{"id":18545,"date":"2022-02-23T09:31:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T14:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/people\/wgao5\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T15:42:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T20:42:51","slug":"wgao5","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/people\/wgao5\/","title":{"rendered":"Wei Gao"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"person-section-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n<p>As an Associate Professor and University Faculty Scholar in the Fiber and Polymer Science program, Dr. Gao\u2019s research interests lie at the interface between materials chemistry, textile engineering and renewable energy-related technologies, such as supercapacitors, batteries and fuel cells. 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