Author Archives: Jarek Drelich
Review on Natural Fiber-Polymer Composites
In August 2014, Dr. Drelich visited the Military Institute of Engineering (MIE) in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and established a research collaboration with this institute in the area of natural fibers and composite materials. At that time he started to … Continue reading
End of 2015/16 and Good-bye to Sara
Academic year of 2015/16 is in the books. It was very productive academic year in our team, with several publications and many exciting results that will be used in new publications. Sara will not return to our research program in … Continue reading
Top Citations in SI
Our paper entitled “Guidelines to measurements of reproducible contact angles using a sessile-drop technique” remains the top cited paper among all contributions published in the Surface Innovations journal. Most likely, it will remain at this lead for quite some time. … Continue reading
Review on Stent Materials
Metallic stents are commonly used to promote revascularization and maintain patency of plaqued or damaged arteries following balloon angioplasty. To mitigate the long-term side effects associated with corrosion-resistant stents (i.e. chronic inflammation and late stage thrombosis), a new generation of … Continue reading
MSGC Undergraduate Research Award
Congratulations to Catherine for winning the Michigan Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Fellowship. She will conduct a research on Recrystallization and Coarsening of Hot-Extruded Bioabsorbable Binary Zn Alloys in the 2016/2017 academic year.
Teaching Abroad
Prof. Drelich’s proposal on teaching a short course in India has been accepted by the Indian Government. Together with Prof. N.V. Ravikumar, he will teach a one-week course on Contact Angles: Measurements, Interpretation and Modern Applications at the Indian Institute … Continue reading
Visitor from China
Dr. Hua-Lan Jin arrived to Houghton a few days ago. She holds the Assistant Professor position in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Nanchang University – Nanchang, P.R. China. Dr. Jin worked on magnesium-based biodegradable alloys and their … Continue reading
Sugarcane Waste in Armors
The residue obtained from sugarcane juice extraction, in sugar and ethanol production, is known as bagasse. At the industrial mill, bagasse is either incinerated for steam and power generation or discarded as a waste. The incorporation of bagasse waste into … Continue reading
Cytotoxicity Study for Zn
Zinc (Zn) and its alloys have been introduced by our team as a new class of biodegradable metals with potential application for making biodegradable vascular stents. Although our previous feasibility in vivo study suggested biocompatibility of Zn –based implants in … Continue reading
2016 TMS Meeting
The TMS annual meeting in Nashville this year was very productive. First, Dr. Bowen and Prof. Drelich served as co-organizers to a mini-symposium entitled Magnesium-based Bioabsorbable Implants that was part of 2016 Magnesium Technology conference. Both of them represented the … Continue reading
