2018-2019
Natalie wins 1st Place in poster competition.
Natalie presented her work on degradable shape memory polymer foam hemostats at the ECS Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Anand wins 1st place in poster competition.
Anand presented his work on degradable shape memory polymer foam hemostats at University of Rochester’s Frontiers in Materials Science for the 21st Century Symposium.
Kat Dong is awarded the Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Grant
This grant will support Kat’s research on developing shape memory polymer hydrogels for wound healing. Read more.
Dr. Monroe recieves CUSE Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Grant.
This grant, in collaboration with Dr. Olga Makhlynets in Chemistry, will support work on antimicrobial hydrogels for wound dressings.
Research published on tough shape memory polymer foams
The work was done with Dr. Monroe’s undergraduate mentee, Alexa Easley, at Texas A&M and was published in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science.