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MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

 
 

RECENT GRADUATES

 
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Eric Anderson

2007 Ph.D. Degree Recipient

“Extracellular Matrix Biomimicry for Endothelialization of Biomaterials”

Advisor: R. Marchant

Present Position as a Senior Research Chemist at the Lubrizol Corporation, Cleveland, OH


 
Lauren Buerkle

2007 B.S./M.S. Degree Recipient

Presently a Ph.D. student in our Department


 
Scott Christensen

2007 B.S. Degree Recipient

Presently a Graduate Student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA


 

Brent Crenshaw

2007 Ph.D. Degree Recipient

“Photoluminescent Polymer Materials with Built-in Deformation and Temperature Sensors ”

Advisor: C. Weder

Present Position at Bayer MaterialScience, Pittsburgh, PA


 
Eric Giles

2007 B.S. Degree Recipient

Presently a Technical Trainer in the PUR Division at Bayer MaterialScience, Pittsburgh, PA


 
Abhishek Guha

2007 Ph.D. Degree Recipient

“Materials Development for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells - Part I: Novel Carbon Structures as Platinum Catalyst Support in PEM Fuel Cell Electrodes and Part II: Morphological and Thermomechanical Investigation into Nafion® Membrane Degradation”

Advisor: D. Schiraldi

Present Position as a Fuel Cell Scientist at Columbian Chemicals Company, Marietta, GA


 

Yi Jin

2007 Ph.D. Degree Recipient

“Fundamental and Applied Research Enabled by Polymer Nanolayer Coextrusion Technology”

Advisors: E. Baer and A. Hiltner

Present Position as a Research Chemist with the Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX


 
Junwon Kang

2008 Ph.D. Degree Recipient

“A New Class of Polyelectrolyte; Poly(p-phenylene disulfonic) acids”

Advisor: M. Litt

Present Position with the Samsung SDI Mobile Energy Business Team, Cheonan-si, South Korea


 
James Kostka

2007 B.S. Degree Recipient

Presently an Edison Engineering at GE Lighting in East Cleveland, OH and a part-time M.S. student in our Department


 

Xiaofan Luo

2008 M.S. Degree Recipient

“Polymerization Induced Phase Separation (PIPS) in Epoxy/Poly(epsilon-caprolactone) Systems ”

Advisor: P. Mather

Present Position as a Ph.D. Student at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY


 
Kwang Sei Oh

2007 Ph.D. Degree Recipient

“Hexagonal Polyimide Oligomers: Synthesis, Properties, and Their Use as Templates”

Advisor: M. Litt

Present Position as a Research Chemist at SK Chemicals Research Institute, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea


 

Pritesh Patel

2008 Ph.D. Degree Recipient

“Polyelectrolyte Multilayers: Simulations, Experiments, and Applications in Biomineralization ”

Advisor: P. Mather

Present Position as a Research Engineer - Viscosity Index Improver at Chevron Oronite, Richmond, CA


 

Vishwas Pethe

2008 M.S. Degree Recipient

“Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Permeability of EEA/PEO Blends and Microlayers”

Advisors: E. Baer and A. Hiltner

Present Position as a R&D Scientist at ATMI-Packaging Inc., Minneapolis, MN


 

Kun Si

2007 Ph.D. Degree Recipient

“Kinetics and Mechanism of Vinyl Chloride Polymerization: Effects of Additives on Polymerization Rate, Molecular Weight, and Defect Concentration in the Polymer ”

Advisor: M. Litt

Present Position as a Research Associate in our Department, Cleveland, OH


 
Damon Sutton

2007 Ph.D. Degree Recipient

“pH Sensitive Nanodelivery Systems ”

Advisors: D. Schiraldi

 


 
Tejas Upasani

2007 Ph.D. Degree Recipient

“Rheology of Metallo-Supramolecular Polymers ”

Advisor: A. Jamieson

 


 

Jonathan Virgi

2007 B.S. Degree Recipient

Presently a Materials Engineer at Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH


 

Wengui Weng

2008 Ph.D. Degree Recipient

“Rheology of Supramolecular Polymers”

Advisors: A. Jamieson and S. Rowan

Present Position as a R&D Associate at Tremco Inc., Beachwood, OH