UT Chem/Biochem Dept

The 2005-2006 Beckman Scholars: Thomas W. Holcombe

Faculty Mentor: Professor C. Grant Willson Length of term: Summer 05, Fall 05, Spring 06 Honors & Awards:University Honors (Spring 04, Fall 04, Fall 05, Spring 06); Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2006); Intel Foundation Award for Excellence in Chemical Research (2006); Dean's Honored Graduate (2006) Publications: M. D. Dickey, E. Collister, A. Raines, P. Tsiartas, T. Holcombe, S. V. Sreenivasan, R. T. Bonnecaze, and C. G. Willson, Photocurable Pillar Arrays formed via Electrohydrodynamic Instabilities, Chem. Mater. 2006, 18, 2043­9.; T.W. Holcombe, M. D. Dickey, K. Wu, J. G. Ekerdt, C. G. Willson, A method for the durable silylation of indium tin oxide, Langmuir, submitted to Langmuir.; K. Wu, M. D. Dickey, T. W. Holcombe, C. G. Willson, J. G. Ekerdt, Amine-catalyzed deposition of a fluorinated alkyltrichlorosilane on indium tin oxide, work in progress.; Patent submitted for my work on ITO. Where is he now? Graduated with Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with Honors, and Special Departmental Honors in Chemistry, May 2006. Tom is currently at graduate school in the Department of Chemistry at UC Berkeley. How can I contact him? tom.holcombe@gmail.com

Beckman research project in the Willson Group:

Download a copy of Tom's Research report, entitled "Improved Template Surface Treatment".