Weaver Award for 2 papers

This year, the J. William Weaver Paper of the Year is being awarded to Xuehong Ren and co-authors Meng Zhang and Yan Zhang from Jiangnan University, and Tung Shi-Huang from Auburn University. They are recognized for their paper “Antibacterial Finishing of Vat Dyed Cotton Fabrics with a Reactive N-Halamine”. Xuehong Ren is a Taihu Professor in the College of Textile Science and Engineering at Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu/China.Lian-gang Zheng and co-authors Fujun Xu, Mohamed Amine Aouraghe, Sidra Saleemi, Yanhong Cao and Yiping Qui from Donghua University are recognized for their paper “Mechanical Properties and Failure Analysis of 3D-Woven Copper Wire/Glass Fiber Hybrid Composites”. Lian-gang Zheng received his B.S. from Anhui Polytechnic University in 2017. He immediately began his graduate studies at Donghua University, Shanghai/China, where he is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the College of Textiles. He has authored or co-authored 7 papers and has recently received the Doctoral Academic Scholarship from Donghua University and the Excellent Paper Award of the 13th International Forum on Textile & Garment Innovation from Shanghai Textile Engineering Society.
The Publications Committee of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), Research Triangle Park, NC/USA, presents the J. William Weaver Paper of the Year Award to the author of the best peer reviewed paper published in AATCC Journal of Research each year.