Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory

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4/13	Professor Hinestroza participates in Nanodays at the Ithaca Science Center. NanoDays activities bring university researchers together with science museum educators, creating unique learning experiences.
3/13	Professor Hinestroza participates in a Colombia-US workshop on Nanotechnology for Energy and Medical Applications in Medellin, Colombia. The Workshop was organized by NSF and Purdue University
2/13	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation at Parsons The New School for Design in New York, NY. Hinestroza talked about fashionable applications of nanotechnology and the use of nanoscale science to create smart textile surfaces.
1/13	Professor Hinestroza's work on nanotextiles is featured at "IEEE Engineers for a New Millennium", a public radio show sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The segment on Smart Clothing and Nanotextiles can be accesed here
12/12	Professor Hinestroza delivered a talk on Multifunctional Fibers via Manipulation of Nanoscale Phenomena at the Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology of the National University of Singapore in Singapore
12/12	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited talk at the Department of Advanced Organic Materials and Textile Systems at Chungnam National University in Daejun, South Korea
12/12	Professor Hinestroza delivered an invited talk at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand
12/12	Professor Hinestroza delivered an invited talk entitled "Can Nanotechnology be Fashionable" at the National Nanotechnology Center in Bangkok, Thailand
11/12	Professor Hinestroza was an invited speaker at the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering of Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea. Hinestroza talked about the manipulation of nanoscale phenomena to create multifunctional fibers and textiles.
11/12	Professor Hinestroza was an invited speaker at the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology of Shinsu University in Ueda, Japan
11/12	Professor Hinestroza delivered an invited talk entitled "Can Nanotechnology be Fashionable: Merging Fiber Science and Apparel Design" at the Department Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering of Soongsil University in Seoul, South Korea
10/12	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the 8th Workshop on Computational Chemistry and Molecular Spectroscopy in Punta de Tralca, Chile
10/12	Professor Hinestroza was an invited panelist at an event aimed at understanding "Creativity, Science and Fashion" at the Campus Creativo of Universidad Andres Bello in Santiago, Chile
8/12	Professor Hinestroza becomes an invited professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea. Hinestroza taught a semester-long graduate course on Rheology of Solids to SNU students
8/12	Professor Hinestroza delivers a short course on "Weaving Innovation: Nanotechnology and Textiles" at the School of Arts Science and Humanities of the University of Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil
7/12	Professor Hinestroza in an invited speaker at the School of Chemistry of Universidad Industrial de Santander in Bucaramanga, Colombia
7/12	Professor Hinestroza taught a 5-day course on Multifunctional Fibers via Manipulation of Nanoscale Phenomena at the Autonomous National University of Mexico in Mexico City
7/12	Professor Hinestroza participates in panel to discuss the Future of Nanotechnology during the 35th anniversary of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility (CNF).
6/12	Professor Hinestroza discussed our work at the interface between design and science as an invited speaker at Aalto School of Arts, Design and Architecture in Helsinki, Finland. Hinestroza delivered a lecture entitled: "Can Nanotechnology be Fashionable?: Merging Fiber Science and Apparel Design
6/12	Professor Hinestroza delivered a 3-day Course on Enhancing Surface of Fibers via Manipulation of Nanoscale Phenomena at Aalto University School of Chemical Technology in Espoo, Finland
6/12	Professor Hinestroza chaired a session on electrospinning and presented our work on measuring electrostatics phenomena in fibers at the 2012 Fiber Society Meeting in St. Gallen, Switzerland
6/12	Soshana Smith succesfully defended her M.Sc. thesis on the use of Acoustic Force Atomic Microscopy AFAM to measure mechanical properties of bicomponent fibers.
5/12	Professor Hinestroza was an invited guest at the Institut für Forstbenutzung und Forstliche Arbeitswissenschaft of the University of Freiburg and delivered a lecture entitled :" Multifunctional Fibers via Manipulation of Nanoscale Phenomena" at the FMF Center for Materials Research in Freiburg, Germany
4/12	Professor Hinestroza was an invited speaker at the Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Ingénieurs Sud Alsace in Mulhouse, France
3/12	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited lecture at the Research Institute for Textile Chemistry and Textile Physics of the University of Innsbruck in Dornbirn, Austria
2/12	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation entitled "Can Nanotechnology be fashionable: tales of the merge between design and science" at Aalto University in Helsinki,Finland
2/12	Professor Hinestroza joins EMPA (Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt) as a visiting professor in the Advanced Fibers Laboratory directed by Professor Manfred Heuberger
1/12	Professor Hinestroza delivers invited presentations at the Department of Chemical Engineering of Unicamp (Universidad Estaduale de Campinas) in Brazil. Hinestroza talked about molecular strategies to make polymeric fibers and the development of novel metrology tools to probe nanoscale phenomena in fibers
1/12	Professor Hinestroza visits the Federal University of the Amazonas in Manaus Brazil
12/12	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation at the Institute of Textiles and Clothing at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong.
12/12	Professor Hinestroza receives a fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation to perform research at EMPA (Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt)
11/12	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation about Nanotechnology in Textiles and Fashion at SENAI-CETIQT in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11/12	Professor Hinestroza delivers an interactive workshop "Controlling and Enhancing Fiber Surfaces" as part of the IGERT program at Cornell University. The modules were: Novel Applications of Fibers: From Protective Clothing to Cotton Transistors; Characterization and processing of synthetic and natural fibers; and Strategies for fiber surface functionalization.
10/12	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation at the annual meeting of the Korean Society for Textiles and Clothing at Yonsei University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Hinestroza talked about the fashion aspects of textiles nanotechnology.
10/12	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation at the Open House of the Institute for Materials Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM in Mexico, City
9/11	Farewell to Dr. Paiva and Dr. Rameash (Proudly wearing their Cornell sweatchers) who return to their home countries of Brazil and India after a very productive stay in our laboratory.
9/11	Professor Hinestroza participates in the 3rd Workshop on Amazonic Green Materials organized by the Federal University of the Amazonia, UFAM, in Manaus, Brazil
9/11	Members of the Textiles Nanotechnology group go hiking at Treeman State Park to enjoy the wonderful scenery of the Finger Lakes region
8/11	Yoon Chul Jason Haam, Victor Haas and Lina Botero join our research group. Victor is a raising senior in Chemistry, Jason is a Fiber Science major and Lina is a new doctoral student with a background in Physics and engineering physics.
8/11	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation about nanotextiles at the Center for Applied Sciences and Advanced Technologies (CICATA) of National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico in Mexico City
7/11	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation on nanotechnology and textiles at the III meeting for micro and nanotechnologies at University of the Andes in Bogota, Colombia
7/11	Professor Hinestroza was an invited speaker at a workshop on Dynamic Multifunctional Materials for a Second Skin Concept at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center (NSRDEC)
7/11	Zerui Sophie Zhu joins our research group. Sophie is an undergraduate in Chemical Engineering.
7/11	The Hinestroza Research Group moves to the new state of the art laboratories at the new Human Ecology Building HEB
7/11	Professor Young-Jin Jeong joins our group as a visiting professor from the Dept. of Organic Materials and Fiber Engineering Soongsil University
7/11	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation on multifunctional fibers and fabrics at the 3M Tech Forum at 3M Headquarters in St. Paul, MN
6/11	Professor Hinestroza delivers a series of invited lectures on the synthesis and applications of new composite materials from natural fibers and nanoparticles at Universidad Industrial de Santander in Bucaramanga, Colombia
4/11	Dr. Fred Ochanda and Dr. Priscilla Paiva Luz join our group as postdoctoral associates. Dr. Ochanda was born in Kenya and Dr. Paiva Luz is originally from Brazil. Ochand will work on fiber based metal organic frameworks and Luz Pavia on fiber-based encapsulation of natural compounds
4/11	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation at the Nike's Bowerman Auditorium in Portland, OR to Cornell alumni and Nike designers and materials researchers. Hinestroza talk about the synergy between fashion and nanotechnology
3/11	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at a symposium on electrospinning organized by the ACS Polymer Materials Science and Engineering PMSE Division to honor the contributions of Dr. Young Chung
3/11	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the Vietnam-USA VNUHCM-UCLA Chemistry off Metal Organic Frameworks and related Materials in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
3/11	Farewell to Dr. Marcia Silva da Pinto who leaves our laboratory to join the Research team at Nestle Research Center in Lausanne Switzerland http://www.research.nestle.com
3/11	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation on multifunctional fibers and textile nanotechnology at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology EMPA at St. Gallen, Switzerland
2/11	Professor Hinestroza is the Samuel Ginn Distinguished Speaker of Engineering at Auburn University. His lecture was hosted by the Department of Polymer and Fiber Engineering at Auburn University.
1/11	Farewell to Dr. Huaning Zhu who leaves our research group to join Dassault Systemes in Providence, RI and to Dr. Victoria Calero who joins IBM Research at Yorktown Heights, NY.
1/11	Professor Hinestroza visits Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore India and tours the facilities of the new Research Center for Agricultural Nanotechnology to discuss collaborative work on nanofertilizers and nanopesticides
12/10	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the United Arab Emirates University in Al-Ain, UAE
11/10	Two of our undergraduate researchers, Ashley and Kelton Minor are featured in the Fall edition of The Research Paper, a magazine about undergraduate research at Cornell University
11/10	Profesor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at Engineering of Fibrous Smart Materials Laboratory at The University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands. Hinestroza spoke at the Workshop on Surface Modification Systems for Creating Stimuli Responsiveness of Textiles organized by Advanbiotex.
11/10	Professor Hinestroza participates in WE10, the annual conference of the Society for Women Engineers in Orlando, FL
10/10	Professor Hinestroza participates in graduate program of the annual conference of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
10/10	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at Howard University in Washington, DC
10/10	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the XXIX Latin Amerinca Chemistry Congress in Cartagena , Colombia
9/10	The Hinestroza Research group participates in the "Run for Change" 5K race. Run for change is an initiative to promote microcredit in the developing world
9/10	Professor Hinestroza speaks at the Science Cabaret in Ithaca, NY
9/10	Dr. Huaning Zhu and Dr. Marcia Silva da Pinto participate in the workshop on advanced filtration strategies sponsored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in Washington, NY
8/10	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the XIX International Materials Research Congress in Cancun, Mexico
8/10	The Hinestroza Research Group has a picnic at the Taughannock park near Ulysses, NY
8/10	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the 3rd annual meeting on Amazonic Green Materials at the University of the Amazon in Manaus, Brazil
07/10	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at Universidad Industrial de Santander in Bucaramanga, Colombia
06/10	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the FuturTEX2010 conference in Montreal, Canada
06/10	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the International Conference on Smart Textiles at Seoul National University in Seoul, Korea
05/10	Camila Flor graduates with her M.Sc n Fiber Science. Camila will join L'Oreal Research
05/10	Professor Hinestroza and Professor Hay receive a SEED grant from the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future to explore the use of biochar nanofibers as filtration media
05/10	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the Faculty of Textiles of the Technical University of Liberec in the Czech Republic
05/10	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Budapest, Hungary
05/10	The Hinestroza Research group participates in the Earth Day 5K race
4/30	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Stony Brook University in Stony Brooke, NY
3/10	Dr. Huaning Zhu, Dr. Chaoxia Wang and Professor Hinestroza attended the 239th American Chemical Society Meeting in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Zhu presented at the PMSE Division and Dr. Wang in the CELL Division
3/10	Abbey Liebman, a Cornell Apparel Design student uses our conductive cotton technology to create a solar powered dress
2/10	Giorgio Mattana joins our group as a visiting doctoral student from the University of Cagliari
2/10	A Japanese TV crew from NHK visited our laboratory to tape one episode of Gak-ChaNe about our work on textiles nanotechnology. Gakusei-ChaNe translates Academic Channel.
2/10	Professor Hinestroza visits the University of Bologna, Italy, the oldest university in the western world, and delivers an invited presentation on multifunctional textiles at their department of physics
1/10	Soshana Smith joins our group as a new graduate student. Soshana is a Chemical Engineering graduate from Cornell University and will work on Atomic Force Acoustic Microscopy
1/10	Dr. Marcia Silva da Pinto from University of Sao Paulo, Brazil joins our group as a Postdoctoral Associate. Dr. Cesar Sierra from Universidad Nacional , Colombia joins our group as a visiting scholar
1/10	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation at the Institute of Materials Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
12/09	Our research team completed our fourth 5K race of the year at the "It's a Wonderful Race" in Seneca Falls, NY
12/09	Dr. McJilton presents her research work on Metal Organic Framework nanofibers at the 2009 MRS Fall meeting in Boston, MA
11/09	Professor Hinestroza visits the University of Massachusets Amherst as part of a visiting team from the National Science Foundation to the Center for Hierarchical Nanomanufacturing
10/09	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited presentation regarding nanotechnology in textiles at the department of Wood Science and Forest Products at VirginiaTech in Blacksburg, VA
10/09	We completed our third 5K race of the year, the Chris Bond 5K race in Trumansburg, NY. Here are the pictures after and before the race. All of us finished the race and enjoyed a beautiful morning in the Finger Lakes Region.
8/09	Dr. Laura McJilton, Dr. Huaning Zhu and Professor Hinestroza presented our research work at the Chemical and Biological Filtration Strategies Workshop organized by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency DTRA in Arlington, VA.
8/09	Dr. Sachin Talwar joins our research group as a postdoctoral associate. Dr. Talwar is a graduate from NCSU and had extensive industry experience in fiber processing and rheology of polymers
8/09	Alejandra Andere successfully defended her M.Sc thesis entitled " Manipulation of electrospinning processes using magnetic fields"
8/09	Professor Hinestroza is one of the plenary speakers at the Mexican Congress of Inorganic Chemistry at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico UAEM in Toluca, Mexico.
8/09	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the Nanostructures Materials and Nanotechnology Symposium of the XVIII International Materials Research Congress in Cancun, Mexico
7/09	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the NanoMercosur meeeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He organized the panel on Nanotechnology in textiles
7/09	The Hinestroza Research Group had a BBQ at the Buttermilk Falls State Park to say farewell to Dr. Junlong Song who is becoming a faculty member at Nanjing Forestry University
7/09	Dr. Victoria Calero a graduate from Professor Rinaldi's group at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez joins our research group. Victoria is an expert in synthesis and functionalization of magnetic nanoparticles
7/09	Kelton Minor, an undergraduate majoring in Design and Environmental Analysis joins our team. Kelton was awarded a summer research scholarship from the College of Human Ecology
7/09	Dr. Adalena Kennedy from the Federal University of the Amazon in Brazil joins our team as a visting scholar.
6/09	We completed our second 5K race at the Ithaca Twilight 5K race organized by the Finger Lakes Runners Association It was a rainy and cold day but we had fun. Pictures are taken before and after the race
6/09	Professor Hinestroza visits the Technical University of Berlin- Polymer Engineering /Polymer Physics Department in Berlin, Germany
5/09	Graduation!! Vivian (Ph.D), Alejandra (M.Sc.) and Christina (M. Sc.) participated on the 141st Commencement Exercises and received their degrees.
5/09	Yan Vivian Li receives the Robert E. Work award for outstanding work in Fiber and Polymer Science.
5/09	Yan Vivian Li successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation on probing boundary lubrication in textile relevant surfaces via lateral force microscopy
4/09	Dr. Chaoxia Wang, a faculty member in the department of Textile Chemistry at Jiangnan University joins our group as a visiting scholar. Dr. Wang will work on assembly strategies of inorganic materials to fibrous substrates
4/09	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the IGERT program for Nanomanufacturing Innovation at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
4/09	All members of the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory participated in the 5K race to celebrate Earth Day at the Cornell Arboretum. Everyone finished the race. Pictures are taken before and after the race
4/09	Christina Diaz successfully defends her M.Sc thesis on the use of colloidal particles to modify the near infrared signatures of textiles.
3/09	Professor Hinestroza receives a certificate of appreciation from the American Chemical Society Division of Cellulose and Renewable Materials for organizing the symposium on Green and Renewable Composite Materials during the 237th ACS National meeting in Salt Lake City, UT
3/09	Professor Hinestroza visits the Department of Organic and Polymer Materials at Tokyo Institute of Technology to deliver a talk about our work in the use of Nanotechnology in Textiles
3/09	Christina Diaz and Professor Hinestroza are featured in the MRS Bulletin from the Materials Research Society. The article is titled: Fashioning Functional Fibers.
3/09	Kathleen Donley was selected as one of the recipients of research grants from the AATCC Foundation/Institute of Textile Technology (ITT) Undergraduate Research Program
2/09	Hekia Bodwitch, an undergraduate researcher in our lab, is featured in a TV episode of DragonflyTV, a PBS program. The episode is called nanosilver.
2/09	Professor Hinestroza's work in the area of textile nanotechnology is featured in Americas Quarterly, the policy journal for the Americas.
1/09	Professor Hinestroza was invited by Inexmoda to be the guest speaker at ColombiaTEX, the largest textile trade show in Latin America. Hinestroza also visited several local universities (Pontificial Bolivarian University, EAFIT, National University at Medellin and University of Antioquia) to discuss collaborative research in the area of nanotechnology in textiles.
1/09	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker at the Federal University of the Amazon in Manaus Brazil
12/08	Our paper on Chemistry of Materials is cited as Noteworthy Chemistry by the American Chemical Society Newsletter
12/08	Professor Hinestroza visits Donghua University in Shanghai as part of the Lehman Fund for Scholarly Exchange with China.
11/08	Professor Hinestroza is featured in the Cornell Daily Sun
10/08	Camila Flor successfully defended her thesis on aligned collagen nanofibers via assisted electrospinning at the Polytechnic University of Cataluna.
10/08	Professor Hinestroza visits the Instiute of Textile Research INTEXTER at the Polytechnic University of Cataluna to present his research group's work in the area of nanotechnology in textiles
10/08	Professor Hinestroza is an invited speaker during the opening of a new innovation center at the SENAI-CETIQT (Technology Center for the Chemical and Textile Industries) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9/08	Professor Hinestroza delivers an invited talk during the opening of a new center of excellence for green and sustainable chemistry at the UAEM in Toluca-Mexico
9/08	Dr. Junlong Song joins our laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Song is a graduate from the Forest Biomaterials Science and Engineering Department at NCSU
8/08	Professor Hinestroza visits the Amazon rainforest during the first congress on Amazonic Green Materials at the UFAM in Manaus, Brazil.
8/08	Dr. Laura MacJilton joins our research group as a postdoctoral associate. Dr. McJilton is a graduate from the Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University
8/08	Professor Hinestroza speaks at the Brazilian Association of Textile and Color Chemists ABQCT on novel uses of nanotechnology in textiles
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. 　　　 http://slurl.com/secondlife/ACS/177/135/31
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