The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering graduate students and members of the Graduate Advisory Council organized the 11th annual graduate research symposium that took place October 26.
During the symposium, there were eight poster presentations and 10 oral presentations given by students. Topics covered included synthetic biology, microfluidics, tissue engineering, catalysis, and fundamental polymer physics.
This year’s symposium judges included some who had found the symposium when they were graduate students. The judges were chemical engineering alumni and industry leaders including Eric Hukkanen, Ph.D. ’04, from The Dow Chemical Company, Eric Choban, Ph.D. ’04, from DuPont, Mohan Karulkar, Ph.D. ‘07, from the Ford Motor Company and Neel Varde, Ph.D. ’04, from Roquette.
Danielle Mai, a ChemE graduate student and one of the organizers of the event, said they enjoyed having the alums return who had helped start the symposium. “It was neat to see the process come full circle by having them back to participate again,” she said.
Mai said the event allows students to share their research and learn about ongoing research in the department. “We often get caught up on our own specific projects, so it’s a nice opportunity to take a step back and see everything else that’s going on,” she said. “The symposium also provides a great networking opportunity with professors as well as our judges from industry.”
Poster Presentation Winners 2012
First Place: Ritika Mohan
Advisor: Department Head and Professor Paul J.A. Kenis
A Combinatorial Microfluidic Approach for Point-of-Care Applications
Second Place: Sudipto Guha
Advisor: Department Head and Professor Paul J.A. Kenis
X-ray Compatible Microfluidic Platforms for Screening, Crystallization and Structure Determination of Proteins
Third Place: Molly Jhong
Advisor: Department Head and Professor Paul J.A. Kenis
Catalyst and Electrode Design for CO2 Electrolysis to Value-added Products
Oral Presentation Winners 2012
First Place: Yunzi Luo
Advisor: Professor Huimin Zhao
Apply a Synthetic Biology Approach to Demystify the Target Cryptic Pathway for Novel Natural Product Discovery
Second Place: Maryam Sayyah
Advisor: Professor Kenneth S. Suslick (Chemistry)
Composite Metal Oxide Materials Synthesized by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis for CO2 Capture
Third Place: Sachit Goyal
Advisor: Department Head and Professor Paul J.A. Kenis
Solvent Compatible Microfluidic Platforms for Solid Form Screening of Pharmaceutical Parent CompundsMore photos from the 2012 11th Annual Graduate Symposium
2011 Graduate Research Symposium and Photos