Kristy Jost is a 2nd year PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering, where she is using nanotechnology to develop integrated energy storage for ‘smart’ and electronic textiles. Kristy is funded by the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG), and works with Prof. Yury Gogotsi in the AJ Drexel Nanotechnology Institute. Kristy was an undergraduate in Drexel’s Fashion Design program.