Department of Polymer Science

 
College of Polymer Science & Polymer Engineering

Outstanding Alumni Award & Symposium

September 28, 2007

Award Recipient:  Suat Hong Goh, Ph.D. 1971

We are proud of the accomplishments of our faculty, alumni, and current students, many of whom have become leaders in polymer research and development in industry and academe.  Each year a Department of Polymer Science alumnus is chosen to be recognized and receive the Outstanding Alumni Award and is honored at a symposium during the fall semester featuring a lecture presentation by the awardee along with other alumni.

Suat Hong Goh received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Nanyang University, Singapore, in 1964. He then pursued his graduate study in polymer chemistry at The University of Akron under a Singapore government scholarship. After receiving his M.S. degree in 1966, he joined Nanyang University as a lecturer. He came back to Akron in 1968 to continue his Ph.D. study under Professor Maurice Morton. He re-joined Nanyang University in 1971. He has been with the National University of Singapore since 1980 and is currently a professor in the Department of Chemistry. He was a visiting fellow at the University of Texas at Austin (1980/81), Pennsylvania State University (1987/88) and the University of Southern Mississippi (1992). 

Professor Goh’s recent research interests focus on polymer blends, fullerene-end-capped polymers and polymer/carbon nanotubes nanocomposites. He has published 300 research papers, 110 conference papers and 4 book chapters. He also holds two patents. Among the awards he has received include the Singapore National Science Award in 1997, the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Achievement Award in 1998, and the FACS (Federation of Asian Chemical Societies) Citation Award in 2003. He was conferred a degree of Doctor of Science by the National University of Singapore in 1993. He has won eleven National University of Singapore teaching awards.

Professor Goh is married to Tong Hua (Theresa) Yang and their son Lek Ping is an accountant. 

(UA Dissertation Title - 1971:   Mechanical properties of styrene-diene-styrene block polymers

                  Symposium Agenda  2007    

9:00 - 9:30 am:   Check-In and Refreshments  

9:30 - 9:45:   Welcome and Opening Remarks, Dr. Mark D. Foster Department Chair, Polymer Science; Professor of Polymer Science; Associate Director, Akron Global Polymer Academy, The University of Akron

9:45 - 10:15:   Donald Paul, Ernest Cockrell, Sr. Chair in Engineering; Director, Department of Chemical Engineering and Texas Materials Institute, University of Texas at Austin

"Polyolefin Nanocomposites:  Structure and Properties"

10:15 - 10:45: Rahmi Ozisik, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

"Thermal Transport In Carbon Nanotube Composites"

(Break)

11:00 - 11:30:  Christopher Li, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University

"Soft Material Decorated Carbon Nanotubes"

11:30 - 12:00:  Rong-Ming Ho, Professor of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University

"Self-assembly of Chiral Block Copolymers"

12:00 - 12:30:  Suat Hong Goh, Professor of Chemistry, National University of Singapore

"Mechanical Reinforcement of Polymers using Polymer-Grafted Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes"

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     Past Award Recipients

2006 - Robson Storey (Ph.D. 1983)

2005 - Sharell Mikesell (Ph.D. 1971)

2004 - Karl G. Kempf (Ph.D. 1977)

2003 - Frank N. Kelley (Ph.D. 1961)

2002 - Russell A. Livigni (Ph.D. 1960)

2001 - Nissim Calderon (Ph.D. 1962)

2000 - Lewis Fetters (Ph.D. 1962)

1997 - James McGrath (Ph.D. 1967)