The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced that it will establish a prestigious multimillion-dollar research center at Case Western Reserve University, effective August 1. The new NSF Science and Technology Center at Case is named the Center for Layered Polymeric Systems (CLiPS).  Professor Anne Hiltner will serve as principal investigator and director of the center. [July 25, 2006]  [read CASE report] [listen to WKSU report]

Prof. Anne Hiltner is honored for excellence in research and scholarship at the first annual Spotlight Series Awards for Women's Scholarship. [December, 2005]

Prof. Anne Hiltner was selected as the fellow of ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering (PMSE) for 2006.[December, 2005 PMSE website ]

Chad Mueller has been named as Chief Technology Officer of Scholle packaging, [July, 2005] and his story in CASE engineering magazine.[March, 2006].

From Octopus Eye to Tiny Camera [January 4th, 2005 BusinessWeek online]

Plastic eye mimics octopus vision --- Onion-like layers create flexible, lightweight lens. [December 7th, 2004 News@nature.com]

Prof. Anne Hiltner was named Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Macromolecular Science and Engineering. (About Herbert Henry Dow) [Case, 2004]

Prof. Eric Baer was named Leonard Case Professor of Engineering in Macromolecular Science and Engineering.  His previous title was Herbert Henry Dow Professor. (About Leonard Case) [Case 2004]

One-stop research shop: Projects at the Naval Research Laboratory extend from land to sea, air, and space [May 31st 2004, C&EN News]

Polymer layering goes nanoscale: applications for nanolayered polymers abound in the field of optics. [The Value of Research: Case's Inaugural Research Publication, 2004]

Forced assembly of polymer layers produces nanomaterials [ ACS Heart Cut, January 5, 2004]

Prof. Anne Hiltner won the 2004 Outstanding Achievement Award by the Thermoplastics Materials and Foam Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers for her lifetime contributions to the field of structure-property relationships of polymeric materials.[SPE, 2004]

Elizabeth Christenson, PhD candidate, won the Best Poster award from the Surface Characterization and Modification Special Interest Group of the Society for Biomaterials at the World Biomaterial Congress in Sidney Australia, May 17-22, with her poster entitled “Biostability of Poly(ether urethane urea) Containing Modified Dehydroepiandrosterone” [SFB, 2004]

Richard (Yufeng) Liu, PhD candidate, was selected as one of six finalists for the 2004 ICI Student Award in Applied Polymer Science (ACS) with his paper entitled “Interphase Materials by Forced-Assembly of Glassy Polymers”  [ACS, 2004]

Aditya Ranade, PhD candidate, won the Best Paper Award at ANTEC 2004 (Foams Category) Thermoplastic Materials and Foams Division with his paper entitled “Structure-Property Relationships in Coextruded Foam-Film Microlayers” [SPE, 2004]

NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR) highlights CAPRI research on probing nanoscale polymer interactions by forced-assembly.  (the highlight) [NSF, 2003] 

Teresa Bernal, PhD candidate, won the Best Paper Award at  ANTEC 2003 Vinyl Division with her paper entitled “Stepwise Fatigue Crack Propagation in Poly(Vinyl Chloride)” [SPE, 2003]

Jiong Yu, PhD candidate, won the Best Student Paper at  ANTEC 2003 Vinyl Division with his paper entitled “Quasi-Brittle to Ductile Transition in Impact Modified PVC” [SPE, 2003]

Yushan Hu, PhD candidate,  was selected as one of six finalists for the 2003 ICI Student Award in Applied Polymer Science (ACS) with his paper entitled “Structural Model for Permeability of a Liquid Crystalline Polymer”  [ACS, 2003]

Yu Hu, PhD candidate, won the Best Student Paper Award at SPE 2002 Vinyl Division with his paper entitled “Kinetics of Fatigue and Creep Crack Propagation in PVC Pipe”.  He also shared the 2003 Bayer Corporation Fellowship Award with Akshay.  Bayer Award is given by vote of the faculty to the most accomplished senior PhD student in the Department. [2003]

NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR) highlights CAPRI research on crystallization of propylene  in confined nanolayers.  (the highlight) [NSF, 2002]

NSF Division of Materials Research (DMR) highlights CAPRI research on probing the glassy and crystalline state of polymers using gas transport.  (the highlight) [NSF, 2002]

Prof. Hiltner won  Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering Sponsored by the Eastman Kodak Company [ACS PMSE division, 2001]

Prof. Baer was inducted into The Plastics Hall of Fame  more news [June 22, 2000]

Prof. Baer won Roon Foundation Award [Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology and Coatings Industry Education Fund, 1999]

Prof. Baer won Humel Hovorka Prize of Case [Case 1998]

Prof. Baer won Paul J. Flory Education Award of the ACS [ACS, 1997]