Meredith Muskovich, a Materials Science and Engineering student, specializing in Polymer Science will be conducting research fall 2009 with Professor Michele Modesti of the University of Padua and Dr. Ralph Colby of Penn State University on eslectrospinning of conducting polymers project.

Nathan Friedman, a Materials Science and Engineering student, specializing in Polymer Science will be conducting research spring 2009 with Professor Giovanna Brusatin of the University of Padua and Dr. James Runt of Penn State University on a polymer and hybrid organic/inorganic scratch resistant transparent coatings project.

Erik Haussmann, majoring in Materials Science and Engineering, with the Ceramics Science Option, will be joining Dr. Lothar Wondraczek, of Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany and Dr. Venkatraman Gopalan, of Penn State University, conducting research on long lifetime phosphorescent glass ceramics.

Edward Mily, Jr, a junior Materials Science and Engineering student concentrating in Polymers Science will be traveling to the University of Basque Country, in San Sebastian, Spain to work with Maria J. Fernandez-Berridi and Dr. Paul Painter of Penn State University on hydrophobic surfaces.