The 2025 Research Open House was held on April 24, 2025. Recognition categories are as follows:
- One Graduate Student Poster Award in each of the six departments
- One Undergraduate Student Poster Award in each of the six departments
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place People's Choice Awards
Departmental Awards
Biomedical Engineering
Graduate student: Daniel Meggo
A Novel Row-Specific Retrospective Gating Technique for sCMOS Micro-CT Imaging of Alveolar Dynamics
Undergraduate student: Jacob Cannon
Characterization of Bio-sourced Photoinitiator Systems (Bio-PhInS)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Graduate student: Chris Vidmar
Exploring Interactions Between Bacterial Ghosts and G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) for Targeted Drug Delivery
Undergraduate student: Colin Houts
Design and Synthesis of NIR-Fluorescent Coatings for Remote Temperature Detection
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Graduate student: Lillian Montabon
Novel Passive Emission Sampler (Si-PES) Determines PCB Release Rates from Building Materials
Undergraduate student: Halle Eisfelder
Investigation of Evolving Algal Biofilm Thickness as a Function of Growth Period
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Graduate student: Michal Brzus
ILOP: Image-Lesion-based Outcome Prediction for Personalized Neurological Prognosis
Undergraduate student: Joel Dillman
3D Printed Optical Cavity for a Gas Sensor System: Fabrication and Characterization
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Graduate student: Oliver Stroh
A Mixed-Effects Modeling Framework for Evaluating Low-Cost Particulate and Noise Sensors in High-Exposure Workplaces
Undergraduate student: No entries.
Mechanical Engineering
Graduate student: Rabiu Mamman
Bioinspired Active Vortex Generators for Underwater Flow Control
Graduate student: Shobhan Roy
Capturing detonation: simulating the complex mechano-chemical processes at the micro-meter length-scale and nano-second timescale of detonating composite energetics
Undergraduate student: Zhanghe (Nomi) Wang
An Interactive Display of Synthetic Jet Actuator
People's Choice Awards
First place
Reza Amouzandeh: Salt Ion-Mediated Control of 3D-Printed Silk Fibroin Scaffolds to Support Airway Epithelium
Second place
John Syata: Climeworks DAC System Analysis
Third place
Zhanghe (Nomi) Wang: An Interactive Display of Synthetic Jet Actuator
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