Macromolecules Innovation Institute

2015 SURP Students

Fiorella Mazzini (Virginia Tech), Faculty Mentor:  Harry W. Gibson
"Synthesis of a Heteroditopic AB Monomer for Polypseudorotaxane Host-Guest Supramolecular Polymer Systems,”

 

Katherine Miller (The Richard Stockton College of NJ), Faculty Mentor:  Louis A. Madsen
“Time-Resolved Block Copolymer Micelle Unimer Dynamics,”

 

Geoffrey Vaartstra (Syracuse University),  Faculty Mentor:  A. S. Nain
“Breast Cancer Single-Cell Motility and Contractile Force Measurements on STEP Suspended Fibers,”

 

Thomas Cotey (Case Western Reserve University), Faculty Mentor:  Richey Davis
“Design and Fabrication of Chitosan Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Rosmarinic Acid,”

 

 Michelle Corley (Winthrop University), Faculty Mentor:  John Matson
“Optimization of the Transfer-To Approach for Bottlebrush Polymer Synthesis,”

 

Kristen Wek (Case Western Reserve University), Faculty Mentor:   Timothy E. Long
“Nucleobase Functionalized Polymers for Enhanced Interlayer Adhesion in 3D Printing,”

 

Donald Savacool (Virginia Tech), Faculty Mentor: Judy Riffle
“Poly(2,6-dimethylphenylene oxide) and Bisphenol A Poly(arylene ether ketone) Blends for Gas Separation Membranes”

 

 Jacob Troutman (Wingate University), Faculty Mentor:  Kevin J. Edgar
“Creating Functional Variety in Hydroxypropyl Cellulose using Olefin Cross-Metathesis,”

 

Dylan Turpeinen (Michigan Technological University), Faculty Mentor:  Chang Lu
“Negative Isolation of Monocytes from Mouse Whole Blood via Polydimethylsiloxane Microfluidic Devices,”
 

Nels Anderson (NW Missouri State), Faculty Mentor:  Alan R. Esker
“Adsorption of Immunoglobulin on Cellulose and Chitin Films using Surface Plasmon Resonance,”
 

Matthew Long (University of Virginia), Faculty Mentor:  Behareh Behkam
“Nanoscale Bacteria-Enabled Drug Delivery System Optimization,”