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Congratulations Dr. Rivera!

Group member Lucille Verster Rivera successfully defended her PhD dissertation on “Unraveling the Degradation Mechanisms and Screening of Microplastic Release from Synthetic and Biobased Polymer...

Toprak completes his Prelim!

Toprak Eraslan, a second-year graduate student, completed his preliminary oral exam on this month. His presentation was on “3D Printable Particle Stabilized Foams for Impact...

Byeunggon wins 2025 CBE Art and Image Contest

Congratulations to Byeunggon Kim for winning 2nd place in the The 2025 CBE Research Art & Image Contest! Congratulations to our winner and to everyone...

Velev Group at ACS Spring 2025!

Our fourth-year member Mesbah Ahmad gave an oral presentation at the ACS Spring 2025 Conference in San Diego, California! His talk focused on how plasticization...

New PhDs join Velev Group!!

Saba Taheri and Seong hyeon park (Parker) joined the group as new PhD students!Saba‘s research focuses on capturing CO₂ from the air for applications in...

Congratulations Dr. Petrecca!

Group member Mike Petrecca successfully defended his PhD dissertation on “Applications of Polymers at Electrified Interfaces: 1) Hierarchical Shear-Derived Battery Components 2) Characterization of Polyester...