Congratulations to Noah Smith for his selection for the prestigious NDSEG Fellowship! Noah is a 1st year graduate student co-advised with Prof. Seth Marder. Noah is the 5th R+PM Group student to be selected for the NDSEG!
Congratulations to Alexis Phillips, a 2nd year student in the R+PM Group, for her selection to receive the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Alexis is the 4th NSF GRF in the R+PM Group.
Congratulations to Kristin Lewis and Alexis Phillips for their selection for the prestigious NDSEG Fellowship! Both Kristin and Alexis are 2nd year students in the R+PM. They are the 3rd and 4th R+PM Group students to be selected for the NDSEG.
Check out the R+PM Group's recent review that just appeared in Nature Review Materials ! This review details the considerable recent progress in the preparation and alignment of liquid crystalline elastomers (LCEs).
The R+PM Group is pleased to welcome Dr. Gaurav Pande! Dr. Pande is originally from India and completed his PhD research in Korea at Pusan National University. Dr. Pande's expertise in electrochromic devices will be leveraged in the fundamental examination of electro-optic responses of polymer stabilized liquid crystals.