Author Archives: Jarek Drelich
Historical Paper on Contact Angles
An international team of experts in the field of wetting led by Dr. Drelich published a one-of-a-kind contribution on the history of contact angles, their meaning, and use in polymer surface energy estimation. The title of the paper is Contact … Continue reading
SI Volume 8 Issue 1-2
We would like to share with you the content of the first issue of 2020, 8(1-2), of Surface Innovations. This is one of the most impressive issues that we published in seven years. We offer historical review contribution on contact … Continue reading
Half-Year Commencement
2019 Half-Year Commencement was a celebration of Roger’s graduation with his parents and friends. It was also opportunity to meet Avishan (who defended her MS degree a few years ago) and her husband Rob – awarded with his PhD degree … Continue reading
Second Scholar from China
The SURFI Team welcomes a new addition to our team, Zhanglei Zhu. Zhanglei has arrived from the School of Resources and Civil Engineering at Northeastern University in P.R. China in October. He will explore fundamentals of flotation with particles of … Continue reading
Undergraduate Researcher II
We welcome Ms. Tori Nizzi, who has joined our research team as an undergraduate researcher. Tori is double majoring in mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering programs. She is currently assisting Morteza Ardakani in his research on zinc-based biodegradable … Continue reading
Zn-Mg-Cu/Mn Paper
Morteza has published his first first-author paper entitled “The effects of alloying with Cu and Mn and thermal treatments on the mechanical instability of Zn-0.05Mg alloy” in the Materials Science and Engineering A journal. The following is the abstract: The … Continue reading
Undergraduate Researcher
We welcome Ms. Emily Tom, who has joined our research team as an undergraduate researcher. Emily is senior in materials science and engineering program. She will assist our team in research on zinc- and magnesium-based biodegradable alloys.
Dr. Guillory
Congratulations to Roger Guillory for defending his PhD dissertation entitled “Degradable Zinc Material Characteristics and its Influence on Biocompatibility and in an In Vivo Murine Model” on August 20, 2019. Roger is also leaving us to take a postdoctoral fellow … Continue reading
Reverse Flotation
Our collaborators from Northeastern University in Shenyang published a new paper on Reverse Flotation of Hematite from Quartz with Magnetic Seeding Aggregation in the Minerals Engineering journal. In this work, fine magnetite was used as a magnetic seed to enhance … Continue reading
Journal Impact Factor
We are glad to report that the journal impact factor (IF) for Surface Innovations rose to 2.333 from 1.268 in 2018. This is the third year in a row when the journal climbs in ranking. The journal is listed under … Continue reading
