The RadTech Technology Expo and Conference was held May 16-18 at the Hyatt Regency, O’Hare, Chicago. Billed as the world’s largest event dedicated to the educational, technical, and
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Julie Jessop, associate professor, served on the RadTech 2016 Technical Conference Review Committee.
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Sara Kaalberg, graduate research assistant, presented a short course on “Combining oxiranes and oxetanes to enhance kinetics and improve physical properties.”
Jon Scholte, graduate research assistant, presented a session on “Controlled monomer architecture for property enhancement in photocured thin films.”
Sage Schissel, graduate research assistant, presented on "Dose rate effects in electron-beam initiated polymerization."
Chemical engineering students collaborated with Professor Brad Dicharry and his graphic art students in submitting posters for the RadTech 2016 competition. Austin Smoldt-Saenz placed first and Maria Padron placed second. The College of Engineering's NEXUS Office helped facilitate the collaboration between the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and Graphic Design Students.