Jeremy Graduation

Congratulations Dr. Jeremy Herman!

Aug. 29, 2024

The R+PM Group is excited to acknowledge Jeremy Herman for successfully defending his PhD on “Fundamental and Functional Investigation of the Deformation of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Films and Freeforms”!

Jonny Defense

Congratulations Dr. Jonathan Hoang!

July 23, 2024

The R+PM Group is delighted to share that Lt Col Jonathan Hoang has defended his PhD thesis, “Morphological Investigation of Liquid Crystalline Elastomers”!

Nat Defense

Congratulations Dr. Nathaniel Skillin!

July 15, 2024

Congratulations to Nathanial Skillin who successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Biomedical Applications of Anisotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer Networks”. We wish Nat well as he returns to medical school to complete the Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Lorin

Welcome New R+PM Group Member!

Jan. 1, 2024

The R+PM Group enthusiastically welcomes Lorin Danielsen to the team!

Grant graduation

Congratulations Dr. Grant Bauman!

Oct. 12, 2023

The R+PM Group celebrates Grant Bauman on the completion of his PhD thesis, “Fundamental Investigation into 3-D Printed Liquid Crystalline Elastomers: Orientation, Rheology, and Stimulus-Response”. We extend our best wishes to Grant in his new role at Ultradent.

Hayden graduation

Congratulations Dr. Hayden Fowler!

Oct. 6, 2023

The R+PM Group is delighted to announce Hayden Fowler's successful PhD defense on “Programmable Mechanical Responses in Liquid Crystal Elastomers”. We wish Hayden continued success in their career at Sandia National Laboratory.

Kyle graduation

Congratulations Dr. Kyle Schlafmann!

Aug. 25, 2023

The R+PM Group congratulates Kyle Schlafmann on defending his PhD dissertation, “Retention and Response of Chiral Liquid Crystalline Phases in Elastomers”. We send our best wishes to Kyle as he begins his journey at Synthio.

Brian graduation

Congratulations Dr. Brian Radka!

Aug. 23, 2023

The R+PM Group is thrilled to recognize Brian Radka for his successful PhD defense on “Fundamental Examinations of The Ion-Mediated Electro-Optical Response of Polymer Stabilized Cholesteric Liquid Crystals”. We wish Brian all the best in his new position at Seurat.

Mohsin

Welcome Dr. Mohsin Saeed!

July 15, 2023

The R+PM Group is happy to welcome Dr. Mohsin Saeed to the team!

Noah Smith

Noah Smith - NDSEG Fellow!

April 27, 2023

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!

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