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6.2.2008: American Coatings Show Best Paper Award for James W. Rawlins
Dr. James W. Rawlins with the first-ever American Coatings Award for his collaborative paper entitled, “Letting Mother Nature Tackle the Dirty Work: The Future of Coatings Additives.”

Yvette 6.2008: 2008 Research Presentation Award
Yvette Abadie presented “Vegetable Oil Macromonomer-Based Latexes and Waterborne Industrial Coatings” at the Mississippi Academy of Sciences in Olive Branch, MS and at the Undergraduate Research Conference at The University of Memphis in Memphis, TN where she won the 2008 Research Presentation Award.

5.27.2008: James Whittemore Recongized for Business Venture Southern Miss students took the top three places in the student division of the Mississippi Technology Alliance Business Plan Competition. Whittemore was awarded third place for his alternative energy company, GreenLight Materials Inc, which enables printed electronics producers to enter the solar-powered consumer portable device market.

5.27.2008: Petal Student Receives Nominations to the AirForce Academy
Michael Audiss, a high-school student mentored by Thames-Rawlins Research Group, received nominations from Sen. Thad Cochran, Rep. Gene Taylor, (Retired) Sen. Trent Lott and President George W. Bush to the Air Force Academy.

Thames-Rawlins Research Group Awards and Achievement

2009 Third Place Poster Presentation for Brandon C. Achord, Southern BioProducts and Renewable Energy Conference, Jackson, MS, May 20-21, 2009.

2008 American Coatings Show Best Paper Award for James W. Rawlins, Michael D. Blanton, Pirro B. Cipi, C. Steven McDaniel, Melinda E. Wales, Juan Carlo Carvajal, co-sponsored by NPCA and Vincentz Network, Charlotte, NC.

2008 Research Presentation Award for Yvette Abadie, Twenty-Seventh Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, sponsored by The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.

2008 Third Place Student Division Competition for James Whittemore, sponsored by Mississippi Technology Alliance, Jackson, MS.

2007 Elias Singer Outstanding Student Paper Award for Micah Black, sponsored by Troy Chemical Company at The Waterborne Symposium-Advances in Intelligent Coatings Design New Orleans, LA.

2006 Rawlins Elected Member-at-Large for the Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering Division Executive Committee, American Chemical Society.

2006 Herman and Myrtle Student Paper Competition Award for E. N. Johnson sponsored by American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists: International Conference and Exhibition, Atlanta, GA.

2006 Elias Singer Outstanding Student Paper Award for Micah Black, sponsored by Troy Chemical Company at the Thirty-Third International Waterborne, High Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium, New Orleans, LA.

2006 Frank C. Naughton Award for Micah Black, American Oil Chemists Society, St. Louis, MO. The Frank C. Naughton Award recognizes the outstanding merit and performance of a student’s research.

2006 AOCS Honored Student Award for Micah Black, sponsored by American Oil Chemists Society, St. Louis, MO.

2005 Zeon Chemical Graduate Student Service Award for Micah Black, Hattiesburg, MS.

2005 Elias Singer Outstanding Student Paper Award for Carolina Quintero, sponsored by Troy Chemical Company at the Waterborne, High Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium, New Orleans, LA.

2005 AOCS Industrial Oil Products Division Student Award for Carolina Quintero, sponsored by the American Oil Chemists Society, Salt Lake City, UT.

2005 Best Academic Polymer Poster, Carolina Quintero, Polyurea Development Association Annual Conference, Gulfport MS.

2004 AOCS Honored Student Award for Carolina Quintero sponsored by American Oil Chemists Society, Cincinnati, OH.

2004 Frank C. Naughton Award for Carolina Quintero sponsored by American Oil Chemists Society, Cincinnati, OH.

2004 First Place AAIC Outstanding Student Presentation Award for Carolina Quintero, Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops, Minneapolis, MN.

2003 First Place Overall Poster Award for Mary Rogers Moore, “Investigation of Monomer Transport in Emulsion Polymerization Utilizing Hydrophobic Monomers,” Mississippi Academy of Sciences Seventy-Seventh Annual Meeting, Hattiesburg, MS.

2003 Elias Singer Outstanding USM Student Paper Award for Keri L. Diamond sponsored by Troy Chemical Company, “Kinetic Investigation of Novel Vegetable Oil Derived Macromonomers in Both Bulk and Emulsion Polymerization,” Thirtieth International Waterborne, High-Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium, New Orleans, LA.

2002-2003 Synetix, ICI Americas Scholarship Award for Catherine Blackwell, American Oil Chemists Society, Champaign, IL.

2002 Zeon Chemical Graduate Student Service Award for Keri Diamond, Hattiesburg, MS.

2001 Elias Singer Best Paper Award for Corey L. King sponsored by Troy Chemical Company, “One-Component, Low VOC, Ambient Cure Architectural Coatings Formulated Using CAM Acrylic Latexes,” Twenty-Eighth International Waterborne, High-Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium, New Orleans, LA.

2000 Zeon Chemical Graduate Student Service Award for Richard Cook, Hattiesburg, MS.

2000 First Place Award for Gregory Booth, James W. Rawlins, and Shelby Thames, Poster Presentation, “Real Time Kinetic Study of Curing in UV-Curable Powder Coatings,” FSCT International Coatings Expo, Chicago, IL.

1999 Second Place Award for Lichang Zhou, Poster Presentation, “Modification of Polyurethane Coatings with Polytrimethylene Carbonate Polyols,” FSCT International Coatings Expo, Dallas, TX.

1999 Student of the Year Award for Richard Cook, Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops, Eugene, OR.

1999 Outstanding Paper Presentation Award for B. Brister and C. L. King, “Emulsion Polymerization of Acrylate Bio-Based Macromonomers,” American Oil Chemists Society, Orlando, FL.

1998 Second Place Award for Richard Cook, Poster Presentation, “Novel Wood Adhesive from Renewable Resources,” New Crops and New Uses: Biodiversity and Agricultural Sustainability, AAIC/NUC Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

1998 Third Place Award for Ramesh Subramanian and James Rawlins, Poster Presentation, “New Impact Modifier for UV Cured Powder Coatings,” FSCT International Coatings Expo, New Orleans, LA.

1998 Second Place Award for Elizabeth Brister, Poster Presentation, “Vinyl-Acrylic Latexes and Subsequent Filming Using Castor-Based Monomer,” FSCT International Coatings Expo, New Orleans, LA.

1998 A.L. Hendry Award for Michael D. Foster, “Chlorinated Maleinized Guayule Rubber as an Adhesion Promoter for Low Energy Surfaces,” FSCT International Coatings Expo, New Orleans, LA.

1998-99 Scholarship Award for Christopher Molaison, The Valspar Corporation, Minneapolis, MN.

1998 Outstanding Paper Presentation Award for Richard Cook, “Soybean Protein Adhesives for the Production of Formaldehyde-free Wood Composites,” AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo, Chicago, IL.

1998 Zeon Chemical Graduate Student Service Award for Elizabeth Brister, Hattiesburg, MS.

1998 AOCS Ralph H. Potts Memorial Fellowship Award for Elizabeth Brister, Chicago, IL.

1997-98 Eastman Chemical Graduate Fellowship for Elizabeth Brister, Kingsport, TN.

1997 Zeon Chemical Graduate Student Service Award for James Rawlins, Hattiesburg, MS.

1996 Third Place Award for H. Yu, Poster Presentation, “Free Radical and Cationic UV Cured Coatings from Lesquerella Oil,” FSCT International Coatings Expo, Chicago, IL.

1996 Second Place Award for J.W. Rawlins, Poster Presentation, “UV Curable Powder Coatings Generation I,” FSCT International Coatings Expo, Chicago, IL.

1995 A.L. Hendry Award for W.A. Purvis, “Chlorinated-Maleinized Guayule Rubber: A Novel Matting Agent for Powder Coatings,” FSCT Annual Meeting and Paint Industries’ Show, St. Louis, MO.