The Zha Lab has received a grant from The Kavli Foundation as part of the RCSA Scialog program to develop intrinsically colored plant and algae-based textiles that would not require additional dyeing processes for textile applications.
https://rescorp.org/news/2024/10/6-teams-funded-in-1st-year-of-scialog-sustainable-minerals-metals-and-materials
Check out the news coverage of our recently published work on engineering bacteria that eat plastic and make multipurpose spider silk
Caleb Wigham successfully defended his thesis titled “Investigating the Interfacial Self-Assembly of Silk Fibroin.” Dr.Wigham is off to San Francisco and is currently looking for job opportunities in the Bay Area.
Hannah Doss pitches Fluorescent Viral Surrogates project at Innovation Week 2023 for business, marketing, and tech support. Check out her talk HERE
In celebration of New York state’s commitment to producing smart and sustainable textiles, RPI was selected by Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology, and Innovation to lead and manage New York’s Fashion Innovation Center. Read more HERE
Jeongae Kim presents poster on “Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Self-Assembly and Tensile Deformation of Model Dragline Spidroin” at 2023 Silk Gordan Research Conference in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
Alex Connor successfully defends thesis on “Multispecies Production of Recombinant Silk for Future Biomaterials Manufacturing.” Following graduation, Dr.Connor will begin working as an Associate at McKinsey & Associates in Austin, Texas.
Hannah Doss 24’ pitches fluorescent viral surrogate project to SOSV Accelerator planel
Zha lab and collaborators awarded $745,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore sustainable alternatives to synthetic textiles. Read more about it HERE
Angela Moser awarded $32,000 NIGMS Biomolecular Science and Engineering Training Program fellowship for academic excellence and research potential.
Tanner Fink successfully defends thesis on “Self-Assembled Nano-Thin SIlk Fibroin Coatings for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery Applications.” Following graduation, Dr.Fink will work as a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University in Mirkin Lab.
Jasmine Yang has been awarded the prestigious NDSEG fellowship for graduate research by the Department of Defense. This award will support her exciting work on developing new biomacromolecules for drug delivery.
Fina has won the Brinnegan Award from the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering for her excellence in undergraduate research. Congrats!
Hannah Doss ‘24 featured at ACS BIOT in the downstream processing session presenting her work on “Fluorescent viral surrogates for mimicry of non-enveloped viral clearance behavior across platform downstream unit operations.”
Jeongae Kim give oral presentation on “Understanding the structure-property relationships of silk fibroin through molecular dynamic simulation” at ACS 2022 annual meeting in San Diego, California.
Check out the news coverage of our recently published work on making self-decontaminating face masks.
Jeongae Kim presents poster on “Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Self-Assembly and Mechanical Deformation of Silk Fibroin” at AiCHE 2021
Hannah Doss ‘24 presented her work on “Developing Fluorescent Viral Surrogate Particles as an Alternative to Live Virus in Viral Clearance Validation”
Congratulations to Shweta Burgula for winning the Brinnegan Prize in Chemical Engineering. This award is bestowed by the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at RPI for a high achieving undergraduate student currently participating in research.
https://news.rpi.edu/approach/2021/05/19
Alex Connor, a Ph.D. chemical and biological engineering candidate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, won first place in the Agtech and Food Industry track in the 12th annual New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) for his presentation on Ripely, his proposed business geared toward extending the shelf life of fresh produce. Connor was also named a finalist in the Grand Prize competition.