STUDENT POSTER SESSION
Please join us for our next student poster session, Thursday, February 27, 2025.
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2024 Student Poster Presenters and Faculty Advisors
Congratulations to our 2024 Student Poster Competition Winners!
Graduate Student Winners
1st Place: Nick Enos
Jeffrey Wiggins Research Group
“Influence of Carbon Nanotubes on Poly (phenylene sulfide) Crystallization Kineticsand Multiscale Semi-Crystalline Morphology”
2nd Place: Virginia Mullins
Jeffrey Wiggins Research Group
“Phase development of Polymer-derived Ceramics”
3rd Place: Moustafa Zagho
Sergei Nazarenko Research Group
“Surface Modification of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Microfiltartion Membranes UsingPolydopamine in Combination with Organic or Inorganic Hydrophilic Agent toImprove Oil Fouling Resistance”
Undergraduate Student Winners
Issac Fisher
1st Place: Issac Fisher and Jonathan Burris
Jeffrey Wiggins Research Group
Jonathan Burris
“Influence of Purity on Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Aromatic Diamine BasedPolybenzoxazines”
Elania Booker
2nd Place: Elania Booker
Jeffrey Wiggins Research Group
“Investigating Solvent Effects on thiol-ene Network Formation”
For more information how you can get involved, please contact
Melanie Bryan: 601.266.6229
CoatingTech’s Spotlight on USM’s Polymer Science and Engineering Students
Originally Appeared in the January 2013 Issue of Coatings Tech, pp 40-44