We are delighted to announce The Fiber Society’s 2018 Awards

presented at the

University of California Davis Conference, 29 to 31 October

Distinguished Service Award

*Subhash K. Batra, North Carolina State University

Founder’s Award

*Konstantin Kornev, Clemson University

Distinguished Achievement Award

*Dong Wang, Wuhan Textile University

Graduate Student Paper Competition Winners

First Place—Tie

·Xiangchen Liu, University of California-Davis:  Amphiphilic and Semi-crystalline Soy Protein Microfibrils from Aqueous Colloids

and

·Hongyan Wu, Donghua University:  Ultralight, Highly Resilient, and Flexible Electrospun Nanofibrous Aerogels for Effective Warmth Retention

Second Place

·Yusuke Mukai, North Carolina State University:  Effect of Fabric Construction, Thread Count, and Solid Volume Fraction on the Dielectric Properties of Cotton Fabrics.

Poster Competition Winners

First Place

·Peixin Tang, University of California, Davis:  Development of Highly Sensitive and Personal-used Colorimetric Sensors of Gaseous Pesticides on Fiber-based Materials

Second Place

·David Seveno, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven:  Wettability and Adhesion of Thermoplastics in Glass Fiber-reinforced Model Composites

Third Place

·Yuan Yu, Jiangnan University:  Highly Fluorescent Luminescent Carbonized Polymer Dots Prepared via a Stabilizer-free Dispersion Synthesis Method

Congratulations to All!