ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/Main Page Template.dwt" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" --> <head> <title>Polymers and Composites Research Group</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body { margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; } .style2 {font-size: x-small} .style3 {font-size: 9px} --> </style> </head> <body> <table width="875" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align=center> <img src="images/main_title.gif" alt="" name="Head" width="801" height="87" align="top"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"> <table bgcolor=white align=left width="160" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr><td height=40></td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><p align=center><a href="Otaigbe/OtaigbePersonalPage.htm">Group Leader:<br>Prof. Dr. Joshua Otaigbe</a></p> </th> </tr> <tr><td> <p align="center"> <a href="GroupMembers/members.htm"><img src="images/members.gif" width="144" height="20" border="0" vspace="1" align="middle"></a><br> <a href="ResearchFacilities/researchfacilities.htm"><img src="images/facilities.gif" width="144" height="21" border="0" vspace="1"></a><br> <a href="Publication/publications.htm"><img src="images/publications.gif" width="144" height="20" border="0" vspace="1"></a><br> <a href="Courses/courses.htm"><img src="images/courses.gif" width="144" height="20" border="0" vspace="1"></a><br> <a href="PolymerDemos/polymer_demos.htm"><img src="images/demos.gif" width="144" height="20" border="0" vspace="1"></a><br> <a href="Links/links.htm"><img src="images/links.gif" width="144" height="20" border="0" vspace="1"></a><br> <a href="WhatIsNew/what_is_new.htm"><img src="images/new.gif" width="144" height="20" border="0" vspace="1"></a><br> <a href="ProjectUpdate/projectupdate.htm"><img src="images/update.gif" width="144" height="20" border="0" vspace="1"></a><br> <a href="home_page.htm"><img src="images/mainpage.gif" width="144" height="20" vspace="1" border="0"></a> </p> </td></tr> <tr><th> <span class="style3"> <div align=center> <a href="http://www.usm.edu/polymer/">School of Polymers and High Performance Materials</a> <br> <br> Questions or comments?<br> <a href="mailto:joshua.otaigbe@usm.edu">Email us!</a> </div> <br> <br> <tr> <th scope="row"><p><a href="http://www.usm.edu"><img name="USMlogo" src="images/usm-logo.gif" width="144" height="46" alt="" border=0><a></p></th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="http://www.mrsec.org"><img src="images/mrsec.jpg" width="146" height="73" border="0"></a></th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="http://www.pslc.ws/macrog/index.htm"><img src="images/macrogalleria.gif" alt="" name="Macrogalleria" width="144" height="55" border=0></a></th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="http://www.nsf.gov/index.jsp"><img src="images/nsf.gif" width="144" height="30" border="0"></a></th> </tr> <tr><th><br></th> </tr> <tr><th> <!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> <div align="center"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=379110; 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font-family: ; font-family: Arial;"Comic Sans MS";"> <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS""> Collaborative Research: Molecular Structure and Phase Separation Behavior of Novel Phosphate-glass / Polymer Hybrids Studied by Advanced Solid-state NMR and Rheometry Methods <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0652350" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;" target="_blank">NSF #0652350</a> </span></li> <li style="font-size: large; font-family: ; font-family: Arial;"Comic Sans MS";"> <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS""> New Nanostructured Polyurethane/POSS Hybrid Films With Enhanced Benefits <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0752150" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;" target="_blank">NSF #0752150</a> </span></li> <li style="font-size: large; font-family: ; font-family: Arial;"Comic Sans MS";"> <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS""> U.S.-Switzerland Cooperative Research and Education: Rheology, Morphology and Modeling of New Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0436384" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;" target="_blank">NSF #0436384</a> </span></li> <li style="font-size: large; font-family: ; font-family: Arial;"Comic Sans MS";"> <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS""> Novel Approaches to Nanostructured Polymer Blends With Enhanced Benefits <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0317646" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;" target="_blank">NSF #0317646</a> </span></li> <li style="font-size: large; font-family: ; font-family: Arial;"Comic Sans MS";"> <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS""> IGERT - Entrepreneurship at the Interface of Polymer Science and Medicinal Chemistry <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0333136" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: medium;" target="_blank">NSF #0333136</a> </span></li> <li style="font-family: font-family: Arial; font-size: large; font-family: Arial;"Comic Sans MS"; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: large;"> Medium-Range Order in Polymeric Phosphate Glasses </span> <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0309115" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: large;">NSF</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: large;">#0309115</span></a> </li> <li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;""> Generation, Characterization, and Modeling of Structure and Properties of Polymer Blend Nano- and Microparticles <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0242754" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">NSF #0242754</a> </li> </ul> </div> </td></tr> </table> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> </td></tr> <tr><td align=center> <img src="images/bar.gif" width="800" height="5"> </td></tr> </div> </td></tr> <tr><td height=80 align="center" valign="top"> <p class="style2" align="center"> <strong> The University of Southern Mississippi<br> </strong> School of Polymers and High Performance Materials</a><br> Otaigbe Research Group<br> <span class="style3">Content Copyright 2004 - PCRG<br> Last updated: March, 2011 By Jin Katena<br> </a></span></td> </tr></p> <p></p> </td></tr> </table> </body> <!-- InstanceEnd --> </html>