Kartik Kumar Rajagapolan passed his Ph.D. qualifying exam this week.
Congratulations, Kartik!
Review article published ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!
Jordan Brito, Hanna Hlushko, Ashleigh Abbott, Aliaksei Aliakseyeu, and Raman Hlushko wrote a review article that was recently published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!
The article, titled “Integrating Antioxidant Functionality into Polymer Materials: Fundamentals, Strategies, and Applications“, aims to follow a materials engineer’s approach to designing effective antioxidant polymer materials with specific discussion of applications in biomedical engineering and food packaging. It is now available to read online.
Congratulations to the team!
New publication in Macromolecules!
Dr. Raman Hlushko’s research was recently accepted to Macromolecules!
The article, titled “Dynamics and Self-Healing of Layer-by-Layer Hydrogen-Bonded Films of Linear Synthetic Polyphenols“, is now available to read online.
Congratulations, Raman!
Al Husseini passes preliminary exam, presents at 95th CSSS
Ph.D. candidate Diana Al Husseini passed her preliminary exam this Monday! She presented her dissertation topic “Surface Functionalization for Mid-Infrared On-Chip Sensing” to her committee.
Diana will also be presenting at the 95th ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium on Wed., June 15. At 3 PM CT, tune into her virtual presentation about “All-Nanoparticle Surface Functionalization for Mid-Infrared On-Chip Sensing.”
Congratulations, Diana!
Zhu and Rajagopalan featured in Texas A&M MSEN news
The Texas A&M University Materials Science & Engineering news page recently featured graduate students Xiuzhu Zhu and Kartik Kumar Rajagopalan. The article discusses their recent Best Poster Award at the 2021 ACS Spring National Meeting.
Read more here: “Students win Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering’s best poster award“
Xiuzhu Zhu successfully defends thesis!
Brito featured in Texas A&M MSEN news
The Texas A&M University Materials Science & Engineering news page recently featured Ph.D. student Jordan Brito. The article details her recent acceptance to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
Read more here: “Materials science and engineering graduate students awarded National Science Foundation fellowships”
Raman Hlushko successfully defends dissertation!
Congratulations to Raman Hlushko for successfully defending his dissertation!
Dr. Hlushko earned his degree based on his work on synthetic antioxidant polymers. His dissertation details the synthesis, adsorption, and layer-by-layer assembly of the polyphenolic polymers.
During his doctoral studies, Raman was an author on 6 publications (2 under review; 3 first-author) and 1 patent, in addition to many oral and poster presentations. He also actively volunteered for outreach activities and served as an officer in WIMS.
Zhu and Rajagopalan win Best Poster at ACS Spring 2021
Graduate students Xiuzhu Zhu and Kartik Kumar Rajagopalan won a Best Poster Award at the 2021 ACS Spring National Meeting!
The poster, titled “Temperature-responsive, tunable poly(vinyl alcohol)-borax salogels for shape stabilization of an inorganic phase change material”, was one of three distinguished posters in the PMSE division.
Congratulations, Xiuzhu and Kartik!
New publication in Macromolecular Rapid Communications!
PhD student Aliaksei Aliakseyeu’s research was recently accepted to Macromolecular Rapid Communications! The article, titled “Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes of Star Polymers“, sheds light on the formation of hydrogen-bonded interpolymer complexes between linear and star polymers. It’s now available to read online.
Congratulations, Aliaksei!
