Congratulations to Naigeng Chen for passing his B-exam yesterday with flying colors! His thesis entitled “Experimental and Computational Study of Non-woven Damage Mechanics” is well, a comprehensive experimental and computational study of non-woven damage mechanics, using a commercial polypropylene non-woven series (Typar SF) as his experimental system. This picture from right after the deliberations might seem like a highly posed congratulatory hand shake with committee member Prof Paul Dawson, but really its a candid shot of committee member Prof Leigh Phoenix with the thesis draft.