News Archive Composites recycling project highlighted in USC News The Gill Corporation Visit Emily Anne Vargas Wins 1st place for her technical poster at National Space & Missile Materials Symposium Recycling Composites to Sustain Wind Energy USC M.C. Gill Composites Center participate in UCLA TBP Research Expo Alison Kennedy wins awards at ASM student night SAMPE Open House 2023 Prof. Bo Jin received the 2022 ASC/DEStech Young Composites Research Award Two First Place Awards at the 2022 SAMPE International Composite Bridge Contest Prof. Bo Jin received the 2022 Sandra L. Bouckley Outstanding Young Researcher Award M.C. Gill Composites Center student awarded scholarships Profs. Bo Jin and Lessa Grunenfelder named as finalists for SAMPE Young Professionals Emerging Leadership Award Prof. Lessa Grunenfelder receives New Materials Educator Award at ASEE conference Patricio Martinez's work on Single Droplet Spread on Woven Fabrics Highlighted by SAMPE Journal as Featured Article USC Composites Center highlighted in Composites Manufacturing Magazine Lessa Grunenfelder presents to ASM Orange Coast Bo Jin Received the SAMPE Leadership Award USC M.C. Gill Composites Center wins awards at CAMX Wei Hu Wins Best Post Award at SPE ACCE 2019 Tim Centea is awarded SAMPE’s Young Professional Emerging Leadership Award M.C. Gill Composites Center hosts SAMPE Open House Undergrad Students Team won AIAA student research contest Airbond wins the MEPC Competition David Bender wins MIT Research Slam Competition M.C. Gill Composites Center Represented at The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Research Symposium USC Hosts SAMPE Tooling Workshop USC SAMPE Student Chapter receives grant M.C. Gill Composites Center highlighted in Composites World article Composites lab hosted tour for Viterbi Expo Emily hosted USC Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Patricio Martinez won the Outstanding Technical Paper Award at CAMX USC wins multiple awards at SAMPE University Research Symposium PhD Student Sarah Schechter wins ARCS Scholar Award Yijia Ma wins Best Poster Award Bill Edwards and Dan Zebrine win University Research Symposium at SAMPE 2018 Long Beach Sarah Schechter and Yijia Ma Win the Outstanding Technical Paper Awards at SAMPE 2018 David Bender wins ASM Poster Contest USC Gill Composites Center researcher Dr. Bo Jin received the 2017 USC Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award Fourth Annual Composites Center Open House USC Gill Composites Center Researchers Bo Jin and Prof. Steven Nutt Featured by MSC NASTRAN/PATRAN M.C. Gill Composites Center Researcher Bo Jin's work on Re-Use of Production Waste Highlighted by SAMPE Journal as Feature Article Third Annual Composites Center Open House Bo Jin received the 2017 PKP (Phi Kappa Phi) Ph.D. Dissertation Fellowship of $10,000 EngX 2017 Exceeds Expectations Composites World article highlights M.C. Gill Composites Center work on re-use of production waste by compression molding Bo Jin received the 2016 PBK (Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society) International Scholarship ARCS Foundation Scholarship Award Received by Sarah Katz, a PhD Student advised by Dr. Steven Nutt at the M.C. Gill Composites Research Center Viterbi Expo: Composites Center Shines Despite Rain USC M.C. Gill Composites Center Ph.D. Students Bo Jin and Xiaochen Li won the 2016 MSC Simulating Reality International Contest M.C. Gill Composites Center Ph.D. Students Bo Jin and Daniel Kim Won National Research Competition Gill Composites Center Ph.D. Student Bo Jin received the 2016 Medallion of Honor from the President of USC for the PKP Ph.D. Student Research Achievement Award M.C. Gill Composites Center Students Wins National University Research Competition USC Engineer Awarded 4-Year NASA Contract for Sandwich Panels Composites Center hosts prospective students as part of Viterbi Expo 2015 Bo Jin received the 2015 Medallion of Honor from the President of USC for his excellent work in monitoring and teaching students Bo Jin received the "2014 Award For Excellence In Teaching" By USC Office Of The Provost Bo Jin received the 2014 USC “AME Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award” Bo Jin received the "2013 Award for Excellence in Teaching" by USC Office of the Provost M.C. Gill Composites Center I-Diploma Team led by Bo Jin awarded the USC Diploma in Innovation and $5,000 Research Funding Bo Jin elected the Chair of Fellows of USC Center for Excellence in Teaching Xiaochen Li awarded the Academic Professional Development Research Funding Award of $1,000 by USC Office of the Provost Composites Center hosts incoming EarlyConnect freshmen Ryan Su wins Provost Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Bo Jin received the “2012 Award for Excellence in Teaching” Bo Jin receives USC's Academic Professional Development Research Funds Bo Jin named Fellow by USC CET (Center for Excellence in Teaching) Lessa Grunenfelder won first place in the SAMPE 2011 Outstanding Paper competition Lessa Grunenfelder and Christina Naify placed 1st and 2nd at the Los Angeles Chapter ASM International student night oral presentation competition Christina Naify was awarded second place for her presentation in the Structural Acoustics session Lessa Grunenfelder named 2010-2011 ARCS Scholar Christina Naify was awarded first place in the Sixth Annual Student Research Symposium Mike Asfaw was awarded the Fall 2010 Provost Research Fellowship Sidi Huang awarded the Fall 2010 Provost's Research Fellowship Chris Fisher Awarded Chevron Scholarship Khushboo Successfully completed the summer intern program at USC composites center Dr. Tongan Wang was awarded the General Dynamics 2010 Engineering Innovation Award M. Asfaw Takes Second Place in Bright Ideas: 2010 C. Naify takes 2nd place in USC Poster Competition Ph.D. Student Sarah (Katz) Schechter wins ARCS Foundation Scholarship Award