News & Events:
Past and Present
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Our work in collaboration with Prof. Malliaras and Prof. Holmes, Dry photolithographic patterning process for organic electronic devices using supercritical carbon dioxide as a solvent, made the cover of J. of Mater. Chem.. Congratulations to Dr. Jin Kyun Lee!
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2008 Summer Ski Hut Seminar was successfully held on July 26th-27th.
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Our article Self-Assembled Monolayers and Polymer Brushes in Biotechnology: Current Applications and Future Perspectives was one of the most-accessed articles published in Biomacromolecules in 2007.
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Our group was invited to write a research news article for Advanced Materials on important contributions toward the field of molecula glass photoresists.
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Our group was invited for a highlight about anti-biofouling surfaces on J. of Mater. Chem..
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Ann Delvin, first graduate of Ober group, came to Cornell to address MSE undergrads about careers in the polymer industry on Oct. 24, 2007. Her presentation was very much appreciated by the MSE 307/407 students.
- Dr. Wageesha Senaratne (Corning Inc.) was chosen as the most promising scientist by Science Spectrum magazine. Dr. Senaratne's extensive knowledge of organic materials and biochemistry has resulted in the development of several novel materials since she joined Corning Inc. after graduating in 2005.
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C.K. Ober receives the Alumni of Honour Award at the University of Waterloo.
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Congratulations to Jing Sha for earning the Teaching Assistant Award in Spring 2007 for her contributions to MSE 206: Atomic and Molecular Structure of Materials (taught by Prof. Chekesha Liddell)!
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Our work on amphiphilic, biofouling-resistant coatings makes a big splash at the ACS National Meeting, Mar07. The work was pioneered in our group by Dr. Sitaraman Krishnan, and it is part of larger collaborations with the research groups of Prof. Jim Callow, Prof. Dean Wendt, Prof. Ed Kramer, and the ONR.
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Nelson Felix is awarded the 2007 Simon Karecki Award from the SRC/Sematech ERC for Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing in recognition of his research done under the center.
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C.K. Ober receives the prestigious Senior Humboldt Research Prize, allowing him to spend his sabbatical in 2007 exploring research at the University of Bayreuth, Germany with Hans-Werner Schmidt.
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Our molecular glass photoresist work makes the cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry!
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C.K. Ober receives the 2006 ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science at the ACS National Meeting in Atlanta, GA.
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Ski Hut (past and present)
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C.K. Ober receives the 2004 Photopolymer Science & Technology Award from the Conference of Photopolymer Science and Technology in Chiba, Japan.
Post symposium presentation. Present were (L to R) Dr. Tsuguo Yamaoka, Chiba University, Dr. Young C. Bae, Rohm and Haas, Prof. Christopher Ober, and Katsuji Douki, JSR.
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C.K. Ober serves as Visiting Professor, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, June 2004 to August 2004.
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Junyan Dai and C.K. Ober receive 2003 SRC Award for Creative Invention.
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C.K. Ober wins 2003 International Sematech Outstanding Contribution Award.
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Wageesha Senaratne was featured in the Winter 2005 NBTC newsletter.
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Our non-toxic, anti-marine-biofouling coatings are mentioned in Cornell News, March 2003.
- Dr. Shu Yang (Lucent Bell Laboratories) received the
2001 Unilever Award for excellence in the graduate study of polymer
science and engineering. The award symposium was held at the 2001
Fall ACS meeting during a well attended synposium.
Post symposium presentation of award plaque. Present were (L to R) Dr. Anantha Padmanabhan representing Unilever, Dr. Shu Yang, award winner, and Prof. Christopher Ober, thesis supervisor.
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Junyan Dai wins the 2001 Perkin Medal Fellowship for work in the area of photolithography.
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Our reworkable epoxy, a-Terp, is mentioned in the Toronto Star in the Jan. 1, 2001 issue and in USA Today, Sept. 2000. It may offer solutions to the problem of recycling computers.
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C. K. Ober is interviewed by the Cornell Chronicle on Duffield Hall.
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Jir-Shyr Chen quoted in Business Week for his work on "fail-on-demand"
thermosets
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C. K. Ober serves as 2000
Chair of the PMSE Division of the American Chemical Society
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Gina Weibel and C. K. Ober win the 2000 SRC/SSA/International Sematech (ISMT) Award for research in manufacturing and environment,
safety and health with Prof. Karen K. Gleason and Hilton G. Pryce-Lewis of MIT.
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Dr. Shu Yang (Ober Group Alumna) wins the 1999 ICI Student Award in Applied Polymer Science
see C&E News, Dec 20, 1999, page 52
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