PhD student Aliaksei Aliakseyeu’s research was recently accepted to Soft Matter! The article, titled “Selective Hydrogen Bonding Controls Temperature Response of Layer-by-Layer Upper Critical Solution Temperature Micellar Assemblies“, is now available to read online. Congratulations, Alex!

Victoria Albright’s research was recently published in Biomaterials! The article, titled “Polyphosphazenes Enable Durable, Hemocompatible, Highly Efficient Antibacterial Coatings“, is now available to read online. Congratulations, Victoria!

PhD candidate Raman Hlushko’s poster presentation won 3rd place at the recent APTEC Symposium! He presented his poster, titled “Synthesis and Temperature Response of Star Polymers: Role of Molecular Architecture and a Small Molecule Competitor”, at the APTEC 8th Annual Research Symposium on Nov. 6, 2020.

Congratulations, Raman!

Diana Al Husseini’s research has been published in Chemical Communications. The article, titled “All-Nanoparticle Layer-by-layer Coatings for Mid-IR On-Chip Gas Sensing“, is now available to read online. Congratulations, Diana!

Qing and Zhen’s recent publication in Advanced Functional Materials is featured in another popular news site, The Economist!

Read the article published on the Economist here.

Congratulations to Hanna Hlushko for successfully defending her dissertation! Dr. Hlushko earned her degree based on her work on “Synthetic Polymeric Antioxidants: Redox Properties, Metal Binding, and Anticorrosion Performance”.

PhD candidate Aliaksei Aliakseyeu was selected as an MSEN Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC) representative! The MSEN graduate student body elected him to help unify the MSEN student body and share feedback to department leadership. Congratulations, Alex!

Qing and Zhen’s research was featured on MSN! The video, titled “US Army developing self-healing material for ‘Terminator-style’ machines”, can be seen here.

PhD candidate Jordan Brito was selected for the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Doctoral Scholars Program at Texas A&M University! This program will support her professional development and attendance at the annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring.

Qing and Zhen’s recent publication in Advanced Functional Materials is receiving a lot of well-deserved attention!

In addition to the articles on the U.S. Army and TAMU Engineering sites, the research was recently featured in an article on Futurity, titled “Reversible ‘stitches’ give self-healing polymers new powers”. 

Additionally, the accompanying YouTube video (see article or previous post) received over 6,000 views! Congratulations to all involved.