Latest News
11 Nov 2020 - Congratulations to Dr. Susan Kozawa on her first-author publication in Polymer International. It’s a mini-review on polyelectrolytes from a macromoelcular science perspective and their implications in biological functions, found here!
13 Aug 2020 - The Army Research Labs formally awards a mutli-million dollar grant to CWRU Macro and PolymerPlus LLC, a project led by Dr. Gary Wnek! See the press release here!
01 Aug 2020 - Welcome to our newest masters student, Yiming Zhang!
01 Aug 2020 - Welcome to our newest Ph.D. student, Andrea Mael!
06 June 2020 - Congratulations to Dr. Anne Walker for her publication in Thrombosis Research on using PAA for hemorrhage control, found here!
20 Apr 2020 - Congratulations to Dr. Susan Kozawa for successfully defending her dissertation!
31 Mar 2020 - Congratulations to Erik Price on his first-author publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces on Intumescent PAA composites, found here.
01 Mar 2020 - Congratulations to Chris Miller on his first-author publication in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical on tactile sensing, found here.
04 Feb 2020 - Congratulations to Claudio Souza on his first-author publication in Journal of Applied Polymer Science on thermoformable high oxygen barrier film/foams, found here.
28 Nov 2019 - Congratulations to former Ph.D. student Dr. Mohammad Mofidfar on his publication in Micromachines on antimicrobial silver-containing PAA fibers, found here.
23 Oct. 2019 - Congratulations to recently graduated Dr. Michelle Brannum on her publication in Macromolecules on liquid crystal elastomers, found here.
23 Aug 2019 - Congratulations to the recently graduated Dr. Anne Walker on her first-author publication in Soft Matter about unusual PAA gel elasticity, found here.
01 Aug 2019 - Welcome to our two newest Ph.D. students, Daniel Verrico and Nathan McMullen!
09 July 2019 - Congratulations form Ph.D. student Dr. Daniel Brannum on his publication in ACS Applied Polymer Materials on bio-inspired sol-gel coatings for flame retarding polyurethane foams, found here.
06 June 2019 - Congratulations to former undergraduate Christian Grimme’s publication on Surlyn fibers found in Journal of Applied Polymer Science, found here.
04 Feb 2019 - Check out Dr. Wnek’s work with Gideon Samid on cybersecurity published in MRS Communications, found here.
15 Jan 2019 - Congratulations to Michelle Brannum on her publication in Advanced Optical Materials, found here.
10 October 2018 - Congratulations to Susan Kozawa on her first publication, found here!
04 June 2018 - Welcome to Ella and Emma, our latest REU students!
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