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PTFE News

  • Dr. Vladimir Received the Humboldt Research Award Atlanta (November 16, 2009) — Dr. Vladimir Tsukruk, MSE/PTFE received the Humboldt Research Award. The award is granted in recognition of a researcher’s entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in future are eligible to be nominated for a Humboldt Research Award.
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  • Dr. Vladimir Tsukruk Receives APS Fellowship Award Atlanta (November 16, 2009) — Dr. Vladimir Tsukruk, MSE/PTFE received the APS Fellowship Award.
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  • PTFE Undergraduate Student Wins 2nd Place Atlanta (November 4, 2009) — PTFE student Justin Nguyen, won 2nd place in the Undergraduate Student Poster Competition at the recent MS&T conference in Houston, Texas.
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  • Jeweled beetleScientists Unlock Optical & Chemical Secrets of Jeweled Beetles Atlanta (July 23, 2009) — A small green beetle may have some interesting lessons to teach scientists about optics and liquid crystals—complex mechanisms the insect uses to create a shell so strikingly beautiful that for centuries it was used in jewelry.
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  • Spring 2009 PTFE Undergraduate Student Awards Atlanta (April 24, 2009) — For Spring 2009 the following undergraduate students received school awards:

    Adam Hannon
    Cary Costello
    Joyce Ferry
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  • Srikanth SingamaneniPhD Student Wins MRS Gold Award Atlanta (December 10, 2008) — Srikanth Singamaneni,a PTFE Ph.D. student, won the MRS Gold Award. The Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Awards are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high level of excellence and distinction. MRS seeks to recognize students of exceptional ability who show promise for significant future achievement in materials research.


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  • Student and Faculty Awards Atlanta (May 8, 2008) — Several Polymer and Fiber Engineering students and faculty have been recognized for outstanding contributions at Georgia Tech and in their fields. The School is proud of each of them and wishes to announce their successes.
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  • Polymer & Fiber Eng Featured Pre-Engineering Times Atlanta (January 14, 2008) — Everything is made from something. Polymer and fiber engineers create and provide materials from polymers and fibers. Polymers are, as the name suggests, “many mers,” where the mer, or repeating unit are frequently based on carbon.
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  • Graduate Student Wins Paper Competition Atlanta (October 8, 2007) — Murari Gupta, a PTFE Phd student, won the student paper competition at the AATCC Conference.
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  • Students with PosterPTFE Students Win Poster Award at MRS Atlanta (April 24, 2007) — Dr. Vladimir Tsukruk’s students won award for best poster at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting in San Francisco.
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  • Dr. Meisha Shofner Receives Award from ORAU Atlanta (April 13, 2007) — Dr. Meisha Shofner received ORAU’s Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award.
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  • Dr. Hyunyoung OkDr. Hyunyoung Ok Joins Faculty at UT-Austin Atlanta (April 9, 2007) — Hyunyoung Ok, Dr. Carr’s PhD student and graduate from PTFE has joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin.
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  • Phi Psi ConventionPhi Psi Theta Chapter Receives Award Atlanta (April 6, 2007) — The Phi Psi Theta Chapter sponsored by PTFE received the Best All-Around Chapter Award at the 100th National Phi Psi Convention in Philadelphia.
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  • Phi Psi Theta Chapter Atlanta (April 6, 2007) — Phi Psi Theta Chapter sponsored by the PTFE received Best All-Around Chapter Award at the 100th National Phi Psi Convention last month.
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  • Chasing Butterflies Atlanta (February 5, 2007) — Dr. Mohan Srinivasarao studies how butterflies produce their dazzling color
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  • Dr. SrinivasaraoDr. Mohan Srinivasarao Elected APS Fellow Atlanta (January 3, 2007) — Dr. Mohan Srinivasarao was elected Fellow of the American Physical Soceity in November 2006.
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  • Dr. Mary Lynn Realff Receives NSF Award Atlanta (November 22, 2006) — Dr. Mary Lynn Realff received an award from NSF for “Superior Accomplishments as Member of the Working Group for International Research and Education in Engineering,"
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  • Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan Atlanta (November 16, 2006) — Dr. Haskell Beckham has received an Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). This fellowship was awarded for Dr. Beckham’s work in cyclic and threaded macromolecules.
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  • Three PTFE Students Awarded SPE Scholarships Atlanta (September 12, 2006) — SPE awarded scholarships to three PTFE students. Justin Deadwyler, Matthew Black, and Pratapkumar Nagarajan were awarded $1,000 scholarship each from the Thermoforming Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers.
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  • Dr. Sundaresan JayararmanPTFE Professor Finalist in Invention Competition Atlanta (June 5, 2006) — Professor Sundaresan Jayaraman from the School of Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering was selected as one of the top 5 finalists in the Modern Marvels Invent Now® Challenge, a national competition which began in October 2005. He was recognized for the invention of the Wearable Motherboard (Smart Shirt) that was developed jointly with his Research Associate, Ms. Sungmee Park. The device monitors the wearer’s vital signs in real time and has applications for military personnel, athletes, astronauts, and infants at risk of SIDS.
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  • PTFE Graduate Student Wins NTC Paper Competition Atlanta (May 24, 2006) — Jing Liu, Dr. Satish Kumar’s PhD student, won 1st place in the 2006 National Textile Center Student Paper Competition. Her paper is titled “Novel Micro- and Nano-Structured Polymer Materials by Electrospinning”.
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  • PTFE Professor Dr. Haskell BeckhamPTFE Professor Named 2006 Fiber Society Lecturer Atlanta (May 19, 2006) — Georgia Tech School of Polymer, Textile & Fiber Engineering (PTFE) Professor Dr. Haskell Beckham was recently named a Fiber Society lecturer for 2006. Beckham will lecture on magnetic resonance applications in textile and fiber science and the wicking of fluids in fibrous substrates.
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