The PMSE Graduate Student Travel Award is given to provide partial travel support to women and/or under-represented (African American, Hispanic, or Native American) graduate students to attend and present their research at ACS national meetings in the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering. PMSE is proud to announce the winners of this award for the Fall 2024 ACS Meeting in Denver.
NAN (LOUISE) CHEN
Johns Hopkins University
Advisor: Howard E. Katz
Enhancing electrical conductivity and power factor in poly-glycol-bithienylthienothiophene with oligoethylene glycol side chains through tris(pentafluorophenyl) borane doping
Symposium: Characterization and Prediction of Properties of Polymeric Materials
Date: Tuesday, August 20
KACIE WELLS
North Carolina State University
Advisor: Richard Spontak
Thermoplastic elastomers with inherent antimicrobial properties for reduction in the spread of harmful microbes
Symposium: Novel Properties of Polymeric Materials
Date: Tuesday, August 20
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