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D. candidate Ben Skopic and Dr. Hannes Schniepp traveled to Anaheim, CA to attend the TMS 2022 meeting. Hannes' first talk titled, “Diatom Frustules: Universal Building Blocks for Novel Multi-functional Materials text/html 2023-06-25T08:21:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nanomat.as.wm.edu/wiki/public/news/blog/2021-2024/2022-07_mat_horiz_press_release?rev=1687695708&do=diff Press Release: Super Strong Spider Silk Inspired Tape Junctions July 29, 2022 — By Ben Skopic \_ « prev | All Stories | next » Learning from Spiders how to Prevent Sticky Tapes from Peeling (c) Tape may seem like a mundane office supply because it is prone to peel away easily. However, researchers in the nano & biomaterials lab at William & Mary have discovered a way to prevent tapes from peeling apart altogether. They show that tapes can be structurally robust and potentially used in f… text/html 2023-06-25T08:21:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nanomat.as.wm.edu/wiki/public/news/blog/2021-2024/2022-07_small_press_release?rev=1687695708&do=diff Press Release: Nanofibrillar Structure of Recluse Silk July 10, 2022 — By Ben Skopic \_ « prev | All Stories | next » Splitting Single Fibers of a Recluse Spider’s Web: Thousands of Fibrils Inside (c) Researchers revealed the inner make-up of a single fiber of the web of a brown recluse spider. These fibers are one hundred times thinner than a human hair. Never¬theless, each one is built like a cable, with thousands of thinner threads inside — rather than being made of a single piece.… text/html 2023-08-17T18:06:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nanomat.as.wm.edu/wiki/public/news/blog/2021-2024/2022-07_wtkr?rev=1692310012&do=diff Channel 3 WTKR Video Feature July 15, 2022 — By Ben Skopic \_ « prev | All Stories | next » In response to publishing Dinidu Perera's paper in Small titled, "Multi-Point Nanoindentation Method to Determine Mech. Anisotropy in Nanofibrillar Thin Films" , reporter and news anchor Anthony Sabella from channel 3 WTKR came to the lab to interview Dinidu Perera and Ben Skopic and learn more about our spiders. The text/html 2023-06-25T08:21:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nanomat.as.wm.edu/wiki/public/news/blog/2021-2024/2022-09_homeschool_fieldtrip?rev=1687695708&do=diff Outreach: Schniepp Lab Hosts Fieldtrip for Local Homeschooled Students September 21, 2022 — By Ben Skopic \_ « prev | All Stories | next » As part of our outreach initiatives, we are trying to expose more people to our research who wouldn't ordinarily know what research is going on in the community. One local group that didn't know about our research, or that research on spider silk or diatoms was even possible was the local Williamsburg Classical Conversations homeschooling group. We… text/html 2023-06-25T08:21:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nanomat.as.wm.edu/wiki/public/news/blog/2021-2024/2022-11_dinidu_defense?rev=1687695708&do=diff Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Dinidu Perera November 18, 2022 — By Ben Skopic \_ « prev | All Stories | next » Our very own Dinidu Perera successfully defended his dissertaion! Now he is Dr. Dinidu Perera! The title of his dissertation was, “Structure, Formation, and Mechanics of Nanofibrillar Spider Silk. text/html 2023-06-25T08:21:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nanomat.as.wm.edu/wiki/public/news/blog/2021-2024/2023-03_grs?rev=1687695708&do=diff Two Presentations at GHRS 2023 March 30, 2023 — By Ben Skopic \_ « prev | All Stories | next » Each year, William & Mary has hosted the Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) for all graduate students from local universities including UVA, Virginia Tech, ODU, and more. This year was the first in person meeting since 2019. The symposium was expanded this year to include William & Mary honors undergraduate researchers and is now called the Graduate & text/html 2024-10-21T12:17:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://nanomat.as.wm.edu/wiki/public/news/blog/2021-2024/2023-04_tripledefense?rev=1729527425&do=diff Triple Ph.D. Defense April 28, 2023 — By Ben Skopic \_ « prev | All Stories | next » The nano & biomaterials group has had a busy spring so far with three dissertation defenses. Samantha Applin, Ben Skopic, and Avishi Abeywickrama are all doctors of philosophy! First up was Sam with her dissertation titled, “Investigation of Reversibly Assembling Materials Using Force Spectroscopy”. 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