Category Archives: Notables
Awards, service, recognition, widely-circulated news
Leading Citation at ICE
We are very happy to report that our papers published in two journals of ICE Publishing are among top cited contributions of 2015. In Surface Innovations, the very top paper is that entitled “Guidelines to measurements of reproducible contact angles … Continue reading
Editorial Board Member
Prof. Drelich has been invited by Graphy Publications to serve on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering. This is an international peer reviewed journal devoted to materials, which covers all the major field of … Continue reading
Surface Innovations in Thomson Reuters
Dr. Alison McAnena from ICE Publishing just informed us this morning that the Surface Innovations journal has been accepted into Thomson Reuters Indices SCIE, Current Contents and JCR. This means that papers published in Surface Innovations will start to show … Continue reading
Patrick defends his PhD
Congratulations to Patrick! Patrick successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled Biocorrosion Rate and Mechanism of Metallic Magnesium in Model Arterial Environments, and we proudly call him Dr. Bowen since October 20.
Advisory Committee Member
Prof. Drelich has been invited by the MLR Institute of Technology in Hyderabad (India) to serve as the Advisory Committee Member to the International Conference on Advancements in AeroMechanical Materials for Manufacturing that will take place in Hyderabad on June … Continue reading
Editorial Board Member
Prof. Drelich has become a new member of the External Advisory Board for Materials journal. This is one of the most successful open access journals that publishes papers on manufacturing, processing and characterization of all types of materials.
Summer Experience of our Collaborator
When Prof. Jeremy Goldman took his family to Israel to work on his research on bioabsorbable cardiovascular stents, missiles flying overhead were just one of the facts of war that they had to worry about. Other concerns included terrorists crawling … Continue reading
Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
Professor Sergio N. Monteiro from the Military Institute of Engineering invited Prof. Drelich this summer to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Prof. Drelich spent entire August in Brazil reviewing and discussing research programs under the leadership of Prof. Monteiro and … Continue reading
Summer Course in Poland
Prof. Drelich visited Gdansk University of Technology in Poland this summer and instructed the summer graduate course entitled “Contact Angles: Measurements, Interpretation and Modern Applications”. Fourteen PhD students from chemistry, materials, and electrical engineering programs attended this five-day course. In … Continue reading
Copper Nanoparticles Could Prevent Food Borne Illness, Viruses
An innovation from Michigan Technological University has the potential to kill 100 percent of harmful microbes before they even touch produce. The secret is copper – an element long valued for its antibiotic properties. Jaroslaw Drelich, a professor of materials … Continue reading
