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PTFE Graduate Student Wins NTC Paper Competition
Atlanta (May 24, 2006) — Jing Liu, Dr. Satish Kumar’s PhD student, won 1st place in the 2006 National Textile Center Student Paper Competition. Her paper is titled “Novel Micro- and Nano-Structured Polymer Materials by Electrospinning”.
- Jing Liu, PTFE PhD Student
Biography
Jing Liu received her Bachelor of Engineering degree in Polymer Science and Engineering with the highest distinction from Qingdao University, Qingdao, China in 1999 and Master of Engineering degree in Polymer Materials from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China in 2002. In August 2002, Jing joined the Ph. D. program in Polymer Materials in the School of Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering under the advisement of Professor Satish Kumar at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
Jing’s research is focused on electrospinning and polymer/carbon nanotube composites. Jing discovered that electrospinning can also be used to make microscopic particles such as polymer cups. Other novel structured materials that can be made from electrospinning include hollow polymer spheres, carbon nanotube core-polymer shell nanofibers, and porous nanofibers. These materials can find applications in electronic packaging, filtration, supercapacitors, and in biomedical field, including scaffolds for tissue growth, substrate for neuron growth, and actuators. In her polymer/carbon nanotube composites research, Jing found solvent characteristics that lead to good single wall carbon nanotube dispersion in polymers. She is currently working on processing polymer/carbon nanotube composites with dramatic property enhancements, which can meet the demanding application requirements.
She has published four journal papers, one book chapter, and has presented her work at meetings of the American Chemical Society and American Society for Composites. She is a member of the American Chemical Society.
She loves her research work and enjoys life in Atlanta. In spare time, she likes traveling, running, cooking, and talking to friends. She expects to complete her Ph.D. degree by the end of 2006.
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