News

November

  • Congratulations to Patrick for being chosen as an Undergraduate Research Fellow (URF) in Materials Science and Engineering for 2009-2010. The URF recognizes students engaged in a research program with their research adviser in MatSE.
  • Kristin will be presenting a poster at AIChE in Nashville tomorrow, titled "Adsorption Behavior of Model Proteins On Surfaces From Mesoscale Simulations".
  • Coray will be the Co-Chair of "Thermodynamics of Polymers II" at AIChE this Thursday.

October

  • Congratulations to Greg for passing candidacy!
  • Hujun presented a poster at the NOBCChE Indianapolis Biotechnology Conference.
  • Coray was featured in the Materials Research Institute's "Biomedical Materials" brochure.

August

REU Poster Session

REU Poster Session

  • We are happy to welcome our newest graduate student, Lauren Abbott!
  • The 2009 Soft Materials REU has successfully finished.
  • Coray will be an invited speaker at the upcoming NOBCChE Indianapolis Biotechnology Conference, October 15-17, 2009.

May

  • The Colina group is happy to welcome our summer Soft Materials REU students, Wai-Fong Chan, Patrick Hricko, and Mallory Smyth.
  • Hujun will be presenting a poster, "Exploring the dynamics of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase by a coarse-grained model," at the Second Annual Postdoc Research Exhibition, 2 to 5 p.m., May 7, 2009 at 110 Henderson Building.

April

  • Congratulations to Kristin Patterson for winning the SMART Scholarship.
  • Coray was recently interviewed for Inside the Scientists Studio by the Graduate Women in Science (GWIS).
  • Kristin Patterson will be giving a talk at the Polymer Physics seminar on May 12, titled "Probing the behavior of biopolymeric systems via molecular simulation".