The Fiber Society’s 2018 Fall Technical Conference l Plenary Session Speakers

Join us in welcoming our Featured Speakers during the October meeting at the University of California, Davis:

·  Dr. Yi Cui, Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Stanford University:  Fibers Across Multiple-length Scales for Energy, Environment, and Electronics

·  Dr. Alex Patist, VP of Process Development, Bolt Threads:  Silk and Leather: Practical Biological Production of Biomaterials

·  Dr. Jianyong Yu, Dean, College of Textiles, Donghua University:  Progress and Perspectives of Electrospun Nanofibrous Materials

We are delighted to announce the following entries selected as this year's finalists:

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

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

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

The winning GSPC submission will be announced during the fall banquet.

Mark your calendar! l Make your plans now to join us!

Note:  Projected speakers and topics are

subject to change/modification