2016 Undergraduate Symposium Winners

Researchers presented posters at the event on Nov. 22. The symposium was open to undergraduate students from the VCU College of Engineering, including Dean’s Undergraduate Research Initiative (DURI) scholars.

1st Place

The Effects of Substrate Stiffness and ECM Protein Coating on Macrophage Activation
Emily Burtch1, Jefferson Overlin1, Kelly Hotchkiss1, René Olivares-Navarrete1
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University

Dean's Undergraduate Research Initiative First Place 2016 Image

2nd Place

Android Secure and Similar Application Recommendation and Analysis
Pulkit Rustgi1, Bahman Rashidi1, Carol Fung1, Bridget McInnes1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University

Dean's Undergraduate Research Initiative Second Place 2016 Image

3rd Place

A Study on the Size and Shape Factors of Microscopic Particles
Zachary Ratliff1, Ibrahim Guven1
1Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University