Becca's work on permalloy nanoparticles for use in syringe printable inductors was recently accepted here in the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. Congrats, Becca!
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Becca successfully defended her dissertation, titled "Magnetic Nanoparticle Inks for Syringe Printable Inductors." Best of luck, Dr. Fedderwitz!!!
Kyle successfully defended his dissertation, titled "Composition-Function Analyses and Design of Plasticized Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium-ion Batteries." Best of luck, Dr. Ludwig!!!
Mete successfully defended his dissertation, titled "Tissue Adhesive, Sprayable Polymer Blends as Adjuvant Surgical Tools." Mete has accepted a Post-Doctoral position at Harvard University. Best of luck, Dr. Erdi!!!
Mete was recently awarded the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The purpose of the F31 Fellowship award is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. Mete's paper on this work for prevention of post-operative scar tissue was also accepted in Bioengineering and Translational Medicine. Congrats Mete!
The Kofinas Lab was awarded awarded a four-year, $1.6M National Institute of Health (NIH) grant on prevention of post-operative scar tissue. This work is done in collaboration with Dr. Anthony Sandler, Senior Vice President and Surgeon-in-Chief of the Joseph E. Robert Jr., Center for Surgical Care at Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C. Congrats to the team!!!
Leo's paper on structurally colored films was accepted for publication in Langmuir. Congrats to Leo (now at the ADA), Artemis (now at BU), Bianca, Lily, and Omar!
John's paper on a pressure sensitive tissue adhesive was accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Congrats to John (now at MIT), Shadden, Massi, and Omar! Matt's paper on ionic liquid solid polymer electrolytes was accepted for publication in Electrochmica Acta. Congrats to Matt, Kyle, and Jesse! Check out our Publications page for some more published science! Undergraduate Jesse Matthews (CHBE) was recently awarded the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for his collaborative work with Matt and Kyle on developing safer lithium ion batteries with solid polymer electrolytes, as well as his educational outreach efforts in the university’s ESTEEM (Engineering Science and Technology to Energize and Expand Young Minds) program. We're so proud of you, congrats Jesse!
Matt successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, titled "Improving the Performance of Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries via Plasticization with Aqueous Salt or Ionic Liquid". Best of luck Dr. Widstrom!
Jesse presents his poster, titled "Electrochemical and Thermal Analysis of an Ionic Liquid Based Solid Polymer Electrolyte", and places first in his division at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida! Congrats Jesse!
John successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, titled "Sprayable and Biodegradable Polymers for Tissue Adhesion and has accepted a post-doc position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under Dr. Ana Jaklanec. Best of luck Dr. Daristotle!
Kyle is awarded a fellowship by the U.S. Department of Education and the University of Maryland via the Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program. Congrats Kyle!
Leo successfully defended his PhD thesis and has accepted a post-doc position at American Dental Association! Best of luck Dr. Torres!
Welcome to Metecan Erdi, a first year PhD student in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department! He received his B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Maryland in 2018. He began work in the Kofinas Lab as a freshman researching solid polymer electrolytes, later defending an honors thesis in April 2018 before rejoining the lab in August 2018. Welcome home, Mete!
John was recently awarded the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The purpose of the F31 Fellowship award is to enable promising predoctoral students to obtain individualized, mentored research training from outstanding faculty sponsors while conducting dissertation research in scientific health-related fields relevant to the missions of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers. Congratulations John!
Our group, along with fellow collaborators from the Rubloff group at UMD, were approved to start a new project sponsored by Saft developing thin-film polymer electrolytes for high-voltage applications.
Saft, who was recently acquired by French oil company Total, is a world leader in battery manufacturing. While headquartered in Bordeaux, France, the company maintains a research facility nearby in Cockeysville, MD. We look forward to this exciting collaboration! John will give a talk titled "Adhesive Polymer Composite Wound Dressings—Silver and Silica for Antimicrobial and Hemostatic Applications."
Leo will give a talk titled "An Investigation on the Assembly of Particles in a Structurally Colored Protease-Responsive Particle Hydrogel—The Role of Particle Size and Charge." If you will be at MRS, stop by their talks to learn more about their research! One of our undergraduate students, Lily Granzow, was recently featured in an Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program (EIP) student profile on the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech) website. We're proud of Lily's hard work!
Click the link below to read the profile and learn more about what Lily has been up to: eip.umd.edu/student-profiles/eip-student-profile-lily-granzow.html Congratulations to Joey for successfully defending his Masters thesis, titled "Developing an in situ sprayable bioscaffold with antimicrobial properties as an emergency burn wound dressing." We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors!
Congrats to Dr. Mert Vural and Dr. Adam Behrens on their last publication for their PhD work. Follow the link below to read the manuscript in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
Material Science and Engineering PhD student Becca joins the FML group. She comes to us from the University of Florida. She will be working on magnetodielectric polymer nanocomposites. We are happy to have her in the group!
The FML Lab recently traveled to Strasbourg, France to attend the European Materials Research Society's 2017 Spring Meeting in May. Matt, John, and Leo each presented their work at the conference and took some time to explore the surrounding area. Take a look at some of the photos from the conference and trip below! Welcome to Kyle Ludwig, a PhD student who has completed his first year in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department. He received his B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Maryland College Park in 2015. Shortly after completing his bachelors, he worked at the US Federal Drug Administration as a fellow in the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education for a year, before joining the PhD program in August 2016. We are glad to have you on board!
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