The Macro program is pleased to share that six Ph.D. students have been selected as Summer 2018 PPG Fellows! A generous gift from PPG has provided $5,000 in stipend support to each of these students during the upcoming summer. The fellows are: Derek Frank, Nisha Hollingsworth, Tianyu Liu, Laura Saunders, Harry van der Laan, and Continue Reading »
The lab of Professor Anish Tuteja has recently published a paper in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces documenting the development of a clear, durable, omniphobic coating. The coating, made from a mixture of fluorinated polyurethane and F-POSS, can be sprayed, brushed, dipped, or spin-coated onto a wide range of surfaces. Read More
The ACS POLY/PMSE Student Chapter, Macro’s student group, was selected as the 2018 winner of the Elaine Harden Student Organization Award from the College of Engineering. The award is presented to the CoE student organization “that best exemplifies dedicated leadership and service to the community”.
Macro Professor Jinsang Kim has been selected as the Macro Interim Director beginning in January 2018. Professor Kim has long been an active member of the Macro program and has previously served as Graduate Chair for Materials Science & Engineering.
Macro Director Mark Banaszak Holl has accepted a position as Head of Department and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Monash University in Australia. He will begin this new role in January 2018; Macro wishes him all the best in this new role and thanks him for many wonderful years of service to the Macro program!
Dr. Sarah Calve, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering, was selected as a recipient of the 2017 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. She is the first Purdue faculty member to be selected for this honor. As a Macro student Professor Calve worked with Professor Ellen Arruda. Read More
In partnership with the Center for Educational Outreach (CEO), Macro students Rose Cersonsky, Ayse Muniz, and Alyssa Travitz organized a one day workshop for teachers to learn about research at Michigan and activities they can bring back to their classrooms. Read More
The ACS Poly/PMSE chapter’s outreach initiative, led by Macro students, published a paper in a special edition of the Journal of Chemical Education. The paper, “Augmenting Primary and Secondary Education with Polymer Science and Engineering” details the development of outreach efforts, program methodology, impact and future plans.
Macro provided summer support to three students thanks to generous sponsorship of the program by 3M. Macro Ph.D. students Nathan Jones, Arushi Gupta, and Kelly Wang were selected as 3M Summer Fellows.
Professor Ellen Arruda was one of three Michigan faculty recently elected as a new member of the National Academy of Engineering. One of the highest honors given to engineers in the U.S., Professor Arruda was selected for “pioneering research in polymer and tissue mechanics and their application in innovative commercial products.” Read More Continue Reading »
