J. William Weaver Award to be awarded to Henry & Shiqi
10 Oct '06
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Shiqi Li
The world's top textile scientists will be honored during AATCC's 2006 International Conference & Exhibition (IC&E) in Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A., October 31 - November 2 at the Georgia World Congress Center.
This year, AATCC's IC&E will be a co-located event with MEGATEX, which is co-anchored by the American Textile Machinery Exhibition International 2006 (ATME-I 2006) and the Industrial Fabrics Association International Expo 2006 (IFAI Expo 2006).
The awards will be presented at the Association's conference Awards Banquet on Wednesday, November 1, at the Embassy Suites Centennial Park.
THE J. WILLIAM WEAVER PAPER OF THE YEAR AWARD will be awarded to Henry A. Boyter Jr. and Shiqi Li, authors of “Washfastness Improvement for Heavy Shade Microdenier Nylon 6,6 Fabric," selected as the best peer-reviewed paper published in AATCC Review in 2005.
Henry A. Boyter Jr. holds a BS in chemistry from Clemson University, and MS and PhD degrees in chemistry from the University of Virginia (UVA). He is currently the director of research for the Institute of Textile Technology (ITT) at the NCSU College of Textiles.
He has been a member of AATCC since 1994 and has served as a peer reviewer for AATCC Review, on the AATCC Technical Committee on Research, and as chair of RA100 Safety, Health, and Environmental Technology committee.
Shiqi Li, a research associate at ITT, holds bachelor's and master's degrees in textile chemical engineering from China Textile University, and an MS in textile chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Li joined AATCC in 1994.
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