The 2026 Research Open House was held on April 10, 2026. 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: Md Shahin Ali

Undergraduate student: Emily Formella

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Graduate student: Rebecca Walters

Undergraduate student: Joe McCleary

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Graduate student: Santiago Henao Gomez

Undergraduate student: Vincent Hesselink

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Graduate student: Cindy Chiu

Undergraduate student: Alec Melendez

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Graduate student: Beth Blanco

Undergraduate student: Jaina Groen

Mechanical Engineering

Graduate student: Katie Vaiciulis

Undergraduate student: No entries

People's Choice Awards

First place

Milad Arzani

Second place

Reza Amouzandeh

Third place

Farshid Masoumi

Photo Gallery

A presenter gestures while discussing a research poster with an attendee in a university building during a poster presentation event. A student explains a research poster to an attendee in an open academic commons with additional posters displayed in the background. Several attendees stand near a glass‑walled classroom while viewing research posters during a university research open house. Two attendees examine and discuss a research poster that includes medical images and diagrams, standing in a corridor lined with poster displays. A student presents research findings at a poster while another attendee listens, with multiple research posters displayed along a hallway. Two people discuss a research poster featuring images and charts, with one person gesturing while explaining the work in a sunlit academic space. Two people stand at a research poster display while one points to figures and images on the poster during a research open house in a bright hallway. A presenter points to figures on a research poster while explaining the work during a university poster presentation event.