Lab News and Openings

We currently have two openings for Ph.D. students in the Textile Science area (nanomaterials and nano-finishing applications) and one MS student in the Consumer Neuroscience and/or Textile Science area. Highly motivated and strong candidates with relevant background and experience are highly encouraged to send their resume and statement of research interest to Dr. Mehta at sunidhi.mehta@mail.wvu.edu. The positions are available for Fall 2023.

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Our group received funding to address microplastic pollution caused by the textile industry!! We are very excited to begin this interdisciplinary project and understand this important environmental issue this Fall!!

Rosalyn Hill and James Mccay joined Mehta Research Group in the Spring of 2023. Rosalyn is a RAP candidate and an honors student in the Neuroscience department at WVU. James is an FDM student passionate about textile sustainability issues.

Mahtab Masoudi and Courtney Tripler joined the Mehta research group in the Fall of 2022 as graduate research assistant and undergrad researcher respectively. Mahtab brings her textile engineering background and will assist Dr. Mehta in her MRC grant work while Courtney's passion for consumer neuroscience and AI encouraged her to volunteer at Dr. Mehta's Consumer Neuroscience Lab. We welcome you both and wish you a successful semester!!

Dr. Mehta's lab received funding from Mattress Recycling Council. Currently, over 1 million pounds of cotton fibers are recovered from MRC’s mattress recycling operations. Unfortunately, most are landfilled due to a lack of viable end markets. In this project, we are taking the circular economy approach and creating new uses for post-consumer cotton waste from discarded mattresses. She is working with an interdisciplinary team of researchers at WVU on this project. More about this project can be read in this news story.

Hadisur Rahman Joined Mehta Research Group: We are excited to have Hadisur Rahman join the Mehta research group as a graduate student in Fall 2021. He has 3 years of textile industry experience in the denim dyeing sector and holds a BS in Textile Engineering.

Md Shakirul Islam joined Mehta Research Group: We are excited to have Shakirul Islam join the Mehta research group as a graduate student in Fall 2021. He has 6 years of teaching experience and holds a BS in Textile Engineering.

Md Rokibul Hasan joined Mehta Research Group: We are excited to have Rokibul Hasan join our team as a graduate student in Fall 2021. He holds an undergraduate degree from BUTEX, Bangladesh. He loves to play cricket and watch movies during his free time.

USDA NIFA 5-year research project: Dr. Mehta received USDA NIFA capacity funds to support her 5-year research program at WVU in the area of plant-based biomedical textiles. Her project is entitled, "A Novel Approach to Use Plant-Based Essential Oils to Develop Therapeutic Textiles and Assessment of their Performance Efficacy Using Neurophysiology."