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AATCC names material research poster winners
The American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) has selected the winners of its 2012 Materials Research Poster Competition.
The competition is aimed at promoting innovative product development from a material structures design perspective, with submissions being invited from both graduate and undergraduate students.
This year, the three themes/categories for the challenge were: Industrial/technical/sports materials; Medical/biomedical/protective materials and devices; and Functional/smart/nano materials.
The winners of the categories are:
Industrial/technical/sports materials
1st Place – Noise/Sound Reduction Boards for Student Housing by Courtney Milliner, Joshua Cole, Elizabeth Brannon and Hannah Mangum of North Carolina State University
2nd Place – Comparative Study for a Preventative Turf Toe Cleat by Brittainy Krohn and Ugur Kolunsag of Philadelphia University
Medical/biomedical/protective materials and devices
1st Place – Anterior Cruciate Ligament Regenerative Device by Cameron Carter, Grace Ridge, Justin Myers and Brittany Knox of North Carolina State University
2nd Place – Water Stable Plant Protein Film from Camelina for Tissue Engineering by Yi Zhao and Qiuran Jiang of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Functional/smart/nano materials
1st Place – Nanowire-Structured Based Hybrid Cell for Harvesting Solar and Mechanical Energies by Chen Xu of Georgia Institute of Technology
2nd Place – Effects of Long-term Chemical Treatment on the Electrical Resistance of Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) on Textiles by Christopher DiFranco and Jinlin Cai of the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
All the winning entries will receive cash awards of $1,000 for first place and $500 for second place in each category. The winners will also receive complimentary student registration(s) for the 2013 AATCC International Conference.
According to the AATCC, this year the contest received a record number of entries, and all were evaluated on concept originality and research quality, clarity, plus results/discussions/conclusions.
