Category Archives: News

Congratulations to our undergrad Anna Overholts who was selected as a member of the Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Scholars (RCPRS) program!

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Wei You from Indiana University, Bloomington to the group as a new postdoc! Wei will be working on anion exchange membranes. Welcome, Wei!

Susan, Sam, and Anna are our summer undergrads this year! Susan is working on polyesters, while  Sam and Anna are working on polyethers. Have a fun summer guys!

Anna, Susan, and Sam looking forward to good times in the epoxide box!

We had a double celebration as Julie and Brandon defended their theses on the same day. Congratulations Dr. Tiegs and Dr. Whitehead! Good luck to them at their new positions at Boulder Scientific and Weber! We will miss you both!

We were thrilled to have Kendra Souther from Anne McNeil’s group at Michigan visit us for a few days to do high throughput experiments on the robot.

Welcome to our new undergrad Anna Overholts! She will be working on polyethers. Welcome to the group, Anna!

Congratulations to Xiaopeng Yu, Michelle Lee, and Lilli Morris for passing their A exams! Congrats masters!

This will be the  first instance of materials made from captured carbon dioxide  being used in vehicles!

https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2016/05/17/preserving-mother-earth-ford-first-automaker-captured-co2.html

Congratulations to Dave Vaccarello who was awarded the Simon Bauer Scholarship Award! This is a departmental award given to students going into their final year to give a research presentation at their alma mater, and is awarded based on scientific, educational, and communication excellence.  Awesome job Dave!