Yijie made a poster presentation on thermal transport properties in polymer composites at the MIE IAB Meeting & Alumni Event in Pratt & Whitney, Connecticut.
Yanfei shared her research on thermal transport properties of soft materials at the 2023 Nursing and Engineering Symposium.
Yanfei received the Flex Grant for teaching and faculty development from the Massachusetts Society of Professors at UMass Amherst. Thank you for the support.
Yijie received the MIE travel award to support his upcoming MRS conference. Congrats!
National Space Grant Foundation Broadcast: Massachusetts student receives NASA space grant award. Congrats, Brendan!
https://spacegrant.org/2023/08/25/massachusetts-student-receives-nasa-space-grant-award/
UMASS AMHERST Engineering Major Brendan Scott Awarded NASA Space Grant. Congratulations!
https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-engineering-major-brendan-scott-awarded-nasa-space-grant
Congratulations to Yanfei’s group on receiving the National Science Foundation Award! We will study thermal transport properties in electrically conductive polymers. Thank you for the NSF’s support.
Brendan Scott was awarded with Space Grant Summer 2023 Fellowships. Many thanks to the support from the Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium! Brendan will study thermally conductive polymers. Congrats!
We made a poster presentation on the Studying Thermal Transport in Polymers and Interfaces in the 2023 Polymer Workshop at UMass Amherst. New Materials Frontiers: Connecting Synthetic Innovation with Materials Discovery.
A nine-person team of female faculty members, including Yanfei, has received a 2023-2024 Mutual Mentoring Award from UMass ADVANCE. Nine women faculty members in MIE collaborate on a “Relay Race to Mentorship”.
Yijie made a poster presentation on the Controlling Thermal Transport in Polymers and Interfaces in the energy transition symposium at UMass Amherst.
Royal Society of Chemistry Selects our article “State-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in bottom-up synthesis of polymers with high thermal conductivity” for “Most Popular Papers of 2022”!
Alumni Ian Goodine and Ethan Walko, founders of rStream, have been named among the awardees for the 2022 class of Boston’s “25 Under 25.” Congrats!
https://www.umass.edu/engineering/news/goodine-and-walko-25-under-25
Yijie received UMass MSE poster symposium awards and won MRS membership awards. Congrats!
Yijie and Yanfei gave a thermal management lab tour for participants in Women in Engineering and Computing Career day.
Yanfei gave an invitation talk at the 3M Technical Community Event- Polymer Chapter in 3M Tech Forum.
Yanfei is awarded the Flex Grant for teaching/faculty development, Massachusetts Society of Professors, the UMass Amherst. Congrats!
Yanfei has received ADVANCE CEM^3 Funding Awards. Many thanks to the Metors in the Center for Evolutionary Materials Mutual Mentoring!
Deanna has been awarded with the NASA Space Grant Fall 2022 Fellowship. Many thanks to the NASA Space Grant! Deanna will study thermally conductive polymers. Congrats!
https://www.umass.edu/engineering/news/deanna-conti-receives-nasa-space-grant-fellowship
Our book chapter “Polymer Inks for Printable Supercapacitors” has been published by Wiley-Scrivener!
Our paper has been selected by the journal Polymer Chemistry to be part of its Emerging Investigators Series. The artwork in the paper has been chosen to appear on the Front Cover of Polymer Chemistry. Congrats!
https://www.umass.edu/news/article/yanfei-xu-paper-selected-polymer-chemistry-emerging-investigator-series
Yijie has been awarded the Best Symposium Student Poster Award in the 2021 MRS Fall Meeting. Congrats!
Materials Research Society, poster title is Understanding Thermal Transport in Polymer-based Composites.
Ian and Ethan have earned the Venturewell Awards! Thank you for working hard on advancing future technologies on recycling polymers and innovating today for industry of tomorrow!
Accelerating future technologies: meet the winter 2022 E-Team cohort. rStream Recycling team will be awarded Stage 2 grants to support the development of their innovations, including the four winning teams from the Verizon Forward for Good Challenge. (link https://venturewell.org/future-technologies-e-teams-winter-2022/)
Yanfei has been invited as a guest editor for Polymers Journal. Special Issue is “Thermal Transport in Polymers”. Call for papers!
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/polymers/special_issues/Therm_Transp_Polym
Yurui’s perspective paper on developing polymers with high thermal conductivity has been accepted for publication in Acta Physica Sinica. Congratulations!
Yanfei is awarded the Flex Grant for teaching/faculty development, Massachusetts Society of Professors, the UMass Amherst. Congrats!
Yanfei shared ideas, transforming polymer insulators into heat conductors, at the Albedo PolymerMEET 2021.
Yanfei gave a talk today on Study of Thermal Transport in Polymers at the CUMIRP event (Center for UMass Industry Research on Polymers).
Yanfei gave an invitation talk today on Engineering Polymers with Metal-like Thermal Conductivity at the DoPont’s special seminar.
Yijie is awarded the Conference Travel Grant, Graduate School, the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Congrats!
Our perspectives on thermally conductive polymers have been accepted for publication in Polymer! Congratulations to Yu and Yijie!
A very warm welcome to Yijie and Yurui on campus!
Welcome Yurui joins group!
July 19, 2021, “Flame Retardant and Thermally Insulating Polymers” book edited by Yanfei has been accepted for publication in the IntechOpen!
June 7, 2021, Our book chapter — Polymers and Their Composites for Thermoelectric Applications, has been accepted for publication in the CRC Press Book. Congratulations to Yu!
May 3, 2021, Congratulations to Nattavipa (Cindy)! All the best wishes for your future research at Carnegie Mellon University!
Apr 28, 2021, Congratulations to Nattavipa (Cindy) on her successful Honor Thesis Defense!
Cindy delivered a successful presentation on her independent study research on thermal transport properties in polymer composites at the Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference!
Yanfei was honored to be part of the inaugural Women in STEM career panel, which featured esteemed UMass Professors who shared their valuable insights and experiences.
The panel, organized by the Association for Women in Science, Society for Women Engineers, and UMass Biochemistry Club, had the primary objective of highlighting the remarkable achievements of women in the STEM field. Among the distinguished panelists were: Dr. Laura
Mar 27, 2021, it is an honor for Yanfei that she has been chosen as 1 of the ten members of the 2021-2022 TIDE Ambassadors Faculty Fellowship cohort.
https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/ten-faculty-selected-2021-22-tide
Mar 26, 2021, MIE 375 manufacturing processes taught by Yanfei Xu has been chosen as the TIDE accelerator projects in the College of Engineering.
Jan 5, 2021, our collaborative paper – review and perspective on high thermal conductivity polymer and polymer-based composites, has been published on Composites Communications. Congrats!
December 17, 2020, Yanfei joins the topic editorial board of Processes. Yanfei will lead special issue: Advanced Polymer Processing Processes.
Processes – An Open Access Journal from MDPI. Submission link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/Polymer_Processing_Processes
December 7, 2020, Yanfei gives an invitation talk on advanced polymers for thermal management at the SciTech Webinar. The 3rd International Conference on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
Theme: The Future of Chemistry and Chemical Techniques for Innovative & an Optimistic View.
Nov 11, 2020, Yu shares his future perspectives of heat-conducting polymers at the UMass Amherst with Nature Research Chemistry Community. Congrats!
Oct 21, 2020, Yanfei is awarded the Flex Grant for teaching/faculty development, Massachusetts Society of Professors, the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Congrats!
Oct 13, 2020, Nattavipa presents her honor thesis research at Fall 2020 CUMIRP Polymer Events, develops communication skills and builds a bridge to her future. Congrats!
Sep 29, 2020, Nattavipa has been nominated as a Rising Researcher at UMASS! Congrats!
Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity for a Brighter Future
Sep 10, 2020, Together While Apart.
Aug 24, 2020, Nattavipa expands her intellectual curiosity and starts her honors thesis statement in the APEX lab!
Aug 18, 2020, UMass ADVANCE announces the 2020-2021 cohort of ADVANCE Faculty Fellows. ADVANCE’S theme for the upcoming program year is “Inclusion and Equity Amid COVID-19.”
Aug 10, 2020, our collaborative work “Dynamic intermolecular interactions through hydrogen bonding of water promote heat conduction in hydrogels” gets published in Materials Horizons. Congrats!
August 7, 2020, Yanfei has received “Outstanding Scientist Award” in the 11th International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science, and Medicine, Kolkata, India.
June 18, 2020, it is an honor for Yanfei that she has been chosen as a ADVANCE Faculty Fellow by the UMass ADVANCE Team.
ADVANCE Program at University of Massachusetts Amherst