Alumni
| Name | Degree/Year | Thesis Title | Current Affiliation |
| Siddarth Srinivasan | PhD ChE 2015 | Exploring Plastron Stability and Fluid Friction Reduction on Robust Micro-Textured Non-Wetting Surfaces | Harvard University SEAS Postdoc Cambridge, MA |
| Jonathan Gilbert | PhD ChE 2014 | Biomedical Applications of Nanostructured Polymer Thin Films | SQZ Biotech Cambridge, MA |
| Hyomin Lee | PhD ChE 2014 | Poly(vinylalcohol) Based Hydrogen-Bonded Multilayers | Harvard University SEAS Postdoc Cambridge, MA |
| Shreerang S. Chhatre | PhD ChE 2012 | Designing Liquid Repellent Surfaces for Fabrics, Feathers and Fog | Exxon Mobil Houston, TX |
| J O Guardado | SB DMSE 2011 | Correlating Feather Structure, Wettability and Robustness with Ecological Behavior of Aquatic Birds | University of California, Davis Davis, CA |
| Jonathan DeRocher | PhD ChE 2011 | Layer-by-Layer Assembly in Confined Geometries | Dow Chemicals Philadelphia, PA |
| Wui Siew Tan | PhD DMSE 2011 | Strategies for Incorporating Functional Block Copolymers into Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Coatings | Agency for Science, Technology and Research Singapore |
| Khek-Khiang Gary Chia | PhD ChE 2011 | Stimuli-Responsive Nanotube Arrays | Manhattan School of Music New York, NY |
| Al Swiston | PhD DMSE 2010 | Functional "Backpacks" for Cellular Engineering | MIT Lincoln Lab Lexington, MA |
| Zekeriyya Gemici | PhD-CEP ChE 2010 | Effects and applications of capillary condensation in ultrathin nanoparticle assemblies | Strategy& Dubai, UAE |
| Andrew Miller | PhD ChE 2008 | Amphiphilic block copolymer micelles: creation of functional nanocavities and their use as nanocontainers for controlled release | PureTech Ventures Boston, MA |
| Ryan Bennett | PhD ChE 2007 | Block copolymer micellar thin films as templates for the production of tunable organic nanocluster arrays and their applications | Boston Consulting Group Chicago, IL |
| Ben Wang | PhD ChE 2007 | Rheological and morphological characterization of hierarchically nanostructured materials | CEO, 26.2 Ventures LLC |
| Sharon Soong | PhD ChE 2007 | Rate-dependent deformation behavior of POSS-filled and plasticized PVC | Rogers Corp. Rogers, CT |
| Daeyeon Lee | PhD ChE 2007 | Fundamental studies of polyelectrolyte multilayer films: optical, mechanical, and lithographic property control | Assistant Professor, ChemE, U Penn Philadelphia, PA |
| Adam Nolte | PhD DMSE 2007 | Surface engineering using layer-by-layer assembly of pH-sensitive polymers and nanocomposites | Assistant Professor, ChemE, Rose-Hulman Terra Haute, IN |
| Roger Aronow | PhD ChE 2006 | Toughening mechanisms in composites of miscible polymer blends and rigid filler particles | Vorbeck Materials Jessup, MD |
| Heejae Kim | PhD DMSE 2005 | New polymeric biomaterial interfaces for biosensor applications | Cheil Industries, Inc. South Korea |
| Ed Kopesky | PhD ChE 2005 | Thermomechanical properties of polyhedral oligomeric silsequioxane- poly(methyl methacrylate) nanocomposites | Cambridge Polymer Group, Inc. Boston, MA |
| Michelle Poliskie | PhD DMSE 2005 | Deformation induced molecular behavior of Cis 1,4-polyisoprene and its nanocomposites monitored by solid-state NMR | Solyndra, Inc.
Fremont, CA |
| Prem Pavoor | PhD ChE 2004 | Tribological and mechanical characterization of polyelectrolyte multilayer nanoassemblies | Senior Associate, FIL Capital Advisors Mumbai, India |
| Yonathan S. Thio | PhD ChE 2003 | Toughening mechanisms in polypropylene filled with rigid particles | Assistant Professor, Polymer, Textile & Fiber Eng., Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA |
| Jeff I. Abes | PhD ChE 2003 | Selective Growth of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Domains of Block Copolymer Films, and in Polyelectrolyte Multilayers | Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM |
| Tom C. Wang | PhD ChE 2002 | Polyelectrolyte Multilayers as Nanostructured Templates for Inorganic Synthesis | U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of Economic Policy Washington, DC |
| Yot Boontongkong | PhD DMSE 2002 | Templated aqueous syntheses of inorganics within carboxyl-containing block copolymer domains | National Metal and Materials Technology Center Klong Luang, Thailand |
| Cansu Tunca | MS ChE 2001 | Toughening of polymers with rigid particles: theoretical modeling of particle clusters | Doctoral Candidate, Brain & Cognitive Sci., MIT |
| Leslie S.S. Loo | PhD ChE 2000 | Nuclear magnetic resonance of deforming nylon | Assistant Professor, ChemE, Nanyang Tech. Univ. Singapore |
| Randall T. Myers | PhD ChE 1999 | Grains and grain boundaries in lamellar styrene-butadiene block copolymers | Intl. Specialty Products
Wayne, NJ |
| Alice Man | PhD DMSE 1999 | Synthesis and characterization of ring-opening metathesis polymers with pendant carborane groups: designing a cesium binding material | BB&N Cambridge, MA |
| Jason Gratt | PhD DMSE 1999 | Block copolymers containing charge transport groups and semiconductor nanoclusters: synthesis, characterization, and optoelectronic applications | Millennium Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA |
| Ravindra Kane | PhD ChE 1998 | Characterization and technical studies of semiconductor nanoclusters synthesized within polymer films | ChemE, RPI Troy, NY |
| Russell T. Clay | PhD ChE 1997 | Synthesis and characterization of block copolymers containing metal nanoclusters | Exxon Mobil New Jersey |
| Jane F. Ciebien | PhD ChE 1997 | Catalytic properties of palladium nanocluster synthesized within microphase-separated diblock copolymers | Bayer Pittsburgh, PA |
| Byeonghyeok Sohn | PhD ME 1996 | Block copolymers containing silver and iron oxide nanoclusters for electrical and magnetic applications | Chemistry, Seoul National University Seoul, S. Korea |
| Colleen A. Vandevoorde | PhD ChE 1996 | Amphiphilic star polymers as solubilizing agents for environmental separations | |
| Orhun K. Muratoglu | PhD DMSE 1995 | Toughening and fracture mechanisms of rubber modified polyamides | co-Director, Harris Orthopaedic Biomechanics and Biomaterials Lab, MGH, Harvard Medical School |
| Uchu Mukai | ScD DMSE 1995 MS 1992 |
Mechanical properties of PDMS-nylon-6 diblock copolymer and its blends with homo nylon-6 | Bridgestone Tire and Rubber Co. Tokyo, Japan |
| Peter Kofinas | PhD DMSE 1994 | Shear induced morphology of semicrystalline block copolymers | BioE, Univ. of Maryland, College Park |
| Paul F. Nealey | PhD ChE 1994 | Diffusion of diluents in glassy polymers | ChemE, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Stephen H. Spiegelberg | PhD ChE 1993 | Probing the limits of toughening by diluent-induced localized plasticization in polymer blends | President, Cambridge Polymer Group Boston, MA |
| Gordon S.W. Craig | PhD ChE 1993 | Synthesis and characterization of block copolymers containing polyenes, polyacetylene, or metal nanoclusters | Alien Technology Morgan Hill, CA |
| Vishak Sankaran | PhD ChE 1993 | Characterization of semiconductor quantum clusters synthesized within microphase separated block copolymers | VP Global Supply Management, CDIY, Stanley Black and Decker Towson, MD |
| Randall S. Saunders | PhD ChE 1992 | Synthesis of ring opening metathesis polymerization diblock copolymers for electrical and separations applications | |
| David H. Rein | PhD ChE 1992 | The control of gas transport in heterogeneous polymer systems | Reprogenesis Cambridge, MA |
| Anuj Bellare | PhD ChE 1992 | Deformation induced texture development in poly(ethylene terephthalate) | Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
| Moira M. Nir | PhD ChE 1991 | Blend of crystallizable polybutadiene isomers: compatibilization by addition of amorphous diblock copolymer | Cima Nanotech Caesarea, Israel |
| Konstadinos C. Douzinas | PhD ChE 1991 | Synthesis and morphology of a semi-crystalline diblock copolymer of (ethylene-co-butylene)-b-(ethylethylene) | Bayer Materials Science Leverkusen, Germany |
| Luigi A. Cazzaniga | PhD ChE 1991 | Synthesis and morphology of isotactic polystyrene-polybutadiene diblock copolymers and blends | Industrial Business Manager, Trident Industrial Inkjet Brookfield, CT |
| Julia K.A. Rakestraw | PhD ChE 1990 | Deformation behavior of a model semi-crystalline polymer: studies of isotactic polystyrene | DuPont |
| Jeffrey J. Csernica | PhD ChE 1989 | Gas permeation in block copolymer films | ChemE, Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA |
| Cary A. Veith | PhD ChE 1989 | New siloxane - nylon-6 diblock copolymers for emulsification and toughening of blends | VP R&D, BioEnergy Intl. LLC Quincy, MA |
| Pao-Luo P. Cheng | ScD DMSE 1988 | Chain behavior of block copolymer and homopolymer blends in microphase-separated material | DuPont |
| Julia A. DiCorleto | PhD ChE 1987 | Physical aging and craze growth behavior of diblock copolymers | Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Worcester, MA |
| Michael A. Drzewinski | ScD DMSE 1986 | The structure-properties of a model set of crystalline block copolymer - homopolymer blends | President, Textile Research Institute Princeton, NJ |
| Ih-Houng Loh | ScD DMSE 1985 | Low temperature plasma surface treatment of polymers and fillers | VP Business Development, AST Products Billerica, MA |
| David M. Gunn | MS ChE 1984 | Pseudofluorination of polymer surfaces using freon gases | Partner, Beck Redden & Secrest Houston, TX |
| Chris E. Schwier | ScD ChE 1984 | Crazing and large deformation behavior in a model set of polystyrene/polybutadiene diblock copolymers | Metabolix Cambridge, MA |
| John L. Thiele | ScD ChE 1983 MS 1977 |
Non-isothermal viscoelasticity of carbon-filled elastomers | |
| George A. Corbin | ScD ChE 1983 | Surface fluorination of polymers in a glow discharge plasma | President & CEO, Solvay Advanced Polymers Alpharetta, GA |
| Mark A. Hartney | MS ChE 1983 | The homogenization of homopolymer blends through addition of diblock polymers | Program Director, arpa-e, US Dept. of Energy |
| Frank S. Bates | ScD ChE 1982 MS 1978 |
An investigation of structure and properties in a model set of diblock copolymer-homopolymer blends | Dept. Head, ChemE, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
| Jose M. Torradas | PhD ChE 1982 MS 1980 |
Structure and properties of rubbery diblock copolymers and polymer blends containing 1,2-polybutadiene | DuPont |
| Madhu Anand | ScD ChE 1981 | Surface fluorination in fluorine cold plasmas | Owner, Halide Group, Inc. Bethlehem, PA |
| Cherng-Chiao Wu | ScD ChE 1981 | An investigation of the volumetric response of polymers to sudden temperature and pressure changes near glass transition temperature | General Manager Taiwan Electronic Packaging Co. Taiwan R.O.C |
| David E. Wilfong | MS ChE 1981 | The morphology and large deformation behavior of 1,2- and 1,4-polybutadiene blends and corresponding diblock copolymers | President & CEO, Domestic Fabrics & Blankets Kinston, NC |
| Siu-Ching D. Lui | MS ChE 1980 | Characterization of carbon fillers and filled elastomers | Honeywell Intl. Morristown, NJ |
| Kenji Yasuda | PhD ChE 1979 MS 1977 |
Investigation of the analogies between viscometric and linear viscoelastic properties of polystyrene fluids | Oji Paper Co. Tokyo, Japan |
| Bruce S. Yarmoska | MS ChE 1979 | A rheological study of paper-coating vinyl resins | Conoco Phillips Linden, NJ |
| Linda E. Gouse | MS ChE 1979 | Large deformation behavior and thermomechanical analysis of polystyrene interpenetrating polymer networks | |
| Richard W. Baird | MS ChE 1979 | Enhancement of resistance of polyethylene to seawater-promoted degradation by surface modification | |
| Bor Zheng B. Jang | MS DMSE 1979 | Crazing in heterogeneous polymers | Dean, College of Engineering & Computer Sci., Wright State Univ. Dayton, OH |
| Alice E. Cowan | MS ChE 1979 | Extensional viscosity of polyethylene and polystyrene melts | |
| Alonso R. Ramos Vaca | ScD ChE 1978 MS 1977 |
Physical properties and morphology of blends of polyisoprene and polybutadiene with corresponding diblock copolymers | Owner, Grupo Siga Director, TCI VP, DESEC Chihuahua, Mexico |
| James M. Caruthers | PhD ChE 1977 | Thermorheological properties of carbon black filled elastomers | ChemE, Purdue Univ. West Lafayette, IN |
| Douglas B. McKillip | MS ChE 1977 | A relationship between thermoelasticity and reinforcement in carbon-black-filled elastomers | President,
Innovative Integrators Inc. Wilmington, DE |
| Frank R. Graziano | MS ChE 1977 | The rheology of carbon black pastes | Principal, Peak Management Consulting Omaha, NE |
| Mary J. Garry | MS ChE 1977 | Polymer surface modification using a surfactant adsorption technique | |
| Philip G. Hampton | MS ChE 1977 | Dynamic mechanical properties of network polymers | Partner, Dickstein Shapiro Washington, DC |
| Julio A. Beltrán Morelos | MS ChE 1977 | Synthesis and characterization of rubber-modified polystyrenes with varying rubber content and diene microstructures | Director Operaciones PET, Kimex S.A. de C.V. Tlaineplantia, Mexico |
| Yoshikatsu Sawada | MS ChE 1976 | Mechanical properties of thermorheologically complex material | |
| Stephen D. Severson | MS ChE 1976 | Dynamic mechanical properties of poly(dimethylsiloxane) networks crosslinked at varied degrees of dilution | |
| Mark Chen | MS CEP-ChE 1975 | The influence of molecular weight on the large deformation behavior of SBS triblock copolymer elastomers. | Dept. of Env. Quality, State of Oklahoma, OKC, OK |
