C. Guo & T. S. Bailey, Soft Matter , 2010 , 4807-4818.

1. Highly Elastic, Photopatternable Hydrogel Networks Travis S. Bailey, Colorado State University, DMR 0645781 We have been developing synthetic strategies that produce tough, elastic hydrogel networks in which the mass transfer and mechanical properties can each be tuned independently. In our latest advance we have integrated photo-curing chemistry into the network assembly process, giving us access to rubbery network platforms while simultaneously providing opportunities to photo-pattern the hydrogel network. The degree of control afforded by these simple block copolymer systems offers great promise in a range of biomedical, separations, and release applications. C. Guo & T. S. Bailey, Soft Matter, 2010, 4807-4818. V. F. Scalfani & T. S. Bailey, Chem. Mater., 2010, 5992-6000. V. F. Scalfani & T. S. Bailey, Macromolecules, 2011, DOI:10.1021/ma201170y

2. Highly Elastic, Photopatternable Hydrogel Networks Travis S. Bailey, Colorado State University, DMR 0645781 This summer we participated in the Smithsonian associated Pinhead Institute’s Punk Science summer program held in Telluride Colorado. We spent an evening with about 150 kids and family members showing the kids all about polymers, the amazing things they do, and why they do them. Punk Science participants prepare to make a human polymer chain with Prof. Bailey. With colleague Matt Kipper we joined the Preston Junior High STEM program and volunteered to teach a week-long summer camp on “Polymers and Nanotechnology”. The program supports 5th through 8th graders interested in a range of science topics, offering over $10,000 in scholarships to students from all over the northern Rocky Mountain region. Prof. Kipper and STEM students make silly putty