Alumni

Name	Year	Current Position	Current Institution
Chang Tian	2020	Senior Engineer	Moderna
Chet Markwalter	2020	Senior Research Scientist	Optimeos Life Sciences
Victoria Lee	2019	Research Engineer	Solvay Specialty Polymers
Chris Chen	2017	Senior Assistant Director	Columbia University
Jack (Hoang) Lu	2017	Scientist	Johnson & Johnson
Nathalie Pinkerton	2014	Assistant Professor	New York University
Carlos Figueroa	2014	Research Scientist	Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Suzanne D'Addio	2012	Director	Merck
Siyan Zhang	2011	Director	Merck
Varun Kumar	2011	Senior Analyst	SilverArc Capital
Brian Figura	2010	Product Manager	The Lubrizol Corporation
Stephanie Budijono	2010	Co-Founder	Hastke Inc.
Marian Gindy	2008	Executive Director	Merck
Jack Tinsley	2007	Innovation Manger	BASF
Lin Fu	2007	Director	Saint-Gobain
Ying Liu	2007	Associate Professor	University of Illinois at Chicago
Walid Saad	2007	Associate Professor	American University of Beirut
Debra Auguste	2005	Professor	Northeastern University
Wanwipa Siriwatwechakul	2005	Assistant Director	Sirindhorn International Instittute of Technology
Brian Johnson	2003	Executive Director	Merck
Jim Huey Lee	2003	Production Research	ExxonMobil
Bing-Shiou Yang	2002	Director	Boehringer Ingelheim
Yu Cheng	2001	Global Head	Nestle
Srividya Ramakrishnan	2001	Vice President	Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
Vera Smith-Romagnoli	2001
Evdokia Achilleos	1999	Senior Project Adviser	EASME
Rajeev Garg	1998	VP of Marketing	CooperVision
Glen Mandigo	1998	Vice President	MIAC Analytics
Sunny Panmai	1997	Executive Director	WuXi AppTec
Mark Anklam	1996	Department Chair	California Baptist University
Blake Goff	1996	Principal	BG Biotech Consulting
Anahí Grosse-Sommer	1996		BASF
Jeanlynn Mets	1996	Business Developer	KME Engineering
Anant Mahale	1996
Subramanian Kesavan	1994	Senior Staff Scientist	Solvay
John Katz	1994
Kurt Koelling	1993	Professor	Ohio State University
Yu Ling Yin	1993
John Bowers	1991
Maria Santore	1990	Professor	University of Massachusetts
Douglas Hirt	1989	Professor	Clemson University
Bruce Lawrey	1988	Consultant
Jeffrey Sugarman	1988
Ann Sanae Yoshimura	1988
Jeff Kramer	1987	Chief Executive Officer	SWM International
Greg Besio	1986	Executive Vice President	Aon
David Hoagland	1986	Department Head	University of Massachusetts
Edward Chan	1985	CEO	Groundstar, LLC
Dimitris Collias	1985	Research Fellow	Procter & Gamble
Jonathan Uhl	1983
Dennis J. Massa	1983

Masters Students:
Chen, Long (2014).
Franco, David. Multi-Lamellar Vesicles and Drug Delivery (2007). Current: Sandia National Labs.
Pahwa, JD. Flow Field Fracturation.
Song, Lucy. Polyelectrolyte Complexes.

Undergraduate Students:
Moffat, John E. “Environmental Remediation of Deepwater Oil Spills: The Effects of Surfactant Structure on Oil Droplet Formation” (2013)
Youngblood, Richard L. "Synthesis and Characterization of Gel Microparticles for Lung Cancer Delivery" (2013)
Ramasubramani, Vyas "Flocculation Depletion in a Dual Delivery System for the Treatment of Lung Cancer" (2013)
Lee, Michael (2013)
Tien, Daniel (2013)
Ellis, Ryan “Nanoparticle Delivery of Radionuclides for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications”(2012)
Rees, Amanda (2012)
Zhang, Stacy Wenjun "Gel Microparticle Drug Delivery System For Lung Cancer Treatment" (2012)
Li, May "Controlled Release Of Lipoic Acid Via Dual-Stage Encapsulation Of Therapeutic Nanoparticles In Polymer Hydrogel For Lung Cancer Drug Delivery" (2012)
Squires, Jack (2012)
Tse, Jennifer (2012)
Martin, Jason (2011)
Keaton, Michael (2011)
Baldassano, Steven (2011)
Liao, Yi (2011)
Hasbani, Meir
Huang, Felix
Jahnke, Justin
Chopko, Caroline
Herceg, Tomi
Etessami, Nathan, “Oswald Ripening of Nanoparticles” (2006).
O’Neil, Christopher, “Self-healing Nanofilled Materials “ (2006).
Russ, Boris, “Drug Release from Nanoparticles” (2006).
Hudacek, Kristin, “Estradiol-Vitamin E Succinate Prodrugs for Nanoparticles” (2005)
Beattie, Patrick, “Nanoparticle Synthesis and Formation” (2004).
Pauly, Thomas, “Synthesis of Hydrophobically Modified Polymers” (2004).
Whitaker, James, “Triggered Deprotection of Liposomes” (2003).
Brown, Kirk M., “The Degradation and Molecular Interactions of Guar and Hydroxypropyl Guar” (2002).
Bochkis, Irina, “Solubility of Beta Carotene in Mixed Solvent Systems and Stability of Organic Nanoparticles for Pharmaceutical Formulations” (2001).
Boon, Kathleen H., “ Phase Behavior of Interactions Between Hydrophobically Modified Anionic Polymers and Catanionic Vesicles” (2001).
Plata, Amanda C., “Investigation of Micromixing in a Vortex Mixer Evaluated by Competitive Reactions”(2001).
Krasik, Ellen, (2000).
Pagnotto, Michael R., “The Effects of Ceramic Implant Pore Size on Osteoblast Development” (2000).
Rea, Susan M., “Multilayer Polymer Coatings and Enzyme Interactions for Enhanced Bone Graft Design” (2000).
So, Gary, “Liposome Surface Coverage by Hydrophobically-Modified Poly(ethylene glycol)” (2000).
Barrett, Dana T., “The Effects of the Physical Properties of Emulsions, Newtonian Solutions, and Polymeric Solutions on the Atomization of Liquid Sheets” (1999).
DeBernard, Rebecca M., “Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polyacrylic Acid-Borate Polymers for Oil Recovery Operations” (1999).
Hwang, Melinda L., “Effect of Poly(PEG8000-lysine-stearylamide), C16-PEG-C16, and Hydrophobically-modified Polyacrylic Acid on the Stability of Phosphatidylserine/ Phosphatidylethanolamine composite Liposomes Under Calcium Ion Induced Rupture” (1999).
Quinn, Donovan S., “Deformation Behavior of PolyAcrylic Acid Gels in Applied Electric Fields” (1999).
Tsuda, Naoya, “Capillary Electrophoresis of Polysaccharides” (1999).
Akinc, Akin B., “Synthesis and Characterization of L3 Phase Templated Silicate Gels” (1998).
Lestina, Todd A., “Application of Guar Polymers in Agricultural Spraying” (1998).
McCowen, Sara A., “Viscoelastic Properties of an Anionic/Zwitterionic Surfactant System” (1998).
Mwamufiya, Ihemba Mujinga, “Phase Behavior and Viscoelastic Properties of High and Low Molecular Weight Guar Mixtures with Xanthan” (1998).
Freeman, Joseph W., “The Formation of High Molecular Weight Polymers with Smaller Polymers; Crosslinking Guar with Starch and Cationic Guar with Anionic Guar” (1997).
Lieu, Eric J., “Extensional Thickening Polymer Fluids for Agricultural Spraying Applications” (1997).
Rabinowitz, Aaron B., “Synthesis and Characterization of Polymerized Sponge Phase Silicates for Use as Bone Replacement Materials” (1997).
Struck, Kara, “Protein Diffusioin Through Polymerized Cubic Phase Gels” (1997).
Cukras, Catherine-Ann, “The Immobilization of Subtilisin Carlsberg in Kappa-Carrageenan Beads for Use in Non-Aqueous Solvents” (1996).
Little, Jessica L., “Synthesis and Characterization of Porous Gels Via Polymerization of the Surfactant Cubic Phase” (1996).
Long, Carl D., “An Analysis of Osmotic Pressure and Chromium Crosslinking in Polyacrylic Acid Gel” (1996).
Altreuter, David H., “Development and Characterization of Konjac Glucomannan as a Novel Gel for DNA Electrophoresis” (1995).
Barna, Caroline M., “Comparison of Rushton Turbines, Prochem Hydrofoil Impellers, and Lightnin’ A315 Hydrofoil Impellers” (1995)
Krishnan, Rajesh, “Development of Microcarrier Process Techniques for the Culturing of Chick Embryo Fibroblasts” (1994).
Whiteley, Timothy N., “The Gelation Mechanism of Konjac Glucomannan” (1994).
Chuang, Kenneth Hsu-Ping, “Elongational Viscosity of Structured Fluids” (1993).
Granzow, Joachim W., “Investigation into Optimal Vial Freezing and Lyophilization Techniques for Merck & Co. Products” (1993).
Timberlake, Susan A., “Microfiltration of Escherichia coli Fermentation Broths” (1993).
Speed, Margaret A., “Biochemical Engineering Experiments for an Undergraduate Laboratory” (1991).
Ware, Michael H.E., “Microstructure Characterization of Water Swellable Gels” (1990).
Hsu, James, “Delayed High Temperature Release of Peroxides for Breaking Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Gels”  (1989).
Martin, James K., “The Effect of Polymer Adsorption on the Rheology of Silica Gels” (1989).
Kaiser, Jocelyn C., “Chromium(III)-Polyacrylamide Binding Interactions as Measured by Gel Dialysis and Electrochemical Techniques” (1988).
Mehrabi, Reza M., “Polymeric Gels in Porous Media under Applied Pressures” (1988).
Chow, Lorraine L., “The Effect of Flow on the Dissolution of Photoresists” (1987).
Goodrich, Karen A., “Mechanical Properties of Polyacrylamide Gels” (1987).
Haggerty, Lorie, “The Affect of Molecular Weight on Diffusion in Polyacrylamide Gels” (1987).
Johnson, Christopher A., A Study in Biochemical Separations” (1987).
O’Sullivan, Sean P., “Rheology of Slurries:  A Modeling Theory and the Effects of Polymer Adsorption”  (1987).
Moening, Paul F., “An Investigation of Slip-Layer Characteristics of Highly Concentrated Emulsions by Streaming Potential – Streaming Current Techniques” (1986).
Rosedale, Jeffrey H., “Concentration Polarization Control in the Ultrafiltration of Polymer Solutions” (1986).
Lin, Richard J., “Transient Electric Birefringence Studies on Some Water-soluble Macromolecules:  A Look at Field-Free Relaxation Behavior” (1985).
Chiang, Justin N., “Production of Monodisperse Polymer Spheres” (1984).
Oyler, George A., “An Automated System for Foam Bubble Size Characterization” (1984).
Tsen, David W., “Automation of a Four-Bulb Capillary Viscometer and the Measurement of the Intrinsic Viscosities of Polyacrylamide” (1984).
Chetty, Arun, “Foam Flow Through Porous Media” (1983).
Larson, Karen A., “Separations of High Molecular Weight Water Soluble Polymers by Means of Hydrodynamic Chromatography” (1983).
Lee, Brian M., “Foam Flow Through a Porous Media” (1983).
Vrescak, Warren D., “Immiscible Displacement During Flow Through Porous Media” (1983).
Berggren, Mark A., “Streaming Potential and Emulsion Flow Through Thin Capillaries” (1982).
Clapp, Jr., Ray M., “Characteristics of Agitated Liquid-Liquid Dispersions in the Presence of Aqueous Polymer Solutions” (1982).
Fan, Perry A., “Foam Rheology” (1982).
Collins, Lance R., “Rheological Characterization of Foams” (1981).
Shaqfeh, Eric, “An Investigation of the Power Requirements for Newtonian and Viscoelastic Fluid Mixing” (1981).
Roat, Robert E., The Effect of Electrostatic Charging on the Breakup of Fluid Jets” (1980).
Misirliyan, Ared, “Ultrasonic Induced Bubble Agglomerations in Polymeric Liquids” (1979).