When surgeons replace part of a blood vessel — something they do in 450,000 patients per year in the United States to treat blood clots, coronary disease, stroke damage and more — the grafted vessel is monitored by CT scans, ultrasounds and other expensive imaging techniques. Despite all that effort, between 40% and 50% of …
The National Science Foundation’s Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems recently extended a Nanoscale Interactions Program grant for UW-Madison Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor and Grainger Institute for Engineering Fellow Jiamian Hu. Hu serves as principal investigator for the project titled “Magnetic-field Control of Ionic Bonds on Polar Surfaces by Design,” which includes co-principal investigators Chang-Beom Eom, Raymond …