Year

Awardee

Affiliation

Citation

2001

Jianli Wang

Virginia Tech

Switchable Surface Properties and Interfacial Adhesion Control on Novel CFABC Polymer Brush Modified Surfaces

2002

Adam Feinberg

University of Florida

Quantifying Inter-Cellular Forces in Bio Adhesion:  Examination of Sialyl Lewis X and Selectin Interactions with Atomic Force Microscopy

2003

Xiaohong Gu

NIST/UMKC

Quantifying Inter-Cellular Forces in Bio Adhesion:  Examination of Sialyl Lewis X and Selection Interactions with Atomic Force Microscopy

2004

Gary P. Harp

The University of Akron

Molecular Structure and Adhesion Hysteresis at Polystyrene/Comb Polymer Interfaces

2005

Carl Aronson

Kettering University

New Pathways for Modifying the Surface of High Density Polyethylene:  Photochemical Functionalization and Subsequent Surface Chemistry

2006

Charles Rand

University of Massachusetts – Amherst

Adhesion-Induced Instabilities in Polymer Friction, Charles Rand and Alfred Crosby

2007

Aline Granier

NIST

Polyurethane Composites Reinforced by Isocyanate-functionalized Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon NanoFibers

2008

Kathryn Otim

Northwestern University

Gel Fracture at High Stresses:  The Effects of Sol Fraction