Jason has defended last week and (of course) passed, making him Dr. Jason Cox! He already has a job lined up with Align Technology, the company behind Invisalign, and will be starting almost right away. He will very much be missed in the lab, but we wish him the best of luck in his new job and in everything else.  

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Yihan, who is co-advised by Jacque and Dr. Martin King in the College of Textiles, defended her dissertation yesterday and received an unconditional pass. We’re so proud!

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Emily Fawcett, one of our amazing grad students, defended her PhD today, officially making her Dr. Fawcett. We’re so proud!

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Congratulations to Jason for doing such an amazing job.

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Sandra got an unconditional pass on her prelims and proposal defense. Next step: dissertation!

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Nicholas recently defended his dissertation and was hooded at graduation. Congrats!

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Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Doering, who defended today. That’s now two PhDs to come out of our lab!

Congrats to the newest #OML PhD, Dr. Jonathan Doering, who defended today, only a couple of weeks after his first child was born! #GradPack ⁦@NCStateGrad⁩ ⁦@BMEGrads⁩ ⁦@UNCNCSUBME⁩ pic.twitter.com/TIoNbqNLXR

— Jacque Cole (@JacqueColeLab) October 31, 2018

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Congratulations are in order to Hui who successfully defended on February 2. Her thesis, entitled “Studies of barbed surgical sutures associated with materials, anchoring, performance and histology” was accepted by her committee.

We’re so proud of you, Dr. Cong!

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Congratulations to Nicholas Hanne, who passed his prelim today!

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Congratulations to Carolyn, who passed her Prelim and is now a PhD Candidate!