Rodney Priestley, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2013 Lecture Exchange between the Polymer Physics Group of the Institute of Physics (UK-PPG) and the Division of Polymer Physics of the American Physical Society (DPOLY). Established in 2009 to strengthen ties between DPOLY and the UK-PPG, and awarded every two years to one recipient each from the US and the UK, the Polymer Lecture Exchange allows each of the partner societies
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Rodney Priestley, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was selected as one of “12 rising academic stars who have emerged as leaders in their respective disciplines” nationwide, by the magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. An article in the January 3, 2013 issue of Diverse features extensive quotes from Priestley and coworkers regarding his background, interests, and career philosophy. Click to read either the text-only article, or the
Rodney Priestley, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has received the Howard B. Wentz, Jr. Junior Faculty Award from the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), as announced at the SEAS-wide faculty meeting on May 14. The award of $40,000 in unrestricted research funds is “intended to recognize and assist promising junior faculty members”. Priestley’s research focuses on glassy behavior in polymers, glass formation, adaptive materi
A team led by Rodney D. Priestley, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has demonstrated the formation of ultrastable glassy polymer films, as reported in the April issue of the journal Nature Materials. Using a novel technique dubbed “Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Deposition” (MAPLE), the team deposited films of the common amorphous polymer PMMA (often known by the tradenames Plexiglas® or Lucite®), which show a glass transition temperature (softe
Assistant Professor Rodney Priestley has just been named an Air Force Young Investigator, for his work on Characterization of Nanostructured Polymer Films. This Young Investigator Program (YIP), sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), recognizes scientists and engineers at research institutions across the United States who received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years and show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The o
Rodney Priestley, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Priestley’s project, entitled “Formation of Stable Polymer Glasses”, will explore Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) as a route to produce low-energy, ultra-stable glassy polymer films. The work aims to provide guidelines for the development of polymer glasses with unmatched the
Rodney Priestley, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded a 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant to pursue research on "Exceptionally enhanced molecular packing of amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers".
Rodney Priestley, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, has been honored with the 2009 Quadrant Award First Prize.
We are very pleased to announce that Rodney D. Priestley will be joining the Department of Chemical Engineering as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2009.
