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News
| 7/08 | We are moving all our research operations to the Langmuir Laboratories. Langmuir Labs are located at the Cornell Business and Technology Park. |
| 7/08 | Dr. Huaning Zhu joins our group as a Postdoctoral Associate. Dr. Zhu, a graduate from Peking and Tulane Universities, comes from NIST and he will work on modeling the flow of nanoparticles through the nanochannels of electret and monoliths. Anna Paola Soliani also joins our group as a MSc-Ph.D Student. Anna is a a graduate from Clarkson University |
| 6/08 | Joseph Carlos Becerrill joins our group as a CCMR REU. Joseph will work on Acoustic Force Microscopy Measurements. Joseph is an undergraduate student at University of Texas San Antonio |
| 5/08 | Professor Hinestroza is a member of two teams that secured more than $2.2 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop advanced fibers and filtration systems potentially capable of rendering toxic materials harmless. Both grants are multi-university collaborative efforts (UCLA and NCSU ) funded through the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. |
| 5/08 | Karmann defends her MS thesis entitled: "Enabling the production of poly(etherimide) nanofibers using bad solvents" |
| 5/08 | Dr. Alba Avila, a graduate of Cambridge University and faculty member at Universidad de los Andes joins our lab as a visiting scholar. Dr. Avila will work on the probing polymer electrets using electrostatic force microscopy |
| 5/08 | Professor Hinestroza delivers invited talks regarding our work on nanotechnoloy in textiles at Seoul National University, University of Incheon, Catholic University of Korea and Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 4/08 | Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the DoD organized 6th Nanomaterials for Defense Conference in Arlington, VA. Professor Hinestroza spoke during the Nanoscience for Autonomous Responsive Surfaces Session. |
| 4/08 | Professor Hinestroza and Professor Netravali organize a symposium on Cellulose based and other green composites during the ACS Meeting in New Orleans, LA |
| 4/08 | Vivian, Naomi and Juan presented their research work during the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans, LA. Vivian also presented in the ACS Sci-Mix Session in Second Life. |
| 4/08 | Professor Hinestroza was an invited speaker at TechTextil North America in during their Symposium on Multifunctional Textiles for Military Applications. Hinestroza spoke about our work on nanotechnology in textiles and its potential in the development of novel chem-bio protection systems |
| 3/08 | Hekia Bodwitch was awarded a summer research fellowship from the Cornell College of Human Ecology and Rafael Uribe will continue his research work in the summer as an NSF-REU |
| 3/08 | Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh and the Department of Chemistry at the SUNY College in Oneanta, NY |
| 3/08 | Hinestroza was an invited speaker at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI where he spoke on the use of nanotechnology in textiles. |
| 2/08 | Professor Hinestroza speaks at Iowa State University in a joint seminar, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering departments, on Multifunctional Fibers via Manipulation of Nanoscale Phenomena |
| 2/08 | A team composed of Professors Jasper and Kutznesov from NCSU and Hinestroza (Cornell) was awarded a $772K research grant from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to Model the Flow of Nanoparticles through Electrostatically Charged Monolith Filters |
| 2/08 |
The Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory opens in Second Life!! We are located in the Virtual Island of the American Chemical Society.
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| 2/08 | Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at Clemson University School of Materials Science and Engineering |
| 1/08 | Naomi Birbach and Rena Dong received First Place in the 5th CCMR Microscopy Competition. Naomi won with the best image in the SEM category and Rena in the FESEM/TEM category. |
| 1/08 | Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy in Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1/08 | Professor Hinestroza attends the National Science Foundation Grantees' Conference of the Division of Civil Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation in Knoxville, TN |
| 12/07 | Professor Hinestroza will be one of the invited speakers at the 6th annual NanoMaterials for Defense Conference in Arlington, VA |
| 11/07 | Professor Hinestroza is one of the keynote speakers at the Fall meeting of the Korean Fiber Society in Jeju Island, Korea |
| 11/07 | Professor Hinestroza will be one of the keynote speakers at the International Conference on Intelligent Textiles in Seoul, Korea |
| 10/07 | Our chapter on Electrostatic self-assembled nanolayer films for cotton fibers has been published in the book Nanofibers and Nanotechnology in Textiles |
| 09/07 | Professor Hinestroza receives the SHPE Educator of the Year Award in the category of Higher Education |
| 09/07 | Our chapter on electrospun nanofibers with magnetic fingerprints for anticounterfeiting applications has been published in the Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology |
| 08/07 | Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the Mercosur Nanotechnology Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 07/07 | Professor Hinestroza attends the self-decontaminating surfaces conference organized by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in Sedona, AZ |
| 06/07 | Christina Diaz and Professor Hinestroza attend the V Congress of Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions in Tampico, Mexico |
| 06/07 | Professor Hinestroza visits Asia. Invited talks about textile nanotechnology were delivered at Seoul National University (Korea), Feng Chui University (Taiwan) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China) |
| 05/07 | Karmann and Rena present their research work at the annual meeting of the Cornell Nanomanufacturing Facility during the 30th anniversary of Nanotechnology at Cornell University |
| 06/07 | The Hinestroza Research Group hosted a group of scientific journalists performing demonstrations on electrospinning and structural coloration during the Nanotechnology Journalist Workshop of the Kavli Institute |
| 04/07 | Christina and Karmann participate in an outreach effort in New York City aimed at high school teachers serving underrepresented students |
| 04/07 | Professor Hinestroza was an invited speaker at the Textiles and Apparel Sourcing Show in Guatemala City |
| 03/07 | Professor Hinestroza receives a certificate of appreciation from the ACS Cellulose Division for organizing a symposium on cellulose based and other green composites. (21 oral presentations) |
| 03/07 | All members of the Hinestroza Research Group attend the ACS Annual Meeting in Chicago. Karmann, Vivian, Christina and Rena made oral presentations, Hekia, Christina and Karmann also presented posters. |
| 03/07 | Professor Hinestroza visits the NY State Congressional Delegation in Washington, DC |
| 03/07 | Christina Diaz receives a travel grant from the ACS Cellulose Division |
| 02/07 | Professor Hinestroza is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for his project "Exploring Induced Negative Viscosity Effects in Polymer Nanomanufacturing" |
| 02/07 | Karmann, Christina, Liz and and Hekia received grants from Cornell's Human Ecology Alumni Association to present their research work at the ACS Annual Meeting in Chicago |
| 01/07 | Yan (Vivian) Li represented Cornell University at the Graduate Student Competition during the National Textile Center Forum in Hilton Head, SC and she ranked on second place |
| 01/07 | Professor Hinestroza was invited to join other experts from academia, government and the military in a workshop organized by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency entitled Nanotechnology Applications for Homeland Security. Santa Fe, NM |
| 01/07 | Professor Hinestroza is a guest speaker at School of Chemical Sciences of the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi in San Luis Potosi (Mexico) |
| 11/06 | Professor Hinestroza is the keynote speaker during a special meeting of the Association of Brazilian Textile Industries ABIT Nanotechnology Committee. |
| 11/06 | Professor Hinestroza is one of the keynote speakers at the Latin American Congress of Textile Chemistry in Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
| 10/06 | Professor Hinestroza is the guest speaker at the Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico in Toluca(Mexico) |
| 09/06 | Hekia Bodwitch joins our group as an undergraduate researcher. |
| 09/06 | Christina Diaz joins our research team as M.Sc/ Ph.D student. Christina is also the recipient of a SUNY fellowship as well as a GEM scholarship. Christina will work on our NTC funded nanolayer project. Christina will be using self-assembled colloids to reduce the NIR signature of textile materials |
| 08/06 | Karmann Mills joins our research team as M.Sc. student. Karmann will work on our NYSTAR sponsored nanofiber project |
| 08/06 | Dr. Hinestroza participates at the NSF Minority Faculty Development Workshop |
| 07/06 | Dr. Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the XXII Brazilian Congress of Technical Textiles to present recent development in the area of nanotechnology in textiles |
| 06/06 | Michael Crouch joins our group through the CCMR REU Program. Michael will design an automatic apparatus to deposit self-assembled nanolayers over textile substrates |
| 06/06 | Liz Franzek joins our group through a NSF REU supplement. Liz will work on electrospinning rigid polymers. |
| 04/06 | Dr. Hinestroza is an invited speaker at UC Davis Textiles Program |
| 04/06 | Dr. Hinestroza presents work on magnetic nanofibers with anticounterfeiting applications at the MRS Spring meeting in San Francisco during the Smart Nanotextiles Symposium |
| 04/06 | Dr. Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the graduate seminar of GeorgiaTech Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering Dept. He discussed our work on the use of EFM to map the charges of electret filters. |
| 03/06 | Dr. Hinestroza presents work on self-assembled nanolayers over cotton fibers at the ACS meeting in Atlanta during the "Cellulose: A nanofiber perspective" Symposium |
| 04/06 | Dr. Hinestroza is an invited speaker at Techtextile North America to present our work on textiles nanotechnology with emphasis on self-assembled nanolayers and fiber lubrication. |
| 02/06 | Dr. Hinestroza is awarded a grant from the National Textile Center for the proposal "Nanolayer Self-Assemblies: Novel Customizable Fiber Surfaces" |
| 02/06 | Dr. Hinestroza is awarded a grant from the National Textile Center for the collaborative proposal "Boundary Lubrication and Molecular Assembly in Fiber Processing" |
| 11/05 | Dr. Hinestroza receives the James D Watson Young Investigator Award from NYSTAR to develop novel nanofibers as active filters. |
| 09/05 | Dr. Hinestroza in collaboration with Dr. Rinaldi (UPRM) receive a NSF Nanoscale Exploratory Research grant |
