and communications skills in a three-minute talk to a general audience. Katie’s thesis centers around the adsorption of nanoparticles to polymer brushes, which she tied […]
5th-year PhD Student, Katie Sun, presented her research on “Selectivity of Gold Nanoparticle Adsorption in a Weak Polyelectrolyte Brush Controlled Through Grafting Density Changes” at the APS Division of Polymer Physics (DPLOY) conference in Denver, Colorado. The technical session was focused on experts in block copolymers, polymers, and biomacromolecules at interfaces. This marks her third […]
David Bujdos, a second-year PhD student, presented his poster on the “Slow Kinetics of Confined Diblock Copolymer upon Infiltration into a Bicontinuous, Nanoporous Gold Scaffold” at the APS Division of Polymer Physics (DPLOY) conference in Denver, Colorado. This year there were 85 DPLOY posters presented, and David had the honor of being selected for the […]
