PhD student Jordan Brito was selected for the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Doctoral Scholars Program at Texas A&M University! This program will support her professional development and attendance at the annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring.
Research featured on Futurity
Qing and Zhen’s recent publication in Advanced Functional Materials is receiving a lot of well-deserved attention!
In addition to the articles on the U.S. Army and TAMU Engineering sites, the research was recently featured in an article on Futurity, titled “Reversible ‘stitches’ give self-healing polymers new powers”.
Additionally, the accompanying YouTube video (see article or previous post) received over 6,000 views! Congratulations to all involved.

Research featured on U.S. Army website
Qing and Zhen’s research was recently featured on the U.S. Army website! The news article, titled “Army researchers explore self-healing materials”, discusses their recent publication in Advanced Functional Materials.
This research was also recently featured on the Texas A&M engineering news website.
Research featured on Texas A&M Engineering news
The research of Ph.D. students Qing Zhou and Zhen Sang was featured on the Texas A&M Engineering news website! The news article, titled “Versatile new material family could build realistic prosthetics, futuristic Army platforms”, discusses their recent publication in Advanced Functional Materials.
Read the news article here.
Graduation of Parvin Karimineghlani, Ph.D. and Yashaswini Karanth, M.S.
New publication in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Parvin Karimineghlani’s research has been published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. The article, titled “Solvation and diffusion of poly(vinyl alcohol) chains in a hydrated inorganic ionic liquid“, is now available to read online. Congratulations, Parvin!
Brito and Sang pass qualifying exams
New publication in Advanced Functional Materials
PhD student Qing Zhou’s research has been accepted for publication in Advanced Functional Materials. The article, titled “A Tailorable Family of Elastomeric‐to‐Rigid, 3D Printable, Interbonding Polymer Networks“, is now available to read online. Congratulations, Qing!
Research featured on Anthropocene
The research of Hanna, Adwait, Parvin, and Victor is featured on the Anthropocene Magazine website and social media! The news article, titled “Antioxidants from red wine could help cut food waste”, discusses their recent publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
Research featured on NSF homepage
The research of Hanna, Adwait, Parvin, and Victor is currently featured on the NSF homepage and at the top of the NSF newsletter! The news article, titled “Nanofibers linked to a red wine chemical could help prevent oxidation”, discusses their recent publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

This research was also recently featured on the Texas A&M engineering news website and has been shared by 9 other news sites.


