Butler Polymer Research Award

Professor George & Josephine Butler established this award to recognize excellence in graduate student research and education related to polymer chemistry. Competition for the award is quite strong and extends beyond The Butler Polymer Research Laboratory. Candidates are selected from all Department of Chemistry PhD students carrying out their research in polymer chemistry.

1997: Fernando Gomez

1998: Guy Weerasekera, Chris Thomas, and Debra Tindall

1999: Mike Ramey

2000: Jason Smith

2001: Irina Schwendeman and Steve Carino

2002: Stephen E. Lehman, Jr., Timothy E. Hopkins, and Charles “CJ” DuBois

2003: John Sworen

2004: Ben Reeves and Barry Thompson

2005: Travis Baughman

2006: Xiaoyong Zhao

2007: Bob Brookins

2008: James Leonard