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M-WET Team wins the Team Science Competition at the DOE PI Meeting

Aug. 13, 2025
The M-WET team at the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science 2025 EFRC-Hub-CMS-CCS Principal Investigators Meeting won the Student and Postdoc Team Science Award for "Towards Rational Design of Tougher SNIPS Membranes for Water and Energy Systems".
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CAREER Award-winning Joshua Moon comes full circle with NSF

July 8, 2025
Alumnus Joshua Moon "recently won a coveted National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award, the foundation’s premier honor recognizing rising academic leaders. The award will support Moon’s research on membrane-based separation processes and creating new ways to reduce energy consumption through chemical engineering."
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Alumnus Josh Moon is awarded an NSF CAREER Grant

June 11, 2025
Alumnus Josh Moon receives NSF CAREER Grant: "Engineering high performance gas separation membranes through versatile control of polymer structure and dynamics"
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M-WET Students Win Big at NAMS 2025

June 2, 2025
M-WET students had a great showing at the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) 2025 Conference in Nashville, TN, with three graduate students placing in the Process, Modeling, and Materials poster categories, and three undergraduates sweeping the Undergraduate poster category!
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Dr. Berkin Dörtdivanlıoğlu receives the 2025 National Science Foundation CAREER Award

April 21, 2025
Berkin Dörtdivanlıoğlu receives the prestigious 2025 NSF (National Science Foundation) CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award! His dedication to pioneering research and education continues to push the boundaries of innovation.
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Meng Wang honored with the GEOC Early Career Award

March 28, 2025
Dr. Meng Wang was honored with the GEOC Early Career Award by the ACS Geochemistry Division for his presentation, "Comprehensive Analysis of Ion Pairing and Solvation in Monovalent Sulfate Salts: Insights from Raman and Dielectric Spectroscopy" at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring 2025 Conference in San Diego, California.
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Rachel Segalman elected Fellow of the AAAS

March 27, 2025
Professor Rachel Segalman has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for her "distinguished contributions advancing the discipline of chemistry by identifying fundamental polymer-ion interactions and the development of design rules for materials for energy and environmental applications."
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Craig Hawker wins the 2025 Herman F. Mark Polymer Chemistry Award

March 14, 2025
Our heartiest congratulations to Professor Craig Hawker of UCSB on his being selected as the winner of the 2025 Herman F. Mark Polymer Chemistry Award. This award is the highest recognition the ACS Polymer Division offers.
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Greg Su - ACS 2025 PMSE Early Investigator Awardee

March 4, 2025
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Greg Su for his recognition as a 2025 PMSE Early Investigator Awardee from the American Chemical Society. This distinction highlights the accomplishments of early career researchers who are making an impact in the field of Polymer Science and Engineering.
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Cameron McKay wins Second Place in the 2025 UT CAEE Graduate Student Poster competition

Feb. 27, 2025
Congratulations to Cameron McKay for winning Second Place in the 2025 UT CAEE (Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering) Graduate Student Poster competition for his poster entitled “Drinking Water Quality in Rural Alaska: A Socioeconomic Assessment”.