Posted April 28, 2015

 

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Enqi Jin, Zhiyong Qiao, Hong Zhu, Zaixing Zhang and Yongian Li, who co-authored a paper entitled “Effect of Acrylate Constituent Units on the COD Removal Rates of Acrylate Copolymers for Warp Sizing: Internal Standard” published in the March/April 2014 issue of the AATCC Journal of Research, have been selected as the writers of the best peer-reviewed paper published in the AATCC Journal of Research in 2014.

 

For their significant contributions to textile science literature, the authors were honored with the J. William Weaver Paper of the Year Award \at an awards ceremony held at the AATCC 2015 International Conference in Savannah, Ga.

 

Jin, who received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D in textile engineering from Jiangnan University, is currently an associate professor at the College of Textiles and Garments at Shaoxing University. His current research interests are bio-based warp sizes and bio-based thermoplastics.

 

Qiao received his B.S. in engineering from Wuhan Textile University and his M.S. and Ph.D in engineering from Jiangnan University.

 

Zhu earned her B.S. in engineering from Xi’an Polytechnic University and her M.S. in engineering form Soochow University. Zhang received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D in engineering, and was a postdoc at Soochow University through June 2014.

 

Li received his B.S. in engineering at Xi’an University and M.S. in engineering at Soochow University. Qiao, Zhu, Zhang, and Li are currently employed at Changzhou Textile Institute in Jiangsu Province, China.

 

The Weaver Award

 

In February 1979, AATCC established an award for the best peer-reviewed paper published annually in the Textile Chemist and Colorist (afterwards AATCC Review; now these papers are published in the AATCC Journal of Research). In 1990, the award was named for J. William Weaver (1916-1990), who was chair of AATCC's Editorial Board at the time of his death.