Research Highlights

Welcome to the Shull Group Homepage! To learn more about our work on polymer interfaces and on the mechanics of soft, polymeric materials, click on the links in the menu above. The "Research" link is a brief description of our work. Abstracts of our publications (and many pdf files from the published papers) can be accessed through the "Publications" link, which is the best way to get the details.

----- Current Research Areas -----
Adhesion and Interfacial Properties of Soft Solids
Self-Assembling Polymer Gels
Biomaterials
Polymer/Nanoparticle Composites

----- For Prospective Students -----

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Recent Group News

October 2009: The Shull Group welcomes Chya Yan Liaw as the newest graduate student member.

August 2009: Thanks to our summer researchers Jennifer Jackson (RET) and Divinejoy Akparanta (REU) for a fun and productive few weeks in our group!

May 2009: Congratulations to Andy Schoch and Michelle Seitz for successfully defending their Ph.D. theses!

May 2009: Congratulations to Michelle Seitz for receiving an award during the 2009 Hilliard Symposium!

April 2009: Professor Ken Shull has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award for 2009-10. He will be spending time at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí in San Luis Potosí, México doing research on the assembly of macromolecules at interfaces.
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