Program Directors

Program Director

Jesse S. Jur (Ph.D., NC State University, Materials Science and Engineering) is Associate Professor in Textile Engineering, Chemistry & Science Department at NC State University and is a member of the Textile Engineering and Textile Technology faculty. His main interests are in nanotechnology applications to textiles, including nanoscale surface modifications and the incorporation of electronics into wearable platforms.

Before coming to NC State for his graduate work in Materials Science and Engineering, From 2001-2002, Dr. Jur worked as a process development engineer at NeoPhotonics Inc. in San Jose CA, where he focused on fabrication methods for erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. In addition, Dr. Jur has gained experience in process design from IBM Research, Advanced Micro Devices, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, from which he has been awarded 10 patents.

For more information, contact the senior design director: Dr. Jesse Jur: jsjur@ncsu.edu

Program Director

Russell E. Gorga (Ph.D., Iowa State University, Chemical Engineering) is a Full Professor in the Textile Engineering, Chemistry, and Science Department at NC State University and former Program Director of Textile Engineering. His main interests lie in developing polymer nanocomposites with improved properties (mechanical and conductive) for a variety of functional applications.

Before coming to NC State, Dr. Gorga was a post doctoral associate at MIT where he worked on improving the strength of brittle polymers (such as poly (methyl methacrylate). In addition, Dr. Gorga worked as a research engineer at Union Carbide Corporation from 1997 through 2000, where he focused on structure-property relationships of semi-crystalline polymers for high strength commodity applications.

Dr. Russell Gorga: regorga@ncsu.eduFor more information, contact the senior design director: