Congratulatory Announcements

Sep 6, 2019

Congratulations to Monica Deshpande!!!

On Wednesday afternoon, Oct 17, 2018, Monica Vijay Deshpande passed the oral examination for her Master of Science in Textile Engineering degree. Her research was focused on “Poly(ε-caprolactone) Resorbable Knitted Auxetic Scaffolds for Craniofacial Skeletal Muscle Regeneration”. She answered many questions asked by her examining committees,Dr. Stephen Michielsen(TECS),Dr. Matthew Fisher(BME) and external member Dr. Susan…

Sep 3, 2019

Congratulations to Huan Liu!!!

On Tue, May 7, 2019, Huan Liu passed the Thesis Examination for her Master of Science in Textile Engineering degree! The title of her thesis was “Collagen Coated and Plasma Treated Hernia Mesh”. She did an amazing job explaining her work during last one year. She dazzled her Examining Committees, Dr. Wendy E. Krause(TECS) and Dr.…

Sep 3, 2019

Congratulations to Daxian Zha!!!

On Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018, Daxian Zha passed the oral examination for her Master of Science in Textile Engineering degree with a minor in Biomedical Engineering! This morning Daxian gave us a long and detailed oral presentation about her research project related to designing and evaluating an antimicrobial wound dressing spacer fabric for burn and…

Aug 30, 2019

Congratulations to Jingmei Wang!!!

On Monday, August 20, Jingmei Wang passed her oral examination for her Master of Science in Textile Engineering degree! The title of her research is “Antimicrobial Finishing of Hernia Mesh with Carboxymethyl Chitosan.” The members of her examining committee, Dr. Wendy Krause (TECS) and Dr. Ashley Brown (BME), were impressed with her ability to answer…

Apr 27, 2018

Congratulations Fan Zhao!!

At the Society For Biomaterials Annual Meeting on April 11-14, Fan Zhao was selected for the ‘Second Place Poster Award’ from the Cardiovascular Biomaterials Special Interest Group of the Society for Biomaterials! His presentation was about the fabrication and evaluation of novel bioresorbable cardiovascular stent with poly(p-dioxanone) and polycaprolactone, as well as braiding technique for…

Apr 23, 2018

Congratulations to Fan Zhang!!

On Friday, April 20, Fan Zhang passed the oral examination for her Master of Science in Textile Engineering degree with a minor in Biomedical Engineering! She really impressed the members of her examining committee (Dr. Ke Cheng, Dr. Susan Bernacki, Dr. Sonja Salmon, and Dr. King) with a very clear oral presentation, and answered the…

Apr 19, 2018

Congratulations to Dr. Hui Cong!!

“Congratulations” to Dr. Hui Cong, who won the “Best Oral Presentation Award for the Materials Innovation Category” at the Wilson College of Textiles Research Open House on Monday, April 16!! Her presentation entitled “In vivo comparison of polydioxanone and polyhydroxyalkanoate barbed sutures in a rat model” was obviously carefully delivered and impressed the judges with…

Feb 23, 2018

Congratulations to Runqian Zhang!!

Congratulations to Runqian Zhang for receiving an Honorable mention from the Society For Biomaterials! Her abstract: ‘In Vitro Accelerated Fatigue Study of Chimney Stent-grafts Deployed in a Patient’s Aortic Aneurysm Phantom’ was nominated for excellence and will be presented at the Society For Biomaterials’ 2018 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on April 11-14. We are…

Feb 18, 2018

Congratulations to Radhika Vaid and Yu Xie!!

Congratulations to Radhika Vaid and Yu Xie for receiving STAR (‘Student Travel Achievement Recognition’ from the Society For Biomaterials) and SAS awards! The Wilson College of Textiles is proud of your achievements and we look forward to more of your future accomplishments! Radhika and her STAR award Learn More: STAR: https://www.biomaterials.org/students/star-awards SAS: https://www.sas.com/en_us/home.html

Feb 9, 2018

Congratulations to Dr. Hui Cong!!!

On Monday, February 2, Dr. Hui Cong successfully passed her PhD oral exam! Her dissertation topic focused on the ‘Studies of Barbed Surgical Sutures Associated with Materials, Anchoring Performance and Histology.’ Members of the Doctoral Examining Committee consisted of: Dr. Martin W. King, Dr. Richard Kotek, Dr. Gregory L. Ruff, Dr. Jacqueline H. Cole, Dr.…