PhD student Raman Hlushko’s research has been accepted for publication in Macromolecules. The article titled “Layer-by-Layer Hydrogen-Bonded Antioxidant Films of Linear Synthetic Polyphenols” is now available online.
Zhou’s research ranks 2nd in U.S. Army’s “Top Ten Science & Technology Advances of 2019”
The research of PhD student Qing Zhou has been recognized by the U.S. Army as one of the top science and technology advances of 2019. His research on self-healing polymers placed second in the video shown below, posted by the U.S. Army CCDC Army Research Laboratory.
The full list has been shared across multiple news sites, such as Business Insider and the U.S. Army’s official site.
Graduation of Victoria Albright, Ph.D.
Congratulations to Victoria Albright, Ph.D. for her successful defense and graduation. The Sukhishvili group celebrated her graduation in Rudder Auditorium on December 7, 2019. She has been a great friend and mentor to many, and we will certainly miss her around the laboratory. We wish her all the best in future endeavors!
Albright wins Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Congratulations to Victoria Albright for winning the 2019 College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Student Award! Each year, the College of Engineering selects one doctoral student and one master’s student for this award. The recipients must demonstrate excellence above and beyond usual levels of achievement.
Research highlighted on Texas A&M Engineering website
The Sukhishvili group’s research on stimuli-responsive biomedical soft materials has been highlighted on the Texas A&M Engineering website. The news article, titled “Rising temperatures: Sukhishvili and team develop novel biomedical soft materials”, provides updates for the group’s research and recent student accomplishments.
Read more here.
Congratulations to Dr. Victoria Albright!
Congratulations to Victoria Albright for successfully defending her dissertation! Dr. Albright earned her degree based on her work on “Temperature and pH-Responsive Layer-by-Layer Coatings for the Prevention of Bacterial Colonization.”
Albright wins poster award at ACS conference
Article featured on the cover of Langmuir
Our article “Functional Surfaces through Controlled Assemblies of Upper Critical Solution Temperature Block and Star Copolymers” was featured on the cover of Langmuir, Volume 35, Issue 33.
Hanna Hlushko wins Excellence in Outreach Award
Congratulations to PhD student Hanna Hlushko for earning the MSEN Excellence in Outreach Award! Hanna leads a team of undergraduates under the Aggie Research Leadership program, volunteers in Women in Materials Science, and participates in many other outreach activities.
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Adwait Gaikwad wins Outstanding Teacher Award
Congratulations to master’s student Adwait Gaikwad for winning a 2019 Outstanding Teacher Award! The Department of Materials Science and Engineering honored Adwait for developing lab experiments and instructions for a new course, MSEN 301: Unified Materials Lab I.
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