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Ana Claudia Costa Work: Department
of Materials Science & Engineering Home:
1810 Rittenhouse Sq. Apt 1408 University
of Pennsylvania Philadelphia,
PA 19103 3231
Walnut Street (215)
735-6150 Philadelphia,
PA 19104 (215)
898-9824 accosta@seas.upenn.edu ______________________________________________________________________________ Personal: Brazilian citizen. Fluent in Portuguese (native tongue), English, Italian, French and Spanish. Education: 1997-present Ph.D. Candidate (Graduation expected May 2002) Materials Science & Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 2000 Master of Science (GPA: 3.86/4.00) Materials Science & Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1995-1996 M.S. Candidate (transferred) Bioengineering Polytechnic Institute of Milan, Italy 1994 Bachelor of Science Chemical Engineering Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Professional Experience: 1997-present Research Assistant with Professor R. J. Composto Materials Science & Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Thesis: Block Copolymer Adsorption 1998-1999 Teaching Assistant with Professor P. Davies Materials Science & Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1993-1994 Co-op Engineer Division of Research and Development of New Products Politeno Industry A.S., Petrochemical Association of Camaçari, Brazil Research Experience: Summer 2001 Laboratory PCSM ESPCI, Paris, France Research in Molecular Weight Effect on Adhesion Summer 2000 Laboratory PCSM ESPCI, Paris, France Research in Thin Polymer Films Adhesion 1996-1997 Materials Science and Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Research in Thin Polymer
Films Stability 1995-1996 Bioengineering Polytechnic Institute of Milan, Italy Research in Mechanical Properties of Biopolymers 1992-1993 Analytical Chemistry Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Research in Environmental Chemistry Honors and Awards: 2001 Winner of Atofina Summer Fellowship/Internship French Cultural Institute for Culture and Technology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 2000 Winner of Atofina Summer Fellowship/Internship French Cultural Institute for Culture and Technology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1999 Teaching Assistant Award Excellence in Student Teaching University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1999 Speaker of the Evening Award Excellence in Technical Presentation University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 1999 Vice-President
of the Graduate Students Materials Science & Engineering University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Publications in Refereed Journals: Oslanec, R.; Costa, A.C., Composto, R.J., Vlcek, P.: "The Effect of Block Copolymer Adsorption on Thin Film Dewetting Kinetics", Macromolecules, 33 (15), 5505 – 5512, Jul 25 2000. Presentations: Costa,
A.C.; Composto, R. J.; Vlcek, P.; Satija, S.;
Ivkov, R.: Block Copolymer Adhesion Promoter: Effect of Non Adsorbing
Block Length and Substrate Polarity, American
Physical Society, Spring Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2001. Composto,
R.J.; Costa, A.C.; Oslanec, R.; Vlcek, P.: Polymer Thin Film
Stabilization, American Physical
Society, Spring Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 1998. Composto,
R.J.; Costa, A.C.; Oslanec, R.; Vlcek, P.; Hamilton, W.A.: Molecular
Aspects of Tailoring Thin Film Dewetting by Adsorbing Block Copolymers, Materials Research Society, Fall
Meeting, Boston, MA, 1997. Costa,
A.C.; Oslanec, R.; Composto, R.J.; Vlcek, P.: The
Effect of Block Copolymer Adsorption on Thin Film Dewetting Kinetics, American Physical Society, Spring
Meeting, Kansas City, MO, 1997. |
