The 2020 in-person poster presentations were cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The 2021 Student Research Days were held virtually from April 12 – April 16. Below are the presentations.
Graduate Posters
Alexandra Zagalskaya, PI: Vitali Alexandrov, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, DFT study of CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol Over Metal Nanoclusters Activated on Ceria Interface
Brandi Brown, PI: Rajib Saha, Biological Systems Engineering, Conversion of Lignin from Lignocellulosic Biomass into Biodegradable Plastic
Chao Jia, PI: Wei Qiao, Electrical and Computer Engineering, A Multiobjective Linear Time-varying Model Predictive Control Strategy for a Battery/Supercapacitor Hybrid Energy Storage System
Deepa Choudhry, PI: Barry Cheung, Department of Chemistry, Ceria Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Application for Plasma Catalysis
Graham Kaufman, PI: Craig Zuhlke, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Surface Chemistry Associated with Wettability Changes of Femtosecond Laser Processed Metallic Surfaces
Junsi Yang, PI: Ozan Ciftci, Food Science and Technology, Developing a Green Biorefinery Approach for Rural Processing of High-Value Camelina and Sorghum Co-Products
Katie Mowat, PI: Bruce Dvorak, Civil Engineering, Treatment of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAP)s in Ethanol Plant Exhaust by Using a Bio-Trickling Filter
Mark Kathol, PI: Rajib Saha, Biological Systems Engineering, Investigating the Relaxase Behavior and Replication Functionality of the Mobilization Protein mobV in the Plasmid pBBR1
Michael Lee, PI: Siamak Nejati, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Anionic Exchange Membrane Stability: Synthesis Optimization of a Multication Side Chain
Seefat Farzin, PI: Shudipto Dishari, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Ion Conducting Polymers (Ionomers) from Waste Lignin for Electrochemical Devices
Thilini Ekanayaka, PI: Takashi Komesu, Physics and Astronomy Department, ZnS QDs Doped with Transition Metals for Photovoltaic Applications
Thivani Senathiraja, PI: Siamak Nejati, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Role of Monovalent and Multivalent Cations Within SiO2-TiO2-PBC Nanocomposite Membranes: Morphology, Physical Properties, and Ion Transport
Xin Chen, PI: Bai Cui, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The Effect of Submicron Grain Size on Thermal Stability and Mechanical Properties of High-Entropy Carbide Ceramics
Undergraduate Posters
Abdelrahman Elsayed, PI: Yuris Dzenis, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Control of Electrospun Jets Instabilities: In Pursue of Perfect Continuous Nanofiber Alignment
Theresa Guss, PI: Bruce Dvorak, Civil Engineering, Using an Artificial Neural Network to Predict Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Released by a Bioscrubber
Nathan Kreutzer, PI: Bruce Dvorak, Civil Engineering, The Environmental Impacts of Hand Sanitizer Ethanol