Graduated Ph.D. Students | Graduated Masters Students | Former Post-Doctoral Students & Visiting Researchers
Ph.D. Degrees Awarded
| Name | Project | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Boyle | Nanoparticle and Ion Transport at Polyelectrolyte Interfaces | MSE, 9/22 |
| Katie Rose | Single (nano)particle tracking in hydrogels | CBE, 7/22 |
| Shawn Maguire | Kinetics and thermodynamics of polymer nanocomposites | MSE, 10/21 |
| Boris Rasin | Vertical Block Copolymer Cylinder-Nanorod Self-Assembly | MSE, 10/19 |
| Benjamin Lindsay | Nanoparticle Ordering within Nanocomposite Films | CBE, 8/19 |
| Nadia M. Krook | Nanoparticle Alignment within Block Copolymers to develop Hierarchical Structures | MSE, 7/19 |
| Emmabeth Parrish | Nanoparticle Diffusion in Polymer Networks | MSE, 9/17 |
| Chia-Chun Lin | Dynamics in Polymer Nanocomposites Containing Fixed and Mobile Nanoparticles | MSE, 12/15 |
| Robert C. Ferrier | Surface Chemistry Mediated Assembly of Polymer Grafted Nanorods in Solution and Polymer Matrices | CBE, 12/15 |
| Matthew A. Caporizzo | Non-Specific Interactions Between Cationic Nanoparticle-Polymer Composites and Biomolecules | MSE, 8/14 |
| Michael J. A. Hore | Polymer-Grafted Au Nanorods in Polymer Thin Films: Dispersion and Plasmonic Coupling | MSE, 7/12 |
| Sangah Gam | Polymer Diffusion in Crowded Nanocomposites | MSE, 7/11 |
| Jung Hyun Park | Amphiphilic Block Copolymers and Hydrogels for the Alignment of f-Actin | MSE, 5/09 |
| Marla McConnell | Covalent Attachment of NPs to Copolymer Surfaces to Control Structure-Property Relationships | MSE, 12/09 |
| Chen Xu | Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic and Nanoparticle Containing Block Copolymers | MSE, 5/08 |
| Ranjan Deshmukh | Dispersion and Self-Assembly of Nanospheres and Nanorods in Polymer Nanocomposites | MSE, 12/07 |
| Pimporn Uttayarat | Chemical and Physical Modifications of Silicone for Novel Vascular Grafts | MSE, 5/07 |
| H-J Chung | Phase Behavior of Confined Polymer Blends and Nanoparticle Composites | MSE, 12/05 |
| Mark Lee | Peptide Engineered Materials | BE, 8/05 |
| Russell Walters | Ionomer Transport and Surfaces | CBE, 12/03 |
| Ana C Costa | Thin Film Property Modification via Block Copolymer Adsorption | MSE, 12/02 |
| Howard Wang | Interfacial Segregation and Wetting Transitions | MSE, 12/00 |
| Robert Oslanec | Adsorption at the Polymer/Inorganic Interface | MSE, 12/97 |
| Peter Dreux | Polymer Adsorption at the Solution/Solid Interface | ChE, 12/96 |
| Jan Genzer | Interfacial Phenomena in Partically Compatible Polymers | MSE, 5/96 |
| Qi Pan | Polymer Blends Under Confinement | MSE, 5/96 |
M.S. Degrees Awarded
| Name | Project | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Mingxuan Ma | Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Biofilms | NANO, 5/21 |
| Emily Augustine | Towards Antibacterial and Antifouling Surfaces | CHEM, 5/20 |
| Alexander Grun | Liquid Crystal Polymer Nanocomposites | MSE, 5/20 |
| Zhengdong Wu | Nanoparticle Diffusion in Polymer Solutions | MSE, 6/18 |
| Dongliang Wang | Nanorods Aspect Ratio and Alignment | MSE, 6/13 |
| Oydis Gadeholt | Shear Alignment of Au Nanorods | MSE, 12/11 |
| Chin-Chen Kuo | Dextran Patterned Surfaces | MSE, 12/09 |
| Sally Yeh | Collagen Attachment to Soft Surfaces | MSE, 12/08 |
| Bruce Hillman | Ag Nanoparticles as Metal Contacts in Flexible Displays | MSE, 12/08 |
| Chih-I Yang | Conductivity of Nanorod Composites | MSE, 9/07 |
| A. Corlu | Polymer Nanocomposites | MSE, 5/07 |
| D. Ahn | Model PDMS Elastomers as Tunable Biomaterial Surfaces | CBE, 6/04 |
| C. Menzel | Cell Adhesion on Surface Modified Polymers | MSE, 8/01 |
| Ed Botchwey | Protein Adsorption | MSE, 8/97 |
| Joyce Espiritu | Stability of Polymer Bilayers | MSE, 8/97 |
Former Post-Doctoral Students and Visiting Researchers
| Name | Project | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jaehyun Kim | Gold Nanoparticle Capsule-Based Plasmonic Sensor | 02/21-5/23 |
| Christopher S. O’Bryan | Polymer Adsorption at the Solid/Liquid Interface | 8/19-6/22 |
| Tatiya Siripongpreda (Firm) | N-doped Graphene-TiO2 Nanocomposite-Polymer Films | 10/21-6/22 |
| Yitian Zhou | Zwitterionic Surface Chemistry Facilitates Detachment of Bacteria | 1/21-12/21 |
| Jihoon Choi | Dynamics of Ionic Molecules in Organometal Halide Perovskites | 1/20-1/21 |
| Connor Bilchak | Anisotropic Alignment of Nanomaterials | 3/19-12/20 |
| Molly Shave | Bacterial Adhesion on Anti-fouling Surfaces | 2/19-12/20 |
| Xuanbo Liu | Liquid Crystalline Polymer Nanocomposites | 1/19-12/19 |
| Daniel Strickland | Adhesion Between Anti-Bacterial Coatings and Model Bacteria | 1/18-4/19 |
| Yuanchi Ma | Nanoparticle Diffusion in Biofilms | 2/17-10/18 |
| Hyun-Su Lee | Biocompatible, pH-controlled Drug Release System | 1/10-9/17 |
| Nina Dissler | Nanoparticle Diffusion in Biofilms | 5/17-8/17 |
| Jihoon Choi | Polymer Dynamics in Nanocomposites | 1/12 – 8/14 |
| Carme Coll Ferrer | Hybrid Nanogel Drug Delivery System | 6/08 – 1/14 |
| Guoqian Jiang | Au Nanorods in PS-b-P2VP Block Copolymers | 3/10 – 3/12 |
| Irene Tsai | Dextran/Polyurethane | 5/08 – 11/10 |
| Takeshi Ohara | Swelling of Amphiphilic Polymers | 6/08 – 7/09 |
| Yu Liu | Surface Modification of Titanium and Enamel | 5/06 – 9/08 |
| Pimporn Uttayarat | Vascular Grafts for Coronary Bypass Operations | 5/07 – 12/07 |
| Mark Lee | Peptide Engineered Materials | 8/05 – 8/07 |
| Michela Ombelli | Protein Adsorption on Biomimetic Surfaces | 1/04 – 1/05 |
| George Toworfe | Protein Adsorption on PDMS Surfaces | 7/02 – 6/04 |
| Davide Miksa | Biomimetic Dextran Surfaces | 3/03 – 8/04 |
| E. Ada Calvalcanti | Peptide Modified Silicone | 8/01 – 6/02 |
| Ahmed El-Ghannam | Cell Adhesion | 8/00 – 2/02 |
| Bi-Min Zhang-Newby | Confined Thin Film Polymer Blends | 8/98 – 8/00 |
| Qi Pan | Spin on Glasses | 1/97 – 1/98 |
| Richard Perrinaud | Interfacial Properties of PVF:PMMA Blends | 4/95 – 4/97 |
| Alessandro Faldi | Polymer Segregation and Dewetting | 1/93 – 5/94 |
| William E. Wallace | Interactions of Ions with Polymeric Materials | 1/92 – 8/93 |