News
October
- We welcome two new undergraduate researchers to the group, José Ponte and Christopher Kee, who was named a MatSE Undergraduate Research Fellow.
- Congratulations to Lauren on receiving the 2011 Graduate Student Award in Computational Molecular Science and Engineering!
- Congratulations to Sasha, who received this year's Arkema Graduate Award from the MatSE Department!
- Congratulations to Monica and Kyle for passing Candidacy!
September
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- The Colina lab has taken over the PSU MRS Chapter! Kyle, Lauren, and Sasha have taken the positions of president, treasurer, and secretary, respectively.
- Professor Alberto Striolo from the University of Oklahoma visited the group and gave a Polymer Physics Seminar.
- Congratulations to Coray on the birth of her granddaughter, Ava Sofia, on August 4, 2011.
August
- The group welcomes our newest graduate student, Sasha Perkins!
- Greg defended his Ph.D. thesis, “Simulations and Experiments on Gas Adsorption in Novel Microporous Polymers.” Congratulations, Dr. Gregory Larsen!
- Congratulations to Ibrahim and Hujun for their paper being selected as the cover article of the Journal of Molecular Biology.
- The REU Soft Materials program ended successfully. Stephen Weitzner earned 3rd place in the poster session, while Ben deGlee received an honorable mention. Good work!
- Check out Greg and Kyle's recent publication in Macromolecules, “Molecular Simulations of PIM-1-like Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity.”
June
- Welcome to our visitor Annalaura Del Regno from University of Manchester, UK.
- We also welcome our summer REU students: Ben deGlee, Grant Gonzalez, and Stephen Weitzner.
May
- Congratulations to Brittany on receiving her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering!
- Alma earned her M.S., thesis titled “Polymer Solutions and Solvent-Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Studies Applying PC-SAFT.” Congratulations, Alma!
- We welcome Rupert Taylor, who is visiting us from Cardiff University.
- Check out Lauren's recent Macromolecules paper, “Atomistic Structure Generation and Gas Adsorption Simulations of Microporous Polymer Networks.”
March
- Monica has been chosen to receive the prestigious Ponce de Leon Award in Colombia for her outstanding academic achievements. Congratulations!
- Congratulations to Lauren for passing her Candidacy Exam!
- Congratulations to Kyle and Monica for being accepted into the CCP5 Methods in Molecular Simulation Summer School in Belfast, UK!
January
- Welcome to our new graduate student, John ‘Fish’ Stanik.
- Check out Greg's and Alma's recently published papers, “Methane Adsorption in PIM-1” and “Phase Behavior of Polymer Solutions from Macroscopic Properties: Application to the PC-SAFT Equation of State.”
