Dec 7, 2021
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has added two University of Delaware researchers to its Fellows Program — Thomas H. Epps, III, and Kelvin Lee. The new honors, announced Tuesday, December 7, are the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
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May 2023:
Congratulations to Jignesh Shantaram Mahajan for getting into the 2023 American Chemical Society Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy Summer School!
April 2023:
Congratulations to Alison Shapiro for winning the 2023 Richard Wool Award for Women in Green Engineering!
March 2023:
Congratulations to Jignesh Shantaram Mahajan for receiving MSEG Outstanding Graduate Student Research Assistant Award!
March 2023:
Congratulations to Ty Christoff-Tempesta for being selected to participate in the 2023 CAS Future Leaders program!
March 2023:
Congratulations to Ty Christoff-Tempesta for being selected as a 2023 PMSE Future Faculty Honoree!
January 2023:
Congratulations to Dr. Epps for being selected as a member of the new class of PMSE Fellows for 2023! Details can be found here.
January 2023:
Congratulations to Sonia Li for being selected as one of the NRT MIDAS Fellows!
December 2022:
The Epps group welcomes Venice Magunga and Tristan Herrera as new graduate students!
October 2022:
Congratulations to Sampanna Mhatre for receiving award for his talk at the MSEG/MRS student symposium!
August 2022:
Priyanka Ketkar was featured in the UDaily for being selected for NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the NIST. Congratulations to Priyanka! Details can be found here.
May 2022:
Congratulations to Priyanka for successfully defending her thesis!
April 2022:
Congratulations to Dr. Epps for receiving Faculty award for excellence in research and entrepreneurship!
April 2022:
Congratulations to Eduardo Nombera for receiving 2022 MSEG Chairperson's Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award!
March 2022:
Congratulations to Priyanka Ketkar for earning a NIST NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship!
February 2022:
Congratulations to Robert O'Dea and Lignolix for winning the Mid-Atlantic Regional EnergyTech University Prize! More information can be found here.
January 2022:
Congratulations to Jamael Ajah for winning the CBE Collins Fellowship!
December 2021:
Congratulations to Dr. Epps for being named to the 2022 Class of NAI Fellow! More information can be found here.
November 2021:
The Epps group welcomes Alison Shapiro and Jamael Ajah as new graduate students!
November 2021:
Congratulations to Dr. Epps for receiving 2021 AlCHE MAC William Grimes Awardee!
November 2021:
Congratulations to Maida Mahmood and Mengying (Sara) Yang for receiving awards for their talks at the MSEG/MRS student symposium!
September 2021:
New postdoctoral positions are available in Prof. Thomas Epps' and LaShanda Korley' s groups in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department and Materials Science & Engineering Department associated with Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI) at the University of Delaware (UD). More information can be found here.
August 2021:
Congratulations to Dr. Epps for being named an ACS Fellow! More information can be found here.
August 2021:
New postdoctoral positions are available immediately in Prof. Chris Kloxin's and Thomas Epps' groups in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department and Materials Science & Engineering Department at the University of Delaware (UD). More information can be found here.
July 2021:
Dr. Epps and Dr. Korley have published a call to action to address the urgent crisis of plastics pollution in a special issue of Science Magazine, with collaborators from the United Kingdom and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California! Details can be found here.
June 2021:
The Epps group welcomes Henry (Tre) Bartony III, Scott Sampson, Allison Robbins and Li Pei Soh as new undergraduate students!
June 2021:
The Epps group welcomes Mridula Nandi and Tianwei Yan as new post-docs!
May 2021:
Congratulations to Paula Pranda and Alice Amitrano for being the winners for the Chemical Engineering Industrial Sponsors Research Award at UD!
April 2021:
New postdoctoral positions is available immediately in Prof. Thomas Epps' group in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of Delaware (UD). More information can be found here.
February 2021:
Congratulations to Greg for successfully defending his thesis!
December 2020:
The Epps group welcomes Garrett Bass and Zachary Hinton as new post-docs!
December 2020:
The Epps group welcomes Sampanna Mhatre and Allison Koopman as new graduate students!
August 2020:
Alice Amitrano's research focused on the plant-powered replacements for plastics was featured in the UDaily. Congratulations to Alice! Details can be found here.
July 2020:
Three postdoctoral positions are available immediately in Prof. Thomas Epps' group in the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department at the University of Delaware (UD). More information can be found here.
March 2020:
Congratulations to Dr. Epps for being named among 7 prominent scientists whose work helps to push their disciplines forward, presented in ACS Publications in honor of Black History Month! Details can be found here.
February 2020:
The Epps group welcomes Manisha Ahir as a new post-doc!
February 2020:
Congratulations to Esther for being selected for the Chemical Biology Interface (CBI) fellowship!
January 2020:
Congratulations to Lignolix for receiving the EDGE grant from the State of Delaware! Details can be found here.
January 2020:
Congratulations to startup Lignolix, one of the winners of the UDel FastPass Competition! The team focuses on sustainably making materials from renewable biomass. Technically and UDaily.
December 2019:
The Epps group welcomes Mruthula Rammohan, Mengying (Sara) Yang and Maida Mahmood as new graduate students!
October 2019:
The Epps group welcomes Aynur Guliyeva as a new post-doc!
October 2019:
The Epps group welcomes Antigoni Konstantinou as a visiting researcher!
July 2019:
The Epps group welcomes Craig Machado as a new post-doc!
June 2019:
Congratulations to Melody for successfully defending her thesis!
March 2019:
Congratulations to Melody for being selected as a finalist for the APS Division of Polymer Physics Frank J. Padden Jr. Award! A College of Engineering article can be found here.
November 2018:
The Epps group's work on tapered block polymer electrolytes is highlighted in UDaily, the Council of Graduate Schools, and Delaware NPR
November 2018:
The Epps group's work on turning waste lignin into tapes is highlighted by the U.S. DOE Office of Science
November 2018:
The Epps group welcomes Jordan Willie, Dajeong Kim, and Jignesh Mahajan as new graduate students!
October 2018:
The Epps group welcomes Chao Wang as a new post-doc!
October 2018:
The 2018 Future Faculty Workshop is featured in UDaily
August 2018:
Congratulations to Esther and Robert for passing quals!
July 2018:
The Epps group welcomes Eric Gottlieb as a new post-doc!
July 2018:
Seeking candidates for a post-doctoral position. Details can be found here
July 2018:
UD hosts the 2018 Future Faculty Workshop
June 2018:
Congratulations to Dr. Epps for being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry!
June 2018:
The Epps group's work on biobased pressure sensitive adhesives is featured in UDaily
April 2018:
Announcing the 2018 Future Faculty Workshop to be held at UD
April 2018:
Congratulations to Melody for being named the Fraser and Shirley Russell Teaching Fellow in Chemical Engineering!
March 2018:
Congrats to Seung for a recent publication in Science!
March 2018:
The Epps group welcomes Silvia Grama as a new post-doc!
January 2018:
The Epps group is looking to hire two new post-docs, check out the postings here for more details
January 2018:
Congrats to Greg for passing quals!
November 2017:
The Epps group welcomes Esther and Robert as new grad students!
November 2017:
The Epps group welcomes Yi as a new grad student!
November 2017:
Congrats to Seung for receiving the Hanwha Award for Post Docs at AIChE!
November 2017:
Congrats to Victoria for receiving 1st-Place for her MESD Undergraduate Poster at AIChE!
October 2017:
Congrats to Dr. Epps for being elected as a 2017 Fellow of the American Physical Society
August 2017:
Morris et al. perspective is a top 20 read for August
August 2017:
Congrats to Priyanka for passing quals!
August 2017:
The Epps group welcomes Seung as a new post-doc!
July 2017:
Dr. Epps is appointed as the new CMET Director
June 2017:
The Epps group welcomes Shelby and Grace, as summer REU students!
May 2017:
Congratulations to Chad for successfully defending his thesis!
May 2017:
Congratulations to Cameron for successfully defending his thesis!
May 2017:
Chad is an ACS/ESBES International Graduate Student Design Challenge Finalist
April 2017:
Dr. Epps Delivers the Lindsay Lecture at Texas A&M University
April 2017:
Kaleigh wins the Richard Wool Award for Women in Green Engineering
March 2017:
The Epps group is featured in UDaily Tuning Block-polymers
March 2017:
Cameron wins best DPOLY poster at APS 2017 March Meeting
October 2016:
Dr. Epps Delivers the Thiele Lecture at the University of Notre Dame
August 2016:
UD Hosts the 2016 Future Faculty Workshop
June 2016:
Announcing the 2016 Future Faculty Workshop to be held at UD
June 2016:
The Epps group welcomes Spencer, a summer REU student!
June 2016:
Epps group collaboration with DuPont Performance Materials announced
May 2016:
Congratulations to Ming for successfully defending his thesis!
May 2016:
Congratulations to Dr. Epps for his promotion to professor!
May 2016:
Congratulations to Chad for receiving the Saurabh A. Palkar Graduate Award for Mentoring
April 2016:
Congratulations to Melody for receiving the Robert L. Pigford Teaching Assistant Award
April 2016:
Congratulations to Kai for successfully defending his thesis!
March 2016:
Congratulations to Victoria for being named a 2016 Barry Goldwater Scholar
March 2016:
Victoria receives 2nd Place in the ACS Undergraduate Research in Polymer Science Symposium
December 2015:
Congratulations to Angela for successfully defending her thesis!
October 2015:
Congratulations to Dr. Epps for receiving the 2016 American Physical Society Dillon Medal
June 2015:
Congratulations to Dr. Epps for receiving the 2015 AIChE Owens Corning Early Career Award!
May 2015:
Angela is selected to speak at the AIChE 08A Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Award Symposium
May 2015:
Tom is awarded the Paul H. Schipper Fellowship
April 2015:
Angela is awarded a UD Dissertation Fellowship
April 2015:
The Epps’ group battery membrane research was featured in the UDaily
March 2015:
Tom is awarded NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
March 2015:
Congratulations to Angela for being selected to speak at the 2015 Polymers Gordon Research Seminar
March 2015:
Kaleigh is selected to attend the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
February 2015:
Chad's work on light-sensitive polymers for controlled gene silencing is featured on materialsviews.com
January 2015:
Ming and Cameron’s work on XPS depth profiling highlighted at Nanotechweb.org
January 2015:
Rashida is awarded a NSF Systems Biology of Cells in Engineered Environments IGERT Fellowship
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