The UNL offices of Undergraduate Research, Graduate Studies, and Research and Innovation hosted poster sessions April 15-16, 2025 at the Student Research Days. About 120 graduate students and 184 undergraduate students participated in the event.
The poster sessions give students the opportunity to showcase their research or creative work; to communicate their results; and to learn about other areas of research and creative activities. Nineteen posters represented research projects funded by the NCESR and were presented by 4 undergraduate students, 15 graduate students. The competition involved more than 40 faculty and postdoc reviewers who rated student presentations on the basis of their research scholarship and presentation skills.
Undergraduate Student Posters
Hailey Anderson – College of Fine and Performing Arts
The gate modulation of channel conductance of MoS2 field effect transistor using 2D ferroelectric CulnP2S6 (Poster)
George Gogos-Hailey Anderson-Roman Estrada
Hailey Anderson with Mark Riley
Laura Kirshenbaum – Department of Biochemistry
Expanding the Dynamic Range of Methanosarcina acetivorans through Recombinant Expression of an RNA Polymerase (Poster)
Roman Estrada-Laura Kirshenbaum-George Gogos
Laura Kirshenbaum and Nicole Buan
Truman Stoller – Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Femtosecond Laser Surface Processing (FLSP) of Silicon for Pool Boiling enhancement Using Dielectric PF-5060 (Poster)
Roman Estrada-Truman Stoller-George Gogos
Truman Stoller and George Gogos
Grace Van Cott – Department of Biochemistry
Heterologous Expression of Terpene Synthase Enzymes in Methanosarcina (Poster)
Roman Estrada-Grace Van Cott-George Gogos
Nicole Buan and Grace Van Cott
Graduate Student Posters
Aida Rashidi – Civil and Environmental Engineering (Poster Winner)
Developing Life Cycle Inventory for Ethanol Plants Using Machine Learning (Poster)
Roman Estrada-Aida Rashidi-George Gogos
Aida Rashidi with her poster
Payal Chaudhary – Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Poster Winner – not pictured)
Xin Chen – Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Poster Winner)
Haoyu Dong – Electrical and Computer Engineering (Poster Winner)
Joe Talley – Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Poster Winner – not pictured)
Enhanced Hydrogen Generation and Utilization Using Femtosecond Laser-Nanostructured NiCo2O4 Electrocatalysts (Group Poster)
Xin Chen and Haoyu Dong with their certificates
Xin Chen explaining about their poster to George Gogos, Mark Riley and Roman Estrada
Alejandra Agosto-Maldonado – Department of Chemistry
Engineering Carboxylic Acid Reductase for Bio-based Chemical Synthesis (Poster)
Mark Riley-Alejandra Agosto-Maldonado-George Gogos and Roman Estrada
Alejandra presenting her poster to Mark Riley and George Gogos
Sowmya Bandari – School of Computing
Machine Learning Framework for Packet Anomaly Detection in Smart Grid Substation Networks (Poster)
Roman Estrada-Sowmya Bandari-George Gogos-Byrav Ramamurthy
Sowmya presenting to George Gogos and Roman Estrada
Britt Fossum – Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Enhanced Carbon Storage and Nitrate Retention in Soils Following Biochar and Biosolid Application (Poster)
Roman Estrada-Britt Fossum-George Gogos
Britt Fossum and Michael Kaiser by her poster
Sudha Krishnan – Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Realizing High-Density Nd-Fe-B magnets via Additive Manufacturing
George Gogos-Sudha Krishnan-Roman Estrada
Sudha presenting her poster to Roman Estrada and George Gogos
Hillarus Gohoho – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Advancing Energy Optimization Strategies in Dewatering and Drying of Distillers Grains
George Gogos-Hillarus Gohoho-Roman Estrada
Hillarus presenting his poster to George Gogos and Roman Estrada
Jesse Kuebler – Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Self-Nucleation in Polymer Phase-Change Materials
George Gogos-Jesse Kuebler-Roman Estrada-Mark Riley
Eric Markvicka-Jesse Kuebler-Lucia Fernandez-Ballester
Christopher Merkel – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Advancing Green Hydrogen Production: MXene based Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Evolution
Roman Estrada-Christopher Merkel-George Gogos
Christopher presenting his poster to Roman Estrada and George Gogos
Andrea Mikulasova – Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Phase Change Composites as Effective Thermal Interface Materials
George Gogos-Mark Riley-Andrea Mikulasova-Roman Estrada
Lucia Fernandez Ballester-Andrea Mikulasova-Eric Markvicka
Bibek Tiwari – Department of Physics and Astronomy
Growth Dynamics and Electrical Properties of Organic Molecular Films: Croconic and Squaric Acid
Roman Estrada-Bibek Tiwari-George Gogos-Mark Riley
Bibek Tiwari with his poster
