PPST Alumni/ae

Since 1990, over 100 students of MIT’s Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering have graduated from the Program in Polymer Science and Technology. Our graduates now occupy a diverse array of research, academic, and industrial leadership positions, as shown in the following sample listing:
Denise A. Barrera, Chemistry ’93 3M Occupational Health & Safety Division	Christian C. Honeker, Materials Science ’97, St. Gobain Performance Plastics
Haskell W. Beckham, Chemistry ’91 Faculty, Georgia Tech School of Textile and Fiber Engineering	Darrell J. Irvine, Materials Science ’00 Faculty, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Anuj Bellare, Chemical Engineering ’92 Faculty, Harvard Medical School	*Jinsang Kim*, Materials Science ’01 Faculty, University of Michigan, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Jeffrey D. Carbeck, Materials Science ’96 Faculty, Department of Chemical Engineering Princeton University	Peter Kofinas, Materials Science ’94 Faculty, University of Maryland, Department of Chemical Engineering
Vanessa Z. Chan, Materials Science ’00 McKinsey Associates	Gareth H. McKinley, Chemical Engineering ’91 Faculty, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
Michael J. Fasolka, Materials Science ’00 Deputy Director, Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology	Uchu Mukai, Materials Science ’95 Bridgestone Corporation/Japan
Stephen Hans Foulger, Materials Science ’96 Faculty, Clemson University School of Materials Science and Engineering	Mary Lynn Realff, Mechanical Engineering ’92 Faculty, Georgia Tech School of Textile and Fiber Engineering
Samuel P. Gido, Chemical Engineering ’93 Faculty, University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Polymer Science and Engineering	Anne-Valerie G. Ruzette, Materials Science ’00 CNRS/UMR
Jason A. Gratt, Materials Science ’99 Millennium Pharmaceuticals	Stephanie Simmons, Chemical Engineering, ’95 Thomas Candescent, Inc.
Paula T. Hammond, Chemical Engineering ’93 Faculty, MIT Department of Chemical Engineering	Premnath Venugopalan, Chemical Engineering ’97 National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
Erik S. Handy, Chemistry ’99 Triton Systems	Joyce Y. Wong, Materials Science ’94 Faculty, Boston University