You-Lo Hsieh Professor Chair, Division of Textiles and Clothing Telephone: (530) 752-0843 Email: ylhsieh@ucdavis.edu

Academic Background

Ph.D. Polymer Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
M.S. Textile Science, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
B.S. Textiles, Fu-Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan

Research Interests

• Cotton fiber (structural development and properties)
  
• Liquid wetting and transport in porous media
  
• Nano-fibers and nano-porous polymers/fibers
  
• Polysaccharide (cellulose, chitin) chemistry
  
• Protein immobolization, binding, reactions
  
• Surface properties of fibers and polymers: chemistry, energetics
  
• Synthesis of biobased polymers and products

Teaching

FPS 161/L Fiber Structure and Properties (3 units), Fall
FPS 150 Polymer Syntheses and Reactions (3 units), Spring
TXC 171  Clothing Materials Science (4 units), Winter
FPS 250A  Polymer Chemistry (3 units), Spring

Select Publications

Ultra-fine fibers

Enzyme Immobilization

Surface Modification

Enzyme Reactions of Fibers

Cotton Fiber Structure

Biobased Polymer Synthesis

Patents

• Hsieh, Y.-L., M.M. Hartzell-Lawson, M.G. Boston, K.A. Clarkson, K.D. Collier and T.P.Graycar, Enzyme treatment to enhance wettability and absorbency of textiles, U.S. Patent No.6,436,696 (August 20, 2002).

• Hsieh, Y.-L., M.M. Hartzell-Lawson,   M.G. Boston, K.A. Clarkson, K.D. Collier and T.P.Graycar,   Enzyme treatment to enhancewettability and absorbency of textiles, U.S. Patent No.6,0066,494 (May 23, 2000).

Awards

• You-Lo Hsieh, Founders' Award, Fiber Society, 2005.

• You-Lo Hsieh, Lecturer, Fiber Society, 2001.