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!