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Congratulations to Mykyta Dementyev, for winning the RSC Applied Polymers Student Poster Prize at ACS MARM Symposium 2024!

Congratulations to Shubhra Goel, for winning the RSC Applied Polymers Elevator Pitch Award at ACS MARM Symposium 2024!

Congratulations to Elisabeth Lloyd, who has successfully defended her PhD. thesis titled “Tuning Structure and Properties of Porous, Biomimetic Hydrogels from the Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers”!

Congratulations to Jensen Sevening, for receiving Coppola Graduate Student Excellence Award for Service and Leadership as well as support from the Howard O. and Jean Beaver Graduate Studies Fund!

Congratulations to Jensen Sevening, for winning the first place in both the Materials Visualization Competition (Visual Appeal) and the Graduate Poster Competition! Awesome work.

Congratulations to Elisabeth Lloyd, who won the annual PPG Elevator Pitch Competition!

Congratulations to Mykyta Dementyev, who has passed his qualifying examination!

Congratulations to Vincent Torres, who has successfully defended his PhD. thesis!

The Hickey Group attends the first annual MatSE Appreciation Day!

Congratulations to Lindsay Jones, who was awarded the Michael M. and Mary Jane Coleman Undergraduate Award in Polymer Science and Engineering!  

Dr. Hickey, Elisabeth, and Jensen attend the APS March Meeting in Las Vegas.

Congratulations to Bethany Thoryk, who has been awarded her M.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering!

Vincent, Elisabeth, and Lindsay present posters at the ASME IMECE Conference in Columbus, OH.

Jensen Sevening presents at Materials Day hosted by Penn State. 

Congratulations to Bharat Poudel, who has successfully completed his qualifying examination!

“Rob Ross and the Happy Little PhDs” win 3rd place in the annual university-wide Research Safety Olympics, and win the Lab Scavenger Hunt event!

Congratulations to Jensen Sevening, who has successfully completed her comprehensive examination!

Congratulations to Muchen Zhao and Siyana Dottin, who have been awarded their M.S. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering!

Congratulations to Robert Hickey, who was awarded tenure in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences!

Congratulations to Yifan Xu and Wenwen Mei, who have successfully defended their dissertations! Yifan has accepted a position at 3M, and Wenwen has accepted a position at Dow.

Congratulations to Kelly Matuszewski, who earned the Ellen Steidle Achievement Award for service to The College of EMS!

The Hickey Group attends the Spring Awards Banquet for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. 

Congratulations as well to Kelly Matuszewski, who earned the Michael and Mary Jane Coleman Award in Polymer Science and Engineering and the David W. Richerson Service and Leadership Award. 

The Hickey Group attends the annual American Physical Society Conference in Chicago, IL and the American Chemical Society Conference in San Diego, CA.

Congratulations to Lindsay Jones, who was one of the four junior undergraduate students from Penn State nominated for the Goldwater Scholarship!

The “Hicklets” take 3rd place in the annual university-wide Research Safety Olympics, winning the Trivia Challenge, the Lab Scavenger Hunt, and the Safety Fishbowl events!

The Hickey Group presents a research poster at the Undergraduate Involvement Fair.

Robert Hickey presents his tenure talk at the weekly graduate seminar for Materials Science and Engineering.

Congratulations to Chao Lang, who has accepted a position as a Professor at the South China University of Technology. 

Congratulations to Jensen Sevening, who has passed her Ph.D. Candidacy Examination!

Congratulations to Elisabeth Lloyd, who has passed her Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination!

Congratulations to Bethany Thoryk, who has been awarded her M.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering!

Vincent, Elisabeth, and Lindsay present posters at the ASME IMECE Conference in Columbus, OH.

Jensen Sevening presents at Materials Day hosted by Penn State. 

Congratulations to Bharat Poudel, who has successfully completed his qualifying examination!

“Rob Ross and the Happy Little PhDs” win 3rd place in the annual university-wide Research Safety Olympics, and win the Lab Scavenger Hunt event!

Congratulations to Jensen Sevening, who has successfully completed her comprehensive examination!

Congratulations to Muchen Zhao and Siyana Dottin, who have been awarded their M.S. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering!

Congratulations to Robert Hickey, who was awarded tenure in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences!

Congratulations to Yifan Xu and Wenwen Mei, who have successfully defended their dissertations! Yifan has accepted a position at 3M, and Wenwen has accepted a position at Dow.

Congratulations to Kelly Matuszewski, who earned the Ellen Steidle Achievement Award for service to The College of EMS!

The Hickey Group attends the Spring Awards Banquet for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. 

Congratulations as well to Kelly Matuszewski, who earned the Michael and Mary Jane Coleman Award in Polymer Science and Engineering and the David W. Richerson Service and Leadership Award. 

The Hickey Group attends the annual American Physical Society Conference in Chicago, IL and the American Chemical Society Conference in San Diego, CA.

Congratulations to Lindsay Jones, who was one of the four junior undergraduate students from Penn State nominated for the Goldwater Scholarship!

The “Hicklets” take 3rd place in the annual university-wide Research Safety Olympics, winning the Trivia Challenge, the Lab Scavenger Hunt, and the Safety Fishbowl events!

The Hickey Group presents a research poster at the Undergraduate Involvement Fair.

Robert Hickey presents his tenure talk at the weekly graduate seminar for Materials Science and Engineering.

Congratulations to Chao Lang, who has accepted a position as a Professor at the South China University of Technology. 

Congratulations to Jensen Sevening, who has passed her Ph.D. Candidacy Examination!

Congratulations to Elisabeth Lloyd, who has passed her Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination!

Congratulations to Tylene Hilaire, who has successfully defended her Master’s thesis! Tylene has accepted a position at L’Oreal as a skincare chemist.

Congratulations to Jacob LaNasa, who has successfully defended his Ph.D dissertation! Jacob has accepted a postdoctoral position at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Robert Hickey chairs the virtual symposium “Reflections and Future Perspectives of Polymer Science,” as part of the celebrations for the 125th anniversary of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.

Congratulations to Elisabeth Lloyd, who has passed her Ph.D. Candidacy Examination.

Congratulations to the Materials Visualization Competition prize winners from the Hickey Group: 

Elisabeth Lloyd was awarded Best in Show and 2nd place in the Visual category.

Kelly Matuszewski was awarded 3rd place in the Scientific category.

Penn State News publishes a featured article on Robert Hickey as the recipient of the NSF Career award. 

Congratulations to Vincent Torres, who was awarded the Bunton-Waller Fellowship.

Congratulations to Vincent Torres, who has passed his Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination.

Sincere congratulations to Dr. Robert Hickey, who is honored to receive the NSF Career Award for his research proposal Enabling the Design of Versatile Hybrid Materials using Polymerization-Induced Nanostructural Transitions.

Congratulations to Tylene Hilaire, who has passed her Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination.

Sincere congratulations to Dr. Robert Hickey, who is honored to receive the 2019 PMSE Young Investigator Award, which is given to early-career leaders who have made significant contributions in polymer materials science and engineering.