Mehdi wins “Student’s Choice Award” for his presentation!
Mehdi’s oral presentation at the 2024 MIE Research Symposium has been awarded the “Student’s Choice Award”. Mehdi is investigating how protein-laden droplets interact with surfaces. Keep up the great work Mehdi!
Samuel’s poster for the win!
Samuel’s poster was awarded first place in the Advanced Manufacturing and Materials category of the MIE Research Symposium. Excellent work Samuel!! Not bad for your first year of research 🙂
Adel and Fariba score the “student’s choice awards” for their posters
Adel and Fariba have both been awarded ‘Student’s Choice Awards’ at the 2024 MIE Research Symposium for their posters. Adel is looking intro triboelectricity and Fariba is investigating anti-corrosion surfaces. Both must have impressed, great job you two!
Goodbye BBQ for Isaac 🙂
The DREAM Lab hosted Dr. Isaac Gresham from the Neto Group at the University of Sydney, as part of our on-going collaboration to make more slippery surfaces. Isaac leaves us tomorrow but not without a lovely goodbye barbecue!
DREAM Lab trainees are awarded their own grant!
A huge congratulations to DREAM Lab members Sonia and Anu, who spearheaded a grant from the Acceleration Consortium focusing on “Advancing EDI in Research: Addressing Bias in Data Collection and Promoting Inclusive Sustainability”. Their team will be hosting two workshops during 2024-25 to understand how bias in big data can be accounted for and dealt… Read more »
New Textiles Paper
Another collaborative work between the DREAM Lab and Prof. Dolez’s group at the University of Alberta has been published by first-author Rashedul. Check out Thermal Effusivity Assessment of Sportswear Fabrics in the Dry State: Stacked and Air-Hoop Methods
All the best Xiaoxiao
DREAM Lab alumni Dr. Xiaoxiao Zhao is now a faculty member at the University of Maine. I’m looking forward to seeing the excellent research coming out from his group in the future. All the best Xiaoxiao, and don’t forget the DREAM Lab! Below is a picture of Xiaoxiao back in 2019 right after he joined… Read more »
New Anti-gravity Paper
Moving liquids vertically against gravity is something plants have done for millennia. But moving single droplets is substantially more difficult, but an important step in certain microfluidic applications. Xiaoxiao (now Prof. Zhao at UMaine) and co-author’s latest study gives a new method for moving droplets against gravity, with some important design principles uncovered for doing… Read more »
Yalda joins the DREAM Lab!
Yalda Chehrehsaz is the latest member to join the DREAM Lab. Yalda will be investigating how dust adheres to surfaces, specifically wood processing mills that deal with the daily accumulation of sawdust. More importantly, she’ll be designing coatings to reduce or eliminate dust adhesion. Welcome Yalda!
Amaneul joins the DREAM Team!
The DREAM Lab is pleased to welcome Amanuel Goliad as its latest member. Amanuel did his senior thesis in MSE in the DREAM Lab, and is now starting his MASc. Amanuel will be looking into novel ways of reducing the release of microplastic fibres from textiles. Welcome Amanuel!
