Vascular Stents with Rationally-Designed Sub-Micrometer Scale Surface Patterning Shannon Gott, PhD Student, ME Drug-eluting stents have revolutionized the field of interventional cardiology by reducing incidence of restenosis through local delivery of drugs that inhibit inflammation caused by implantation-induced injury.…

Probing Ceramic Composites Under Extreme Environments Frank W. Zok, Ph.D. Professor Materials Department University of California, Santa Barbara C/SiC and SiC/SiC composites represent critical enabling materials for future turbine-based power generation and aerospace propulsion systems as well as hypersonic flight vehicles. The…