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M.S. in Applied Chemical Science and Technology (MSACST)
MSACST Program News
Congratulations to all our graduates!
On June 12, 2025, the UW Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry honored our newest graduates with a joyful ceremony at the Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.
In the Department of Chemistry, we believe that diversity and inclusivity are integral to excellence and acknowledge that important work is being done by our students and postdoctoral researchers in this space. It is a pleasure to introduce the recent recipients of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Awards, selected by the Chemistry Diversity and Equity Steering Committee.
These awards recognize outstanding research by master’s students in the Applied Chemical Sciences and Technology (ACST) program and carry a $500 prize. They were funded by the Lloyd E. and Florence M. West Fellowship in Chemistry which Dr. West and his wife Florence endowed to give back to the university where Dr.
Congratulations to Qusai Alsabia who successfully defended his thesis for the Master of Science in Applied Chemical Science and Technology. His thesis work with Assistant Professor Shijing Sun (Mechanical Engineering) was titled "Controlling Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Crystallization Using High Throughput Synthesis and Computer Vision." Qusai is applying for Ph.D.
A year in review of honors and achievements by UW Chemistry graduate students.
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DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED
Summer 2023, Autumn 2023, Winter 2024, and Spring 2024
Congratulations to Christian Phillips who successfully defended his MS thesis, "Towards Molecular Dynamics as a Tool for Assessing Protein Designs for Stability and Function," on June 5, 2024.
As a bright student growing up in Ukraine, Vlada Olkhovych was driven to succeed by her mother, Alla.
“She was a single mother, and she didn’t have a college degree,” Vlada said. “Growing up, she always pushed me to get a good education, a good job, to have a better life than she had. She was a big inspiration for me.”
Congratulations to Mashroor Raiyan, who defended his Master's work on "Direct Solution Synthesis of Transition Metal Borides" on August 2, 2023. Mashroor Raiyan was a student in Dr.
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DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED
Summer 2022, Autumn 2022, Winter 2023, and Spring 2023
Mark Boyer, PhD ChemistryMethodologies for Solving the Vibrational Schroedinger Equation(Professor Anne McCoy)