Undergraduate Research Symposium 2012

April 20, 2012
This year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium was held on Friday, April 20. The research symposium gives students the opportunity to demonstrate the product of their research efforts and creativity in solving problems with the mentoring of their research advisors. Twelve (12) posters were presented by undergraduate students, and corporate partners of the department judged the competition. The symposium is hosted by the local Omega Chi Epsilon (OXE) chapter and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

Tom D. Smith, President, OXE; Eric Allen, Judge, Sage Environmental Consulting; Students award winners Karl Siil, Jaebum Lee, and Kevin Weyant; Lisa Alvin, Judge, Dow Corning; and Paul Kenis, Department Head (left to right).

Poster Winners:

First Place - Karl Siil
Poster Title: "Energy Source from Carbon Dioxide Reduction"

Second Place - Jaebum Lee
Poster Title: "A Multiplexed Microfluidic Platform for Antibiotic Susceptibility Screening"

Third Place - Kevin Weyant
Poster Title: "Characterization of a novel class of flavin-binding flurescent proteins as oxygen-independent biological imaging probes"

The Scholarships and Awards Ceremony is held on the same day as the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Friends and families of the award winners are invited to attend the awards ceremony and reception. The scholarships are donations given by alumni, corporate partners, student organizations, and other special donations to reward students for their academic achievements.

This year the awards were presented by Troy J. Vogel (Lecturer), Paul J.A. Kenis (Department Head), Jerrod A. Henderson (Lecturer), and Hyunjoon Kong (Assistant Professor). Faculty are honored to recognize the students who earned scholarship and research awards.