With an overall theme of Energy, The DV group, conducted several chemical demonstrations for kids and their parent at the Fort River Elementary School in Amherst. The event, Science Night, was organized by the Parents Guardian Organization (PGO). The kids were engaged and ecstatic through the presentation. We thank Dr. Read more…
Kyle Reeves received the best presentation award for his talk on P3HT nanoparticle inks at the CVS-ACS meeting held in Trinity College Mather Hall. The award carries an undisclosed sum of money (rumored to be in the hundreds). Kyle also received the ACS-CVS for the best undergraduate chemistry student from Read more…
Sean Fleuriel has received the Bradspies Summer Research Fellowship for 2011 to continue his work on nanoparticle-based solar cells in the DV Group. In addition, he will also receive a Shapiro Scholarship for Fall 2011. Congratulations to Sean on these achievements.
The DV group participated in the ScienceQuest 2011 for area high school students. The event was targeted for tenth and eleventh graders. The intent is for them to visit UMass Amherst, engage in hands-on activities and interact with the faculty. The DV group hosted a demo, in which the students Read more…
DV Group’s graduate student Mr. Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli has been selected to receive a Eugene M. Isenberg Scholar Award for the 2011/2012 academic year. Congratulations Nag! The award was established in 1994 by Eugene M. Isenberg (’50, CEO of Nabors Industries, Inc.) and Ronnie Isenberg to aid UMass Amherst students who Read more…
The following video was made for the EFRC PHasE center at UMass.
Each each, American Chemical Society Connecticut Valley Section Award is given to the outstanding Chemistry Major from UMass. This year’s recipient is Kyle Reeves. The recipient of this award will also deliver a lecture in the ACS annual undergraduate symposium in April. Congratulations Kyle!
Daily Collegian, the UMass student newspaper reported on the research carried out at UMass Amherst on alternate energy. In this report, DV explained the research carried in our group on solar cells.
Few months ago, Chemical and Engineering News had an article on Plastic Solar Cells. This article also discussed our efforts in making an efficient solar cells. Check it out.
We had an awesome meeting with Bill Nye, the science guy. He was giving a talk at UMass and walked into our demonstration. He was excited to learn from our group how to make solar cells from household chemicals. Check out the pictures.