Kerry Candlen has successfully defend her Master thesis, ” Accelerated Degradation of Biodegradable Mulch Films Produced from Soy-filled Polymer Resins.” Congratulations, Kerry!
Madison Reed won the 2nd place of undergraduate poster presentation entitled with “Plastics Crash Course: An Online Forum for Teaching Plastics Recycling Through Graphics” in ASEE Northeast Conference. Congratulations, Maddie!
Shawn Martey was selected to present in Soft Matter for All Workshop hosted by Princeton University Center for Complex Materials (NSF funded research center).
Evan Yu won the New England Rubber and Plastics Group Davis Scholarship. Congratulations, Evan!
Madison Reed was chosen as 1 of the 10 Women in Defense Scholars in the country. Big congratulations, Maddie!
Akif Haque was recognized as an outstanding teaching assistant.
Gregory Reimonn, Madison Reed, and Demetre Fontaine presented a virtual poster, Microplastics: Biodegradation, Community, and Engagement, in New England Water Environment Association Student Poster Competition.
Congratulations to Kerry Candlen and Madison Reed on receiving SPE scholarship.
Congratulations to Kerry Candlen on receiving RISE graduate fellowship.
Congratulations to David Nguyen on his immersive scholarship presentation about his work Flame Retardants and Life Cycle Analysis.
Congratulations to Nicholas Farfaras on presenting his work Biodegradable Mulch Film from Soy Waste in the AICHE Sustainable Packaging Symposium conference.
Congratulations to Taofeng Lu and Gregory Reimonn on presenting their projects focusing on formulating safer solvents for conformal coating removal. This project is sponsored by TURI.
Dr. Chen was invited by by the French Embassy and the US National Council for Science and Environment to speak on Plastic Waste Policy before the French National Assembly Office for Evaluating Scientific and Technology Choices.
Dr. Chen presented her awarded project in REMADE annual member meeting.
Dr. Chen's proposal Safer Coating Strippers: Substitution of Methylene Chloride was awarded by the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI). More details can be found by clicking the image in the left-hand side.
Dr. Chen’s work on biocrude oil was highlighted by UMASS.
Dr. Chen's proposal Chemical Recycling of Mixed Plastics and Valuable Metals in the Electronic Waste Using Solvent-Based Processing was awarded by Remade Institute.
Greg Reimonn was highlighted by UMASS as a receipt of Honors College student fellowship. His work in Chen’s Group was discussed in the linked article.
Dr. Chen's Lab settled in ETIC (The Mark and Elisia Saab Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center).
Dr. Chen's work about plastic conversion was published on ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
Dr. Chen's work about biomass conversion was published on Nature Sustainability.
Dr. Chen started as Assistant Professor in UMASS Lowell.