Former UT Austin graduate student, Jovan Kamcev, will receive The Henkel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Polymer Science and Engineering. This award is given to recognize a graduate student or recent graduate who has completed an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in polymeric research. The award consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $2,000 which will be presented at the POLY/PMSE award symposium at the Fall National American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting on Chemistry & Water, August 25-29, 2019, in San Diego, California.
Melanie Merrick Wins Department Poster Award
Melanie Merrick attended the Graduate and Industry Networking (GAIN) event and presented a research poster. She “had some great talks with the representatives from Dow and Sandia National Labs and even won an award for the top McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering poster!” Her colleague, Phiwat Klomkaew, provided the photo.