Mario passed his second year research seminar yesterday. Congratulations Mario!
Siyang Wang joins the group
We are pleased that Siyang Wang has joined our group today! Siyang joins from the University of Akron, where she earned her Master's degree with Prof. Vogt and Prof. Cavicchi. Siyang will be researching preparing new networks and gels.
Ayres Group enjoys an end of year lunch
Yesterday the group went off campus together to celebrate a productive year of research full of accomplishments. We had to go early this year before Mario heads back home for a well earned rest in December. Safe travels Mario!
Brian Long (UT) visits the Department
Last Friday Prof. Brian Long (University of Tennessee) visited the department and gave a fantastic seminar on "Utilizing coordination-insertion based polymerization for the synthesis of tailored polyolefins and gas separation membranes". It was a great visit, and we are looking forward to seeing new papers from the Long group soon!
Ayres group summer trip to the ballpark
This week we enjoyed an afternoon at Great American Ball Park watching the Cincinnati Reds play the Chicago Cubs. The Reds might have lost, but we had a great time trying to explain to Mario the differences between baseball and cricket.
Brett, Mario, and Qinyuan enjoying the game.
The view from our seats.
Yongshun and Qinyuan present at ACSCERM 2016
Yongshun and Qinyuan both presented updates on their research at this years ACS Central Regional Meeting.
Qinyuan presenting her work on SMPs
Yongshun describing his novel hydrogels