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| KAREN I.
WINEY Professor
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Tommy Acchione BSE Student (MSE*) Project: Nanotube composites |
Nick Benetatos PhD Student (MSE) Project: Polystyrene ionomers |
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Avinash Budhian PhD Student (CBE*) Project: Drug delivery via nanoparticles |
Chris Chan PhD Student (CBE) Project: Polyethylene and nafion ionomers |
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Fangming Du PhD Student (CBE) Project: Nanotube in PMMA and epoxy |
Reto Haggenmueller PhD Student (MSE) Project: Nanotubes in PE |
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Hansoo Kim Posdoctoral Fellow Project: EELS, PDMS(w/Cornell), SPS(w/NZ) |
MohammadMoniruzzaman Posdoctoral Fellow Project: Nanotube composites |
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Minfang Mu PhD Student (MSE*) Project: Nanotube composites |
Sadie White PhD Student (MSE) Project: Block copolymers (w/Wayland) |
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Zachary Williams BSE Student (CBE) Project: Sulfonated polystyrene & ionomers |
Nancy Zhou PhD Student (CBE) Project: Sulfonated polystyrene & ionomers |
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*CBE : Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Eng. *MSE : Department of Materials Science and Engineering |
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1.) DOCTORAL STUDENTS
B. Scott Pinheiro "Diblock
copolymer/homopolymer blends: morphology and rheology."
Ph.D. MSE August 1996.
Daniel L. Polis "Shear-Induced Kink Bands, Lamellar Rotation, and Lamellar
Contraction Observed in Block Copolymers."
Ph.D. MSE May 1999.
AWARD: 1996 Presidential Award, Microscopy Society of America.
AWARD: 1998 Gold Medal for Graduate Student Paper, Materials
Research Soc.
Finalist: 1999 Padden Award, Division of High Polymer Physics,
American
Physical Society.
Nicole N. Pellegrini "Asymmetric Miscibility in Random Copolymer /
Homopolymer
Blends."
Ph.D. ChE August 1999.
Lei Qiao "Non-Equilibrium Structures in Block Copolymers: Kink Bands,
Lamellar Contraction, and Solvent-Induced Morphologies."
Ph.D. MSE December 2001.
Finalist: 2002 Padden Award, Division of High Polymer Physics,
American
Physical Society.
Brian P. Kirkmeyer "Morphologies in Styrenic Ionomers: Effects of
Neutralization,
Processing and Cations."
Ph.D. MSE December 2003.
Finalist: 2003 Padden Award, Division of High Polymer Physics,
American
Physical Society.
2.) MASTERS STUDENTS
Theresa E. Derderian "Design of fracture
toughness experiments."
M.S. MSE January 1994.
Maria L. Berba "Copolymer sequence distribution and blend miscibility."
M.S. MSE August 1994.
Micheala Tymichova "Technique development for the study of polymer-polymer
dewetting."
M.S. MSE May 1996.
Joyce J. Espiritu "Polymer-polymer dewetting: kinetics and morphology."
M.S. MSE August 1997; R. J. Composto co-advisor.
AWARD: 1996 Ford Foundation Fellowship.
Oyekunbi Delano "Effect of Drug Used on a Surgically Implantable Long-Term PLGA
Delivery System."
M.S. ChE December 2001.
Forrest Pilgrim "Morphology of Triblock Copolymer / Homopolymer Blends."
M.S. ChE August 2002.
Marcus Hsu "Processing of Single-walled Carbon Nanotube / Epoxy Systems and
the Characterization of their Electrical, Thermal, and Mechanical
Properties."
M.S. MSE, September 2003.
Yongsoo Kim “Synthesis of Styrenic Model Ionomers”
M.S. CBE, (9/03 – 12/04).
3.) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (students are MSE majors at Penn, unless
specified)
Andre Sanders "Blends of Polymeric
Precursors to Ceramics."
9/92 - 5/93; senior project.
Laura F. Cerini "Digital Image Analysis of Polymer Blends."
"The Glass Transition of Polymers Intercalated into Silicates."
9/92 - 12/93; work-study, senior project; M&T program.
AWARD: 1992-1993 Nassau Grant from Penn.
Y. Lynn Loo "Free Radical Polymerization of PS-PMMA Random Copolymers."
6/93 - 12/93; work-study; dual major ChE and MSE.
W. Loong Chen "Effect of Random Copolymers on Interfacial Fracture
Toughness."
5/94 - 5/95; NSF-REU fellow, work-study, senior project; M&T
program.
Foo-Sing Wong "Selective Etching of Well-Ordered Block Copolymer Films."
9/94 - 5/95; senior project.
Heather M. Koehler "Microphase Separation Transition in Block Copolymer /
Homopolymer
Blends."
9/94 - 5/96; work-study; ChE major.
Francis J. Gramkowski "Tougher Polymethacrylates Using Block Copolymers."
"Cross-Sectional FESEM of Dewetted Polymer Films on Brittle
Substrates."
5/95 - 5/96; NSF-REU fellow, work-study, senior project.
John Nugent "Cross-Sectional FESEM of Polymer Films on Brittle Substrates."
Summer 1996; NSF-REU fellow from San Jose State University.
Gregory Booker "Kinematics of Kink Bands."
"Block Copolymers in Compression: Do They Kink?"
Summer 1996, Spring 1997; NSF-REU fellow, MSE 250 project; dual
major BE
and MSE.
Alison Olver "Moisture-Sensitive Block Copolymer Blends."
7/96 - 5/97; senior project.
Nikeva Brown "Free Radical Polymerization of Various Random Copolymers."
Summer 1997; NSF-REU fellow from Bryn Mawr College.
Robert D. Armitage "Modifications to SAXS Apparatus: Adjustable Flight Path
and Precision
Sample Holder."
"SAXS Analysis of Block Copolymers Using a 2-D Detector."
"Moisture-Sensitive Block Copolymer Blends."
5/97 - 5/98; NSF-REU fellow, work-study, senior project; M&T
program.
AWARD: 1997-1998 Nassau Grant from Penn.
Michael D. Grubb "Preparation, Thermal Analysis and SAXS of E/MAA Ionomers."
Summer 1998; NSF-REU fellow.
Jason R. Vollbracht "Preparation and Characterization of Nanotube
Composites."
Summer 1998; NSF-REU fellow, ChE major.
Anna K. Johnsen "Image Analysis of Ionic Aggregates in Polymers."
9/98 - 5/99; senior project
Reto Haggenmueller "Nanotubes in Polymer Fibers."
10/99 - 5/00; Exchange student from ETHZ, Zurich; Diploma project.
Nakiva Showell "Infrared spectroscopy studies of Zn-neutralized SurlynŽ
materials."
Summer 2000; NSF-REU fellow, Chemistry major.
Neel Gandhi "Processing and Testing of Slow-Release Drug Implants to Treat
Schizophrenia."
9/99 – 5/01; with S. J. Siegel of Psychiatry Department; ChE major.
Jason DeGaetano "Processing Epoxy – Nanotube Composites."
9/00 – 5/01, senior project.
Tiffany Selman "Crystallinity of Lipsticks: Comparison of WAXS and DSC."
9/00 – 5/01, senior project.
Sarah Rothman "Crosslinking Diblock Copolymer Systems using UV-Light."
9/00 – 5/01, independent research and work-study.
Karen Sohn "Literature review of psychotic drug delivery systems."
1/01 – 5/01, work-study.
Anna H. Pilipienko "Ionomers: Percent Crystallinity, Density and Aging."
9/01 – 5/02, work-study, Chemistry major.
Joyce Tam "Solution and Melt Neutralization Methods for Ionomers."
1/02 – 8/02, work-study, ChE major.
Anthony Barsotti "Thermal Conductivity Measurements in Aligned SWNT
composites."
5/02 – 8/02, NSF-REU fellow, Biochemistry major.
Lindsey Karpowich "Dynamic Mechanical Studies of Model Ionomers."
5/02 – 5/03, work-study, MSE major.
Robert C. Scogna "Scale-up Production of SWNT/PMMA Composites."
5/03 – 8/03, summer employee, ChE major at Penn State Univ.
Leah Henderson "Characterization of Oral Care Films."
6/03 – 8/03, NSF-REU fellow, Chemistry major at Lincoln Univ.
Tarin Hart "Neutralization of Ionomers."
6/03 – 8/03, NSF-REU fellow, ChE major.
Stijn Brand "AFM Studies of the Effect of Purification, Sonication and
Nitric Acid
Reflux on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Dispersed in DMF."
5/03 – 2/04, exchange student from Eindhoven.
Josh Stillman “Fabricate PLGA Nanospheres with Naltrexone.”
5/04 – 8/04, summer employee, BE major, joint with S. J. Siegel
(SOM).
Justin Samuels “Measuring the Thermal Expansion Coefficient of PMMA/SWNT
Composites.”
5/04 – 8/04, NSF-REU fellow, MSE major at Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Clarinda Lim “Thermal Stability of Sulfonated Polystyrenes.”
5/04 – 10/04, CBE major.