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Gang Sun Telephone:
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Academic Background
Post Doc. Textile Engineering, Auburn University
Ph.D. Chemistry, Auburn University
M.S. Materials Science and Fiber Engineering, Donghua University
B.S. Materials Science and Fiber Engineering, Donghua University
Web Sites:
Enviromentally Benign Medical Protective Textiles
Research Interests:
- Synthesis of functional textile and polymeric materials
- Study of functional materials against microorganisms
- Toxic chemicals and hazardous environments
- Polysaccharide (cellulose, chitin) chemistry
- Functional textile finishing and dyeing
- Coloration of polymeric materials with nanotechnology
- Utilization of agricultural wastes in textile processing
Teaching:
TXC 6 Introduction to Textiles (4 units), Fall
TXC 163 Textile Coloration and Finishing (3 units), Spring
TXC 163L Textile Coloration and Finishing Laboratory (1), Spring
FPS 250E Special Topics in Polymer and Fiber Science (3), Fall
TXC 290 Seminar
Halamine Biocidal Polymers and Textiles
Other Biocidal Polymers and Textiles
Synthesis and Applications of Biocidal Colorants
1. Research funding from NSF, NTC, and CDC over 3 millions since 1998
2. Fourteen Ph. D. students (Five have completed) and four M.S. students
3. More than 70 peer reviewed publications and 15 granted US Patents
Honors and Affliations
1998-2003 CAREER AWARD, National Science Foundation (NSF)
2004-2005 Director’s awards from National Textile Center (NTC)
1992-present Member, American Chemical Society
1995-present Member, American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
1997-present Member, Fiber Society
2003-present Member, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
1997-present Honorary Professor, Wuhan Institute of Textile Science and Technology
2002-present Honorary Professor, College of Textiles, Qingdao University
2002-present Consulting Professor, College of Chemistry and Chem. Eng., Donghua University