Category Archives: Presentations
Seminars, conferences, workshops, training
Keynote on Fish Skin and More
Prof. Jarek Drelich attended the 148th Annual TMS Meeting & Exhibition in San Antonio, TX and delivered a keynote address entitled Fish Skin: A Natural Inspiration for Novel Materials and Coatings during the symposium Green Materials Engineering; An EPD Symposium … Continue reading
Keynote Address
Prof. Jarek Drelich attended the XVIth International Conference on Surface Forces that took place this year in Kazan, Russia. He delivered a keynote address entitled Direct Measurements of Liquid Adhesion with Solids: Gateway to a Multi-Faceted Understanding of Contact Angles. … Continue reading
Seniors Finalize Project
Both oral and poster senior design presentations went well this year. Mercury Marine sponsored a project entitled Polymer Filament for Evaporative Pattern Prototyping that was advised by Prof. Drelich. Four MSE seniors including Alex Ball, Kristen Bull, Simon Eddy and … Continue reading
TMS Awards
Roger Guillory (PhD Candidate) won the 2nd place in a poster competition under biomaterials category during the 147th TMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. The title of his poster was “Long Term Biocompatibility of Zinc and its Alloys for Absorbable … Continue reading
Biodegradable Materials Symp.
We organized and chaired the International Symposium on Biodegradable Materials in Medical Applications during the 147th TMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ. March 11-16, 2018. This two-day symposium comprised of four technical sessions and 27 presentations including 4 keynote addresses. … Continue reading
Keynote Presentation
Dr. Jeremy Schaffer from Fort Wayne Metals represented our program on Zn-based biodegradable stents and delivered a keynote address during the 9th Biometals: Symposium on Biodegradable Metals for Biomedical Applications in Bertinoro, Italy (August 27 – September 1). His presentation … Continue reading
TMS 2017
The 2017 TMS Annual Meeting took place in San Diego, CA, this year. The SURFI team was represented by Shan Zhao and Dr. Drelich. Shan presented a poster on Zn-Li alloy materials and their biocompatibility in endovascular environment. Dr. Drelich … Continue reading
Successful Ph.D. Dissertation
Shan successfully defended her Ph.D. Dissertation entitled Structural characteristics and corrosion behavior of biodegradable Zn-Li alloys in stent application on December 19, 2016. She is scheduled to complete her entire Ph.D. program some time during the Spring 2017 semester.
Successful M.S. Defense
Avishan successfully defended her M.S. Thesis entitled Formulation and testing of biodegradable polymeric coating on zinc wires in cardiovascular stent application on December 14, 2016. She is scheduled to complete her entire M.S. program some time during the Spring 2017 … Continue reading
Poster at MS&T
Together with several other undergraduate students from the Materials Science and Engineering Department, Jeff attended the Materials Science & Technology (MS&T16) fall meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, which took place on October 23-27 this year. Jeff presented his poster … Continue reading
