2001
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Jianli Wang
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Virginia Tech
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Switchable Surface Properties and
Interfacial Adhesion Control on Novel CFABC Polymer Brush Modified Surfaces
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2002
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Adam Feinberg
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University of Florida
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Quantifying Inter-Cellular Forces
in Bio Adhesion: Examination of Sialyl Lewis
X and Selectin Interactions with Atomic Force Microscopy
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2003
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Xiaohong Gu
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NIST/UMKC
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Quantifying Inter-Cellular Forces
in Bio Adhesion: Examination of Sialyl Lewis
X and Selection Interactions with Atomic Force Microscopy
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2004
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Gary P. Harp
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The University of Akron
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Molecular Structure and Adhesion
Hysteresis at Polystyrene/Comb Polymer Interfaces
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2005
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Carl Aronson
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Kettering University
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New Pathways for Modifying the
Surface of High Density Polyethylene: Photochemical Functionalization
and Subsequent Surface Chemistry
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2006
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Charles Rand
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University of Massachusetts –
Amherst
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Adhesion-Induced Instabilities in
Polymer Friction, Charles Rand and Alfred Crosby
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2007
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Aline Granier
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NIST
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Polyurethane Composites Reinforced
by Isocyanate-functionalized Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon NanoFibers
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2008
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Kathryn Otim
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Northwestern University
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Gel Fracture at High
Stresses: The Effects of Sol Fraction
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2009
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Kar Tean Tan
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NIST
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Impact of Polymer Chemistry on the
Durability of Model Adhesives Supported on SiOx
Substrates In Humid Environments using the Homologous Series of Poly(N-AlkyMethacrylate)s
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2010
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Carsten Wehlack
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Saarland University
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Polyurethane-Metal Interphases
Structure Formation in Ultra-Thin Films Curing in Dry or Humid Air
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2011
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Charles Frihart
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Forest Products Laboratory
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Characterization and performance
of Gum Arabic Binders for 7.62 mm Ammunition
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2012
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Winner
Kerry C. DeMella
|
Virginia Tech
|
Forming Polyelectrolyte
Nanoparticles: Tailoring Size and Shape for Efficient Gene Delivery
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2012
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Runner-Up
Andy Borum,
|
Virginia Tech
|
Analysis of Carbon Nanotubes
and Graphene Nanoribbons with Racket Shapes
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2013
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Winner
Ambrose Taylor
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Imperial College, London
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Quantifying the Dispersion of
Nanoparticles in Adhesives
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2013
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Runner-Up
Qian Li
|
Virginia Tech
|
Finite Element Analysis of Several
T-Peel Specimen Configurations using Cohesive Zone Models
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2014
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Winner
Uyiosa Abusomwan
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Carnegie Mellon University
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Full Contact of a Flat Punch with
a Wavy Adhesive Thin Film
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2014
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Runner-Up
Jenny Genevieve Devaud
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Ball Aerospace and Technology
Corp.
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Surface that Shed Dust:
Unraveling the Mechanisms
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2015
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Winner
Michael Imburgia
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University of Massachusetts
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Scaling-up Wrinkles: Creating
Controlled, Micron-sized Patterns on Meter-sized Surfaces Using a Roll and
Plate Geometry
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2015
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Runner-Up
Travis Thornell
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Purdue University
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2016
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Winner
Horiuchi Sun
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|
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2016
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Runner-Up
Justine Sirrine
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Virginia Tech
|
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2017
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1st Place
Chyi-Huey Yeh Sirrine
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Northwestern University
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2017
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2nd Place
Megan Mulroe Sirrine
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Virginia Tech
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