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Professor Jarek Drelich Leader of the SURFI Team |
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Ms. Allison Hein Research Engineer and Scientist Assists the team with proposal preparation and projects administration |
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Dr. Hua-Lan Jin Project: Bioabsorbable metallic materials |
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Avishan Arabshomali Research Assistant Project: Polymeric coating of zinc |
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Zhiyong Yin M.S. Candidate Project: Zinc-based stents |
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Georgia Hurchalla M.S. Candidate Project: Wetting and adhesion in natural designs |
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Morteza Shaker Ph.D. Candidate Project: Fundamentals of Zn alloys |
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Yujin Sun PhD Scholar Project: Fundamentals of Flotation |
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Dr. Xubo Liu Project: Processing of Zn alloys |
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Dr. Ehsan Mostaed Postdoctoral Fellow Project: Bioabsorbable metallic stents |
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Roger Guillory II PhD Candidate (Advisor: Prof. J. Goldman/Co-Advisor: Prof. J. Drelich) Project: Biocompatibility of Zn and Zn alloys |
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Jeff Brookins M.S. Candidate Project: Biodegradable clips |
Award to Emily
Congratulations to our undergraduate researcher for receiving the Graduate School Academic Excellence Award (GAEA) and her acceptance to MTU master’s program. This one-time award of $4,500 will be applied towards Emily’s tuition for the fall 2020 semester. Well deserved Award … Read More »
JOM Collection of Papers
Three members of our team, Dr. Drelich, Dr. Sikora-Jasinska and Dr. Mostaed, have served as guest editors to the JOM journal and prepared a collection of quality papers on Biodegradable Materials for Medical Applications II. To mitigate the long-term side …Read More »
Magnesium Alloy
We have published a new article entitled “Tailoring the mechanical and degradation performances of Mg-2.0Zn-0.5Ca-0.4Mn alloy through microstructure design” in the JOM journal A novel Mg-2.0Zn-0.5Ca-0.4Mn alloy was formulated and processed through melt spinning and hot extrusion to enhance the … Read More »
SURFI Group Fall 2013
