Category Archives: Team
New members, outgoing members, team alumni activity
Good-bye to Dr. Seitz
Dr. Jan-Marten Seitz has completed his one-year postdoctoral fellow program at Michigan Tech and is going back to Germany to start a new job, after his traveling across US with his wife. We are thankful to Dr. Seitz for his … Continue reading
Visit in China
Dr. Drelich was recently invited by Prof. Yuehua Hu to the Central South University in Changsha (China) and spent there one week at the beginning of December. He delivered three seminars on topics related to wetting phenomena on rough surfaces, … 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.
German Exchange Program
Jacob Braykovich, who worked with us for two years and won a RISE scholarship last year (when working with us), is featured in the story entitled “German Exchange Programs Broaden 3 Tech Students’ Horizons“. The RISE scholarship was provided by … Continue reading
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
Travel Grant
Congratulations to Shan Zhao for receiving the Travel Grant from the MTU Graduate Student Government!
Good-bye to Onur
Surface Innovations Team said good-bye to Onur on Monday with tasty pizzas. He is returning to Turkey on October 22, completing his ~6 months visiting research program at Michigan Tech with us. Onur completed his flotation tests on the effect … Continue reading
McArthur Research Internship
Jeffrey Brookins has been awarded with the McArthur Research Internship at our department. His research will focus on the development of in vitro biocorrosion methods for zinc-based biomaterials for endovascular stents. Congratulations to Jeff and we wish him productive academic … Continue reading
Collaborator from UofM
Prof. Martin Bocks of University of Michigan is our new collaborator in the bioabsorbable stent project. As a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Prof. Bocks’ clinical expertise is in pediatric interventional cardiac catheterization. … Continue reading
New Undergrad Researchers
We welcome Ms. Sara Schellbach and Mr. Jeffrey Brookins who have joined the SURFI team as undergraduate researchers. Sara will explore new research area on characterization of natural fibers and their application in polymeric composites. This new collaborative research with … Continue reading
