Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TexasWelcome to Greg McKenna's 'Polymers and Condensed Matter Physics Group'

Student News

Kipchirchir A. Boit gets the 2nd place in the student paper presentation competition  in the 2006 AICHE Southwest conference (To view abstract click here)

Shankar Subramanian gets the honorable mentioned award for his poster at 2006 International Polyolefin Meeting, SPE South Texas ( To view poster click here )

Jian Wang gets the honorable mentioned award for his poster at 2005 International Polyolefin Meeting, SPE south Texas ( To view poster click here )

• Gordon Research Conference- Elastomers, Network and Gels

           Qin Qian (2005)
         Jian Wang (2005)

• International Polyolefin Meeting, SPE south Texas (Houston)

        Changping Sui (2005)

        Jian Wang (Honorable mentioned award) (2005)
        Lameck Banda (2006)

        Shankar Kollengodu-Subramanian (Honorable         

        mentioned award) (2006)

• The Texas and Southwest Thermal Analysis and Rheology Forum (NaTex) Section of the North American Thermal Analysis Society

   

  Xiangfu Shi (2004,Dallas,Tx)

  Stephen Hutcheson (2004,Dallas,Tx)

  Stephen Hutcheson (2005, Dallas, Tx)

   

• Society of Rheology

       Xiangfu Shi (2002,Minneapolis, Mn)

       Lameck Banda (2005, Lubbock, Tx)

Programs

• Programs for European Physical Journal E comment

Theses

• Effect of moisture on the dimensional and viscoellastic properties of glassy polymers. (Yong Zheng)
• Microscopic origins of the normal force responses of the glassy polymers in the subyield range of deformation ( For more info contact Anny Flory)
• Rheology of complex fluids: Mechanical hole burning spectoscopy and organic complex fluids. (For more info contact Xiangfu Shi)

Photos of various group activities

• Natex2004
• Society of Rheology2005                               

Awards

Kipchirchir A. Boit gets the 2nd place in the student paper presentation competition  in the 2006 AICHE Southwest conference (To view abstract click here)

Recipient of the 2004 North American Thermal Analysis Society's Best Graduate Student Paper Award - Lameck Banda