Green / Biodegradable Materials

Yiqi Yang

faculty
Professor
Textiles, Merchan & Fashion Design
Charles Bessey Professor of textiles, merchandising and fashion design, and of biological systems engineering
Textiles, Merchan & Fashion Design

bio

Yiqi Yang investigates environmentally friendly methods for engineering textiles, plastics, composites, cosmetics and other commercially viable materials. Much of his recent work has centered on finding applications for agricultural byproducts such as corn husks, sorghum husks and chicken feathers.