Jarek Drelich Professor Jarek Drelich
Leader of the SURFI Team

Allison Hein Ms. Allison Hein
Research Engineer and Scientist
Assists the team with proposal preparation and projects administration

Hua-Lan Jin Dr. Hua-Lan Jin

Project: Bioabsorbable metallic materials
Avishan Arabshomali Avishan Arabshomali
Research Assistant
Project: Polymeric coating of zinc
Zhiyong Yin Zhiyong Yin
M.S. Candidate
Project: Zinc-based stents
Georgia-Hurchalla Georgia Hurchalla
M.S. Candidate
Project: Wetting and adhesion in natural designs
Morteza Shaker Morteza Shaker
Ph.D. Candidate
Project: Fundamentals of Zn alloys

yujin-sun Yujin Sun
PhD Scholar
Project: Fundamentals of Flotation
Xubo Liu Dr. Xubo Liu

Project: Processing of Zn alloys
Dr. Ehsan Mostaed Dr. Ehsan Mostaed
Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: Bioabsorbable metallic stents
roger-guillory2 Roger Guillory II
PhD Candidate (Advisor: Prof. J. Goldman/Co-Advisor: Prof. J. Drelich)
Project: Biocompatibility of Zn and Zn alloys
Jeff Brookins Jeff Brookins
M.S. Candidate
Project: Biodegradable clips


Making News

We made news in Tech Today and in the local newspaper on: How does our zinc stent invention turn into commercially available—and potentially lifesaving—product? Read more at Tech Today, by Jenn Donovan. Since reading the Daily Mining Gazette requires a …
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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 …
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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.
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SURFI Group Fall 2013

SURFI Group Fall 2013