Kesong accepts the certificate of the 2nd runner-up prize from Dr. John Reynolds (right), director of the Georgia Tech Polymer Network.

Richard M. Laine (right), Professor and Director of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at University of Michigan, presents Kesong a memorial medal for the invited talk at the 38th Michigan Macro Symposium.

Professor Vladimir V. Tsukruk (left) received the certificate of the ACS Fellow from the 2013 president of the American Chemical Society, Dr. Marinda Li Wu.

Dr. Irina Drachuk (pictured), a recent PhD graduated from the SEMA lab, has won the Research Associateship Award from the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies and will work at the Air force Research laboratory/Human Performance Wing in Wight-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

Kesong Hu (Left), 1st place in Energy and Electronic Materials, receives the certificate from Prof. Naresh Thadhani, chair of Materials Science and Engineering.

Jeffery Geldmeier (left), 3rd place in Nanomaterials, receives the certificate from the sponsor (General Electric).

Irina Drachuk (sixth in the third row number from the right) took this picture with the ACS  president Tom Barton  (eighth in the first row from the left) after having presented at the 10th Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium in Dallas, March 16, 2014.

“The purposes of this symposium are to provide recognition to outstanding graduate students in polymer science and engineering, to foster networking and exposure, and to help develop the careers of future leaders in our field.” — ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry