Congratulations to Steve Owens, for winning one of the 2011 Safford Awards for Excellence as a Graduate Student Teacher! Steve is now the third member of the group who has won a Safford award.
Steve Owens wins 2011 Stafford Award
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Prof. Hutchison on the Radio
Yesterday, Prof. Hutchison was a guest on The American Entrepeneur radio show, hosted by Ron Morris. He was discussing the group’s recent research on finding optimal polymer photovoltaic materials. You can listen to the segment “Is a Solar-Powered Society Economically Feasible” online.
Optimal Photovoltaic Paper on Cover of J. Phys. Chem. C
Our recent paper is currently featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
J. Phys. Chem. C Cover Art
Demos at the Carnegie Museum
The Hutchison group gave demos of solar cells and piezoelectric electric generation during the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s “Polar Weekend,” focusing on the science of climate change. Continue reading
Effects of Charge Localization on the Orbital Energies of Bithiophene Clusters
Tamika A. Madison, Geoffrey R. Hutchison. “The Effects of Charge Localization on the Orbital Energies of Bithiophene Clusters.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2011 115(35) pp 17558–17563. Available Online.
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Optimal Polymer Photovoltaics
Noel M. O’Boyle, Casey M. Campbell, Geoffrey R. Hutchison. “Computational Design and Selection of Optimal Organic Photovoltaic Materials.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2011 115 (32) pp 16200–16210. Available Online.
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CRDF Seed Fund Awarded
The Hutchison Research Group has been awarded a Central Research Development Fund (CRDF) Seed Grant.
The purpose of these grants is “to enhance opportunities for faculty, especially junior faculty, at the University of Pittsburgh to engage in high-quality research, scholarship, and creative endeavors. The program is intended to provide funding support that cannot be obtained from other sources.”
Adam Talks at Regional Simulator’s Meeting
Graduate student Adam Gagorik gave a talk at PA-OH-WV Simulator’s Meeting about his work on simulations of charge transport in organic semiconductors.
Well done Adam!
Leah, Evan, and Bryan Graduate
Congratulations to undergraduate researchers Leah Seebald, Evan Richards, and Bryan Siegfried for graduating this spring!
Leah, having worked on theoretical and computational projects in the group, is moving on to a job with RedPath Integrated Pathology, Inc.
Evan worked on pthalocyanine synthesis and will soon begin working for Sonneborn Industries on analytical methods.
Bryan worked primarily with the development of phalocyanine derivative synthetic methods and plans to work in chemical or bioscience industry.
Congrats!
Dr. Tamika Madison Defends
Congrats to Dr. Tamika Madison, the group’s first Ph.D. recipient! Tamika defended her dissertation “Electron and Molecular Dynamics: Penning Ionization and Molecular Charge Transfer” on April 12, including work in the Hutchison group as well as work done with the late Prof. Peter Siska. The dissertation is available online.
Congrats to Tamika!