Showing 18 results for Researcher: Rigoberto C. Advincula
August 6, 2026
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Rigoberto "Gobet" Advincula, a Governor's Chair Professor jointly appointed at ORNL and the University of Tennessee, has been named a 2026 Fellow of the American Chemical Society's Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Division.
May 26, 2026
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Rigoberto Advincula has earned the Frank Tiller Award from the American Filtration and Separations Society for leadership in engineering and education. A polymer researcher at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a Governor’s Chair Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Advincula was honored during an awards presentation at FILTCON26, held May 12–15 in Pittsburgh.
March 26, 2026
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AI is transforming polymer research by integrating computational modeling with high-throughput automated experimentation, as highlighted by ORNL’s Rigoberto Advincula in a recent National Academy of Engineering webinar. These AI-driven autonomous laboratories, capable of real-time decision-making and adaptive optimization, are accelerating materials discovery, experimental design and innovations in synthesis and catalysis.
February 26, 2026
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ORNL researcher Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula has earned the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings from the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE).
January 27, 2026
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Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a polymer expert with joint appointments at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has earned the George Stafford Whitby Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research, bestowed by the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society.
March 21, 2025
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ORNL’s Miaofang Chi and Rigoberto 'Gobet' Advincula have been elected as Class of 2025 Fellows of the Materials Research Society. Chi was recognized for advancing novel electron microscopy methods for studying energy materials, while Advincula was honored for his contributions to research on advanced polymers and nanostructured materials.
May 9, 2024
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Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a leader in advanced materials, polymers and nanomaterials with joint appointments at ORNL and the University of Tennessee, has been named to the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology.
April 19, 2024
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Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a scientist with joint appointments at ORNL and the University of Tennessee, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
April 18, 2024
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Keith Kline, Rigoberto Advincula and Takeshi Egami have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals.
January 22, 2024
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Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
December 20, 2023
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Rigoberto “Gobet” Advincula, a scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a 2023 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Advincula has been recognized for his 14 patents and 21 published filings related to nanomaterials, smart coatings and films, solid-state device fabrication and chemical additives.