STUDENT POSTER SESSION

Please join us for our next face-to-face interactive virtual student poster session, Thursday, February 27, 2025.

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2024 Student Poster Presenters and Faculty Advisors


Congratulations to our 2024 Student Poster Competition Winners!

Graduate Student Winners

1st Place: Nick Enos

Jeffrey Wiggins Research Group


“Influence of Carbon Nanotubes on Poly (phenylene sulfide) Crystallization Kineticsand Multiscale Semi-Crystalline Morphology”

2nd Place: Virginia Mullins

Jeffrey Wiggins Research Group


“Phase development of Polymer-derived Ceramics”

3rd Place: Moustafa Zagho
Sergei Nazarenko Research Group


Surface Modification of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Microfiltartion Membranes UsingPolydopamine in Combination with Organic or Inorganic Hydrophilic Agent toImprove Oil Fouling Resistance”

Undergraduate Student Winners

Issac Fisher

1st Place: Issac Fisher and Jonathan Burris
Jeffrey Wiggins Research Group

Jonathan Burris

“Influence of Purity on Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Aromatic Diamine BasedPolybenzoxazines”

Elania Booker

2nd Place: Elania Booker
Jeffrey Wiggins Research Group
Investigating Solvent Effects on thiol-ene Network Formation”


For more information how you can get involved, please contact
Melanie Bryan: 601.266.6229

CoatingTech’s Spotlight on USM’s Polymer Science and Engineering Students
Originally Appeared in the January 2013 Issue of Coatings Tech, pp 40-44