Dinesh C. Agrawal (B. Tech.,
Metallurgical Engineering,
Indian Institue of Technology, Kanpur 1969; D Engg Sc, Columbia University, 1973)
Postdoctoral Fellow: Cornell University, 1973-75
Present Position: Professor, Materials Science Programme, Indian
Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Beverly
Asoo (BS, Mech.E.,
UC-Berkeley, 1997;
PhD, UCSB, 2006)
Thesis title: Using Surface Interactions to Tune
Adhesion and Morphology in Polymer Systems
Present Position: Member of Technical Staff, Hewlett-Packard Research
and Development, Corvallis, OR
Jason J. Benkoski (BS, Materials
Science and Engineering,
1998, Lehigh; PhD, Materials, UCSB, 2003)
Thesis title: Micromechanisms of the Fracture of Polymer Interfaces
NSF Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of
Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.2003-2005
Present Position: National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow,
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD
Larry L. Berger (BS in Engineering Science,
1981, SUNY-Stony Brook; MS, 1983; PhD, Cornell University, 1986)
Thesis title: Effects of Temperature and Microstructure on Microdeformation
of Polymer Glasses
Present Position: Manager for Business Development, Proton Exchange Membranes,
DuPont, Wilmington, DE.
Robert A. Bubeck (BS in MetE, Drexel
University, 1970; MS, Materials Science, Cornell University, 1972; PhD,
Cornell University, 1972)
Thesis title: Kinetics of Craze Nucleation and Growth in Polystyrene
Formerly: Scientist, Dow Chemical Company
Present Position: Professor and Senior Research Scientist, Michigan Molecular Institute,
Midland, MI.
Donald J. Buckley (BS, Physics,
Notre Dame, 1976;
MS, Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 1981; PhD, Materials Science, Cornell University, 1993)
Thesis title: Toughening Mechanisms in the High Strain Rate
Deformation of Rubber-Modified Polymer Glasses
Present Position: Materials Scientist, GE Corporate Research and
Development, Niskayuna, NY.
Mildred Calistri-Yeh (BS in Physics, U. Rochester,
1987; MS Physics, SUNY-Binghamton, 1989; PhD, Cornell University, 1995)
Thesis title: Segregation at and Fracture Toughness of Polystyrene-Silicon
Oxide Interfaces
Previous Position: Director of Research and Development -
Biocoatings, Angiotech Biocoatings Corp, Henrietta,
NY.
Present Position: Research Group Leader, Becton-Dickinson,
Franklin Lakes, NJ.
Eric Cochran
(B.S., B.A. Chemical Engineering and Mathematics (double
major), Iowa State University, 1998; PhD 2004, Chemical
Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2004)
Postdoctoral
Fellow, UCSB (in both the Kramer and Fredrickson groups), 2004-2005
Present Position: Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University.
Russell J. Composto (BA Physics, Gettysburg
College, 1982; PhD, Cornell University, 1987)
Thesis title: Diffusion in Polymer Blends
NSF Young Investigator Award, 1991
Present Position: Professor, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Costantino Creton (Diplome d'ingenieur, science
des materiaux, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, CH, 1985; PhD, Cornell
University, 1991)
Thesis title: Strengthening of Polymer-Polymer Interfaces with Block Copolymers
Postdoctoral Fellow, IBM-Almaden Research Center, 1992
Present Position: Directeur de recherche at C.N.R.S
Laboratoire de Physico-Chemie Structurale et Macromoleculare of ESPCI, Paris,
France
Winner of the Polymer Prize of the French Polymer Group, 2002
Anthony Chi-An Dai (BS in ChE, National Cheng-Kung
Univ, Taiwan, 1988; MEng Materials Science, Cornell University, 1991; PhD,
Cornell University, 1996)
Thesis title: Fracture of Copolymer Reinforced Polymer/Polymer Interfaces
Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering,
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Kevin Hsing-Tao Dai (Diploma in ChE,
National Taipei Institute of Technology, Taiwan, 1984; MS, Materials Science, Cornell University, 1991; PhD,
Cornell University, 1994)
Thesis title: Segregation of Block Copolymer to the Interface
between Immiscible Polymers
MBA, SUNY Albany, 2000
Present Position: Senior Vice-President, Bank of America, Consumer
Real Estate, Charlotte, NC.
Amit Das Gupta (BTech,
Metallurgical Engineering, IIT-Kanpur,
,1965; PhD, Materials Science, Cornell University, 1971)
Thesis title: Anisotropy of the Surface Critical Current in
Superconducting Niobium Crystals
Postdoctoral Associate: Institut fuer Metallphysik, Goettingen,
Germany 1971-73
Present Position: Member of Technical Staff, Metals and Ceramics
Division, Oak Ridge National Lab. Oak Ridge,
TN.
Athene M. Donald (BA Natural Sciences, (Theoretical
Physics, 1st Class), Cambridge University, 1974; PhD, Physics, Cambridge University,
1977; Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, 1977-81)
Charles Vernon Boys Prize of the Institute of Physics, '89
Samuel Locker Award in Physics (Univ. of Birmingham) '89
Rosenhain Medal and Prize (Institute of Materials) '95
Fellow of the Royal Society, '99
Mott Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics, 2005. Professor
Donald's citation reads in part "For the development of
powerful new methods for the study of the properties of
soft condensed matter; in particular colloids, polymers
and biological materials."
Professor Donald has been selected to give the 2006 Bakerian Lecture
of the Royal Society, the Society's premier lecture in the
physical sciences.
Present Position: Professor and Head of the Biological and Soft Systems Group, Cavendish
Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge, UK.
Nigel R. Farrar (BA, PhD,
Physics, University of Bristol, 1978)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University,
1979-1980:
Research Scientist, Raychem Corp.1982-1984
Member of Technical Staff,
HP Labs, Palo Alto, CA, 1984-1999
Present Position: Director of Lithography Applications, Cymer, Inc., San Diego, CA
Thomas P. Gall (BS in ChE,
University of Cincinnati, 1976; MS in ChE, Case
Western Reserve University, 1979; PhD, Materials Science,
Cornell University, 1989)
Thesis title: Ion Beam Analysis of Solvent Diffusion in Polystyrene
Last Position: Motorola Advanced Materials, Northbrook, IL.
We are saddened to learn that Tom passed away Jan. 21,
2006.
Jan Genzer (Dipl.-Ing., Prague Institute
of Chemical Technology, 1989; PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1996)
Postdoctoral Fellow: Cornell University and UCSB, 1996-98
NSF Career Development Award, 1999.
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2001
Faculty Research Award, NCSU Chapter of Sigma Xi
Dillon Medal of the American Physical Society (2005). The citation
reads: "For his highly creative manipulation of surface
properties via monolayer and macromolecular films."
Present Position: Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, North Carolina
State University
Jan Genzer is also an Adjunct
Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Mark D. Glad (BA in Physics,
St. Olaf College, 1980; MS Materials Science, Cornell University, 1982; PhD,
Cornell University, 1986)
Thesis title: Microdeformation and Network Structure in Epoxies
Present Position: 3M Corporation, St. Paul, MN.
Peter F. Green (BS Physics, Hunter College,
1981; PhD, Cornell University, 1985)
Thesis title: Ion Beam Analysis of Diffusion in Polymer Melts
Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1995
Fellow of American Ceramic Society, 1998
Former Positions: Manager, Department of Glass and Electronic
Ceramics, Sandia National Lab,
B.F. Goodrich Endowed Professor of Materials
Engineering,Department of Chemical Engineering, University
of Texas, Austin
Present Position: Professor and Chair of the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Peter Green was also the President of the Materials Research
Society in 2006
Krishna M. Gupta (PhD,
1976 Materials Science and Engineering, MIT (Prof. John Cahn))
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, 1976-1977.
Dr. Gupta is the founder and CEO of Porous Materials Inc, 20 Dutch Mill Road, Ithaca,
NY.
Nalini Gupta, his daughter (BS, MS&E, MIT, 2005), is a graduate
student in Materials at UCSB in the group of Craig Hawker
Charan Gurumurthy (BS, Mech. E., Univ Rookee;
MS, SUNY-Binghampton, 1996; PhD MS&E, Cornell University, 2000)
Thesis title: Sub-Critical Crack Growth along Polymer Interfaces
Present Position: Manager, Substrate Pathfinding and Core Competency, Intel, Chandler, Arizona
Matthew
Hammond (BS,
Chem. Harvey Mudd, 1997;PhD, Materials, UCSB, 2005)
Thesis titie: In-plane Microdomain Order in Cylindrical Block
Copolymer Films.
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Phyaics,
University of Fribourg, CH. His mentor there is
Raffaele Mezzenga, a former group member (see below).
Ryan
Hayward
(BS, ChE, Princeton, 1999; PhD, Chemical Engineering, UCSB, 2004)
Thesis title: Block Copolymers and Nonionic Surfactants as Templates
for Mesostructured Inorganic Thin Films
Previous Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (Dave
Weitz's group)
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Polymer Science and
Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Jakob Heier (Dipl. Phys., Uni. Konstanz,
1994; PhD, MS&E, Cornell University, 1999)
Thesis title: Phase Separation and Ordering in Thin Polymer Films
Former Position: Research Scientist, Philips DAP B.V., Drachten,
NL
Present Position: Research Scientist, Swiss Federal Laboratories for
Materials Testing (EMPA), Zurich, Switzerland
Chris S. Henkee
(BS in Chemical Physics, Univ of British Columbia, 1980;
MS, 1982; PhD, Cornell University, 1985)
Thesis title: Molecular Network Considerations in the Deformation of Glassy
Polymers
Former Position: Manager for Commercial Development, Performance Chemicals,
Huntsman, Austin, TX.
Present Position: Technical Director, Ultra Additives LLC
(Division of Muenzing GmbH), Bloomfield, NJ.
Alexander
Hexemer
(Dipl. Physik, Uni. Mainz, 1999; PhD, Materials, UCSB, 2006)
Thesis title: Order and Disorder of Block Copolymers and
Particles on Surfaces with Topology.
Present Position: Beamline Scientist for WAXS/SAXS, Advanced Light Source,
LBL, Berkeley, CA.
Dr. Atsushi Hotta
(B.S. 1994, Applied Physics,
University of Tokyo; PhD 2002, Physics, University of
Cambridge)
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSB, 2003-3005.
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan.
Michael Ishaque (Dipl. Chem., 1996, PhD,
1999 Phillipps-University Marburg,
Feodor-Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow of the A.v.Humboldt Foundation, UCSB, 2000-2001.
Present Position: Senior Research Scientist, Polymer Research,
BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Klaus D. Jandt (Dipl. Phys., TU-Hamburg-Harburg,
1989; PhD, Materials, TU-Hamburg-Harburg; Feodor-Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow
of the A.v.Humboldt Foundation, Cornell University, 1994-96; Senior Lecturer,
Dental Materials Science and Biomaterials, University of Bristol, UK, 1996-2002.
Present Position: Professor, Chair Materials Science (Biomaterials), Department
of Materials Science & Engineering (Technisches Institut) Friedrich-Schiller-University
Jena, Germany
Jinbiao Jiao (BS, MS Chemistry,
Fudan University, Shanghai,
China, 1987; PhD, Chemistry,
Cornell University, 1997)
Thesis title: Reaction
Kinetics and Morphological
Changes at Polymer Interfaces
and Surfaces
Present Position: Principal Staff Materials Engineer, Motorola
Advanced Materials,
Automotive Communications
& Electronics Sector,
Northbrook, IL
Richard A.L. Jones (BA Natural Sciences, (Theoretical
Physics, 1st Class), Cambridge University, 1983; PhD, Physics, Cambridge University,
1987; Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, 1987-89)
Lecturer, Physics, Cambridge University, 1989-1997.
Present Position: Professor of Polymer Physics and Head of Department, Department
of Physics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Professor Jones was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006.
His citation reads: "... he is distinguished
for his seminal work in the field of polymers
and biopolymers at surfaces and interfaces,
with implications for polymer blends. His
innovative experiments stimulated a new
research field."
Vikram Khanna
(BTech, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute
of Technology- Bombay, 2000; PhD, Materials, UCSB, 2006)
Thesis title: Structure-Property Relations in
Glassy-Semicrystalline Block Copolymers
Present Position: Member of Technical Staff, Intel Corporation,
Hillsboro, OR.
Bumjoon Kim
(BS, ChE, Seoul National University, 2000; PhD, ChE, UCSB, 2006)
Thesis title: Functionalized Polymers for Modifying the
Interfacial Properties of Polymers and Inorganic Nanoparticles.
Present Position: Postdoctoral Associate with Professor Jean
Frechet, Chemistry, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Eugene Kim
(BS, Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1985; MS,
Chemistry, Stevens Inst. of Tech. 1987; PhD, Chemistry, Cornell University,
1994)
Thesis title: Studies of Diffusion, Thermodynamics and Surface Segregation in
Miscible Polymer Blends
Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University 1994-1995.
Present Position: Professor, Department of Science, Hong-Ik University, Seoul,
Korea.
Sangcheol Kim (B.S. 1992, PhD 1999,
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul
National University)
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSB, 2003-2005.
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland and
National Institute of Standards and
Technology. Gaithersburg, MD.
Georg Krausch (Dipl. Phys., Uni. Konstanz,
1988; PhD Physics Uni. Konstanz, 1992; Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University,
1992-93; Postdoctoral Associate, Uni. Konstanz, 1993-96; Professor, Ludwig-Maximillians-Uni.
Muenchen, 1996-98.
Former Position: Professor, Physical Chemistry II, Uni. Bayreuth,
Germany
Present Position: Herr Dr. Professor President, Johannes-Gutenberg
Universitaet, Mainz, Germany - he was inaugurated March 28, 2007.
Heider G. Krenz
(Diplom-Ingenieur, TU-Hannover, 1971; MS, 1974; PhD, Cornell
University, 1977)
Thesis title: Relationships between Structure and Micromechanics of Solvent
Crazes in Glassy Polymers
Present Position: President, TFL Ledertechnik GmbH & Co., Darmstadt, Germany.
TFL Ledertechnik was founded in 1996 as a result of the merger of the leather
chemicals divisions of Ciba Geigy, Röhm and Stockhausen. It has annual
revenues of 175 million Euros and 800 employees.
Ronald C. Lasky (BS in Engineering
Physics,
Cornell
University,
1970; MS, Applied Math, SUNY-Binghamton, 1974; PhD,
Cornell University, 1986)
Thesis title: Rutherford Backscattering Analysis of Case II
Diffusion in
Polystyrene
Previous Positions: Senior Engineering Manager, IBM, Endicott
to 1993;
Director
of
Technology, Universal Instruments, 1993-1995; Director of Technology, Cookson Electronics, 1996-2001
Present Positions: Visiting Professor, Dartmouth College; Senior
Technologist, Indium Corporation of America
Bruce D. Lauterwasser (AB in Physics,
Middlebury College, 1973; MS, Materials Science, Cornell University, 1976; PhD,
Cornell University, 1979)
Thesis title: Microscopic Mechanisms of Craze Growth and Fracture
in Polystyrene"
Present Position: Manager of Operations
Engineering at Raytheon RF Components, responsible for yield, yield
improvement, process capability, and new process development and
transition
to production for the GaAs Wafer Fab Operations group of about 350
people at
the Raytheon Advanced Device Center, Andover, MA.
Seung-Heon
Lee (B.S. 1995, M.S., 1997, PhD 2001
Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University;
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSB, 2001-2003)
Present Position: Senior Research Scientist, Corporate R&D, LG Chem,
Ltd., Daejon, Korea
Susanne Marie Perutz Menezes
(BS in M.S.&E, MIT, 1994;
PhD, Cornell University, 1997)
Thesis title: Contact Mechanics Adhesion Studies on Modified Elastomer Networks
Present Position: Senior Engineer, Intel, Portland, OR.
Raffaele Mezzenga
(Master, Science and Engineering,
1997, Univ. Perugia, Italy; PhD,
Polymer Science, 2001, Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology (EPFL)
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSB, 2001-2002.
Present Positions: Senior Research Scientist, Nestle Research Center,
Lausanne, CH.
Associate Professor of Physics, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, CH.
Philip Miller (BS in Physics,
University of Connecticut 1981; MEng Materials Science, Cornell University, 1984; PhD,
Cornell University, 1987)
Thesis title: Craze Microstructure in Polymer Glasses as a
Function of Environment, Temperature and Molecular Topology
Present Position: Director of Curriculum Development and
Instruction for New Product Development, 3M Corporation, St. Paul, MN.
Peter J. Mills
(BA Chemistry, 1979, PhD, Chemistry, Birmingham University,
1981; Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, 1982-83)
Lecturer, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Surrey, 1984-1988.
Senior Scientist, ICI Ltd., Wilton, UK 1988-2000.
Present Position: Senior Scientist, UCB Films PLC, Wigton, UK
Laura J. Norton (BA in Physics Mount Holyoke,
1985; AT&T Bell Labs 1985-'88; MS, 1990, PhD, Cornell University, 1995)
Thesis title: Surface Segregation and Interface Adhesion with End-Grafted
Chains in Polymer Alloys.
Present Position: Senior Engineer, ON Semiconductor, Phoenix, AZ.
Christine
Ortiz (BS in MS&E Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, 1992; MS MS&E, Cornell University, 1994; PhD, Cornell
University, 1997)
Thesis title: Mechanical Properties of Liquid Crystalliine Networks Based
on Diglycidyl Ether of 4,4'-Dihydroxy-alpha-methylstilbene
NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Groningen, NL, 1997-99
Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, MIT.
Haris Retsos
(Diploma, Physics 1994, PhD,
Physics, 2001, University of Crete (FORTH));
PostdoctoralFellow, UCSB, 2001-2002.
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Mechanique des Surfaces et
Interfaces, ESPCI, Paris, France.
Janne
Ruokolainen (M.Sci./Engr.,
Helsinki Univ. of Technology; Dr. Tech., Helsinki Univ of
Technology, 2000); Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSB, 2000-2002.
Present Position: Professor, Optics and Molecular Materials, Helsinki
University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland
Chang-Yeol Ryu (BS. Chemical Technology,
Seoul National University, Korea, 1990; PhD, ChE. Univ of Minnesota, 1998:
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSB, 1998-2000)
Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
Ralf Seemann
(Dipl. Phys. Uni-Konstanz, 1997;
Ph.D. Applied Physics, Uni-Ulm, Germany, 2001)
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSB 2001-2002.
Former Position: Project Leader, Max-Planck Institute for Flow Research,
Goettingen, Germany.
Present Position: Professor, Department of Physics, Universitaet des
Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany
Rachel
Segalman (BS, ChE,
U. Texas-Austin, 1998; PhD, ChE, UCSB, 2002)
Thesis title: Topographic Control of Block Copolymer Order
Chateaubriand Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Georges
Hadziioannou, Departement des Polymeres, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 2003-2004
NSF CAREER Award 2006
Present Position: Charles Wilke Assistant Professor of
Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Kenneth R. Shull (BS, MS&E, MIT, 1984; MS,
Electronic Materials, MIT, 1985; PhD, Cornell University, 1990)
Thesis title: Diffusion and Interface Segregation in Model Polymer Systems
NSF Young Investigator Award, 1994-1999
Present Position: Professor, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, Northwestern University
Pascal Silberzan (Diplome, PhD, Physics, College de France, 1991);
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University,
1992-1994:
Present Position: Group Leader, CNRS,
Institute
Curie,
Paris, France
Easan
Sivaniah (MEng, ChE, Imperial College,
1994; PhD, Physics, Cambridge University, 1997); Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSB,
1997-2000:
Former Position: Japan-Royal Society Fellow, Department of Polymer
Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan, 2000-2004
Former Position: Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Texas
Tech University
Present Position: Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of
Leeds, UK.
Josh W. Smith
(BS, MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont,
1985; PhD, Materials Science, EPFL, Lausanne, CH, 1991); Postdoctoral
Fellow, Cornell University,
1991-1993.
Research Engineer, 3M Research and Development, St. Paul MN, 1993-1996
Present Position: Member of Technical Staff,
Hewlett-Packard Research and Development, Corvallis, OR
Gila Stein (BS, ChE,
Drexel University, 2002; PhD, ChE, UCSB, 2006)
Thesis title: Ordering of Spherical Domain Block Copolymers in
Monolayers and Multilayers.
Present Position: NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, NIST,
Gaithersburg, MD.
Future position from January 2009: Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston.
Nancy C. Stoffel
(BS in ChE with distinction,
U. Virginia, 1984; MS ChemE, Columbia University, 1989; PhD, Cornell University,
1997)
Thesis title: Interdiffusion and Adhesion of Polyimides
Former Position: Principal Scientist, Inkjet Business Unit, Xerox Corporation
Present Position: Manager of MEMS Technology, Infotonics
Technology Center, Canandaigua, NY
Stanley F. Tead (BA in Physics,
St. Olaf College, 1983; MS, Applied Physics, Cornell University, 1986; PhD,
Cornell University, 1989)
Thesis title: Diffusion in Entangled and Surface Modified Polymer
Systems
Present Position: 3M Corporation,
St. Paul, MN.
Donald
A. Thomas (BS Physics, Case-Western
Reserve University, 1977; M.S. M.S.&E, Cornell, 1980; PhD, Cornell University,
1982)
Thesis title: Grain Boundary Flux Pinning in Superconducting Niobium
Present Position: NASA Astronaut
Edwin L. Thomas (BS MechE, U. Mass, 1969;
PhD, Cornell University, 1974)
Thesis title: The Defect Structure of Polyethylene Single Crystals
ACS Creative Polymer Chemistry Award, 1985
Fellow of the APS, 1986
High Polymer Physics Prize of the APS, 1991
Cofounder: Omniguide Communications
Present Positions: Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and
Head, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
Former Director,
Institute of Soldier
Nanotechnologies, MIT
R. K. ("Vis") Vishwanadham (BTech, Metallurgical Engineering, IIT-Kanpur,
1969; PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, U. Illinois, 1973);
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University,
1974-1976: Present Position: Director of Engineering,
Multi-Metals,
Louisville, KY
Junichiro Washiyama
(BS, MS, Tokyo Inst. of Technology, 1985; PhD, Tokyo
Inst. of Technology, 1994 - his PhD thsis is based entirely on work done in
the Kramer group at Cornell University, 1990-1992)
Thesis title: Toughening of Polymer/Polymer Interfaces with Block Copolymers
Present Position: Research manager, Showa Denko K.K., Kawasaki, Japan
Wen-chou Vincent Wang (BS, Physics, National
Taiwan University, 1973;MS, Materials Science and Engineering,
National Tsing Hua University, 1975; PhD, MS&E, Cornell University, 1981)
Thesis title: Environmental Effects of High Pressure CO2 Gas on Polystyrene.
Member of Technical Staff, HP-Labs, Manager, Digital Equipment, Vice-President, Fujitsu Computer Packaging Technologies.
Present Position: Senior Director of Packaging, Altera
Corporation.
Zhihua Xu (BS, Physics,
Beijing University, 1989; PhD, Applied Physics, Cornell University, 1997)
Thesis title: Controlling Properties of Polymer Phase Boundaries
with Hydrogen Bonding.
Present Position: Software development, Microsoft.
Arnold Chang-Mou Yang (BS, Physics, National
Taiwan University, 1980; PhD, MS&E, Cornell University, 1985)
Thesis title: Craze Fibril Structure and Stability in Polystyrene.
Member of Technical Staff, IBM-Almaden Research Lab., 1985-1992.
Present Position: Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Wilson E. Yetter (BA, Physics,
SUNY-Binghamton University, 1970; MS, 1975, PhD, Materials Science, Cornell University, 1980)
Thesis title: Fluxiod Pinning by Planar Defects in Pb-Bi Alloy Films.
Former position: Member of Technical Staff, GM Research Laboratories
Present Position: Eastman Kodak Research Labs (ret.)
Hideaki Yokoyama (BS, MS Polymer Chem.,
Tokyo Inst. of Tech., 1991; PhD, MS&E, Cornell University, 1999)
Thesis title: Structure and Diffusion of Asymmetric Block Copolymers
Present Position: Research Scientist, National Institute of Materials and
Chemical Research of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science
and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, Japan.
In April 2008 he will become
Associate Professor, Department of Advanced Materials Science,
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan where he
will also have a joint appointment in the Department of Applied Chemistry.
Where are the rest of them now?
(Coming soon!)
