2017 Fall POLY Outstanding Poster Awardees

This year, the POLY Poster Awards Panel reviewed nearly 50 nominated posters during the Sci-Mix poster session. Nominees were judged on the basis o f their contributions to their project, the quality and impact of their research, the clarity of their poster’s design, as well as their presentation and communication skills.  The winners were announced at the POLY’s Awards Reception on Wednesday night.

Congratulations Fall 2017 POLY Outstanding Poster Award Winners:

Cheng Fang, The University of Pittsburgh

“Computational studies of copper-catalyzed and photoinduced metal-free atom transfer radical polymerization” - POLY 395

Phillip Pickett, The University od Southern Mississippi

 “Recyclable sulfonamide “polysoaps” via RAFT copolymerization for removal of hydrocarbon impurities from water for remediation applications” - POLY 429

Mingtao Chen, Virginia Tech

“Synthesis of block copolymers containing urea and pyridinium: A synergy of hydrogen bonding and ionic interactions” - POLY 433 

POLY Poster Award: (l-r):
P. Pickett (Univ. of Southern Mississippi),
M. Hillmyer (POLY Chair), M. Chen (Virginia Tech)

 Allegra Liberman-Martin and Xiao Song Cao

with POLY Chair, Marc Hillmyer

 2017 Spring POLY Outstanding Poster Awardees

 

At the Spring 2017 National Meeting held in San Francisco, CA, nominated posters were reviewed by the POLY Poster Awards Panel on-site.  Nominees were judged on the basis of their contribution to the work, the quality and impact of their research, and their poster presentation and communication skills. The winners were announced at the POLY’s Awards Reception on Wednesday night.

Congratulations Spring 2017 POLY Outstanding Poster Award Winners:

Allegra Liberman-Martin (University of California)
Title:  "Self-Assembly of Brush Block Copolymer Photonic Crystals Featuring Low Tg Side Chains"

Xiao Song Cao (University of Notre Dame)
Title:  "One-Pot Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polymers with Over a Million Molecular Weight and Low Polydispersity"

   2016 Fall POLY Outstanding Poster Awardees

 

This year again, at the Fall 2016 National Meeting held in Philadelphia, PA, nominated posters were reviewed by the POLY Poster Awards Panel on-site during the Sci-Mix poster session. Nominees were judged on the basis of their contribution to the work, the quality and impact of their research, and their poster presentation and communication skills. The winners were announced at the POLY’s Awards Reception on Wednesday night.

 

Congratulations Spring 2016 POLY Outstanding Poster Award Winners:

Mitra Ganewatta (University of South Carolina)

Title: "Converting Natural Biomass to Amphiphilic Antimicrobial Polymers in Solution and on Surfaces")

Jacob Lockhart (Vanderbilt University)

Title: "Dual drug delivery: Precise Nanohydrogels via Liposome Master Templates "

Chrystal Niermann (University of Texas at Dallas)

Title: "Semiconducting Elastomeric Block Copolymers containing Poly(3-hexylthiophene)"

Mitra Ganewatta and Chrystal Niermann with POLY Chair, Karl Haider  

 

POLY Poster Award: (l-r)
A. Cramer (Albemarle), A. Fogel (Univ. of
Southern Mississippi), K. Haider (POLY Chair),
T. Schumacher (Wright State Univ.),
Neil Dolinski (Univ. of California-SB),
and J. Strickler (Albemarle)

 2016 Spring POLY Outstanding Poster Awardees

 

This year again, at the Spring 2016 National Meeting held in San Diego, CA, nominated posters were reviewed by the POLY Poster Awards Panel on-site during the Sci-Mix poster session. Nominees were judged on the basis of their contribution to the work, the quality and impact of their research, and their poster presentation and communication skills. The winners were announced at the POLY’s Awards Reception on Wednesday night.

 

Congratulations Spring 2016 POLY Outstanding Poster Award Winners:

Jawaher Alfurhood (University of Florida),

Title: "Hyperbranched poly[(n-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide)] via RAFT self-condensing vinyl polymerization"

April Fogel (University of Southern Mississippi),

Title: "Synthesis of stereospecific glycopolymer hydrogel networks for the determination of the effects of network architecture on water content and structure" 

Neil Dolinski (UCSB),

Title: "Phase behavior of single component coacervates composed of random copolymers"

Trevor Schumacher (Wright State University),

Title: "Poly(arylene ether)s with ammonium groups located on pendent phenyl sulfonyl moieties for use as anionic exchange membranes"

 

  2015 Fall POLY Outstanding Poster Awardees

 

Congratulations Spring 2015 POLY Outstanding Poster Award Winners.  They were recognized at the Boston ACS meeting.

 

Ben Cherniawski, University of Massachusetts
Title: “Effects of Alkyl Substitution of Oligomers of the pBTTT Family”

Kevin Drummey, Virginia Tech
Title: “Doubly-Charged DABSCO Salt-Containing Building Blocks for Synthesis of Ion-Containing Polymers”

John Fennell, MIT
Title: “Wrap n”Sense: Di-and Trifluoromethylated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Wrapped with Derivatized PEDOT Polymers for Nerve Agent Detection”

 

 

 

POLY Poster Award: (l-r) K. Drummey (VT), R. Advincula (POLY Chair), J.Fennell (MIT)

 

 

 

 2015 Spring POLY Outstanding Poster Awardees

 

This year again, at the Spring 2015 National Meeting held in Denver, CO, more than 30 nominated posters were reviewed by the POLY Poster Awards Panel on-site during the Sci-Mix poster session, and two winners were selected. Nominees were judged on the basis of their contribution to the work, the quality and impact of their research, and their poster presentation and communication skills. The winners were announced at the POLY’s Awards Reception on Wednesday night and presented with a $250 monetary prize each, which was sponsored by Albemarle.

 

Congratulations Spring 2015 POLY Outstanding Poster Award Winners:

 

Dahlia Amato
School of Polymers and High Performance Materials
University of Southern Mississippi
Poster Title: “Thiol-alkyne photopolymerization in miniemulsion: A facile route to functional polymer nanoparticles”

Nicholas Godman

Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Oklahoma
Poster Title: “Development and characterization of layer-by-layer assembled ferrocene polymer/enzyme films for usage as biofuel cell anodes”

 

2014 Fall POLY Outstanding Poster Awardees

Congratulations Spring 2014 POLY Outstanding Poster Awardees:  Patrizia P Smith and Jamie M Messman

 

Patrizia P. Smith
Colorado School of Mines.
Title: “Poly(lactide)-based block copolymers as biofunctional scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications”

Jamie M. Messman
Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC.
Title: “Thermal and mechanical analysis of anthracene-filled epoxy nanocomposites” 

 

POLY Poster Award: (l-r) K. Beers (POLY Chair), P. Smith (Colorado School of Mines), S. Colak (Poster Award Chair) 

 

 

Poster Award:

 

(l-r) A. Cain, Texas A&M University

and K. Beers (POLY Chair)

 

2014 Spring POLY Outstanding Poster Awardees

 

Congratulations Spring 2014 POLY Outstanding Poster Awardees

Amanda Cain, Texas A&M University
Poster: Chitosan-Based Multilayer Nanocoating Extinguishes Flame on Polyurethane via Gas Blanket Mechanism

 

 

Keith Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Poster: Processing of Electrochromic Conjugated Polymers:Improved Film Adhesion by Surface Modification

 

2013 POLY Outstanding Poster Awardees

 

CONGRATULATIONS 2013 Outstanding Poster Awardees

 

Elizabeth A Barrios, Wayne State University (photo-right)

Poster: Fluorinated Polyimide Aerogels: Lightweight, Low Dielectric Materials for Antenna Substrates

Nicholas D. Stebbins, Rutgers University

Poster: Biodegradable Poly(anhydride-esters) Comprised Exclusively of Naturally-Occurring Antimicrobials and EDTA: Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity.

 

 

 

 l-r: Elizabeth A Barrios and G. Tew