2021 Undergraduate Symposium

Symposium Winners

Dean Boyan and Corinne Leonard

Corinne Leonard

Evaluating Extracellular Matrix Fiber Alignment on Directional Collective Cell Migration

Dean Boyan and Nickolas Roberts

Nickolas Roberts

Patient-specific Hemodynamic Analyses of Hypertensive Pulmonary Arteries treated with inhaled Nitric Oxide using PC MRI and 4D Flow MRI

Dean Boyan and Lovell Abraham

Lovell Abraham

Investigating the Role of Osteocyte Connexin-43 in Fracture Healing and Bone Loss in Mice

Dean Boyan and Sierra Tutwiler

Sierra Tutwiler

Determination of Aspect Ratio Influence on Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior in Twisted Elliptical Tubes for Molten Salt Applications

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Projects and Abstracts

StudentDepartmentAbstract TitleFaculty Mentor
Lovell Abraham Biomedical Engineering Investigating the Role of Osteocyte Connexin-43 in Fracture Healing and Bone Loss in Mice Henry Donahue
Omar Bishop Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Compositional Tuning of the Magnetic Properties of Fe3Ga4 Radhika Barua
Keenan Brown Biomedical Engineering Assessment of perfusion seeding with a custom-designed seed-and-culture bioreactor for engineered tissue vascular grafts Joao Soares
Ioana Caloian Chemical and Life Science Engineering Fabrication of 2D Textile Patterns via Electrospinning – Achieving Negative Space Features Chrstina Tang
Yeajin Cho Biomedical Engineering Effect of Neuroanatomy on the Response to Neuromodulation in the Biceps Brachii Ravi Hadimani; Carrie Peterson
Masrik Dahir Computer Science Cronus: An Automated Feedback Tool for Concept Maps Irfan Ahmed
Skrivanek Deanna Biomedical Engineering Effectiveness of Theta Burst Stimulation on Different Brain Regions in Patients with Painful Diabetic Neuropathy  Carrie Peterson
Connor Delaney Biomedical Engineering Estimating Affective States in Virtual Reality Environments Using Electroencephalography Dean Krusienski
Anthony Duong Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Modeling, Assessment and Optimizing Fluid Flow Performance of Magnetocaloric Regenerators Julie Slaughter
Raymond Hang Biomedical Engineering Comparison of MRI-Based 3D Models of Biatrial Drainage and Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defects Joao Soares
Andres Hyer Chemical and Life Science Engineering Image Analysis of Oil in Water Emulsions Produced by 3D Printed Fixed Beds James Ferri
Corinne Leonard Biomedical Engineering Evaluating Extracellular Matrix Fiber Alignment on Directional Collective Cell Migration Priscilla Hwang
Connor Lewis Biomedical Engineering Effect of Fiber Tract Surface Area and Fiber Tract Count on Resisting Motor Threshold during Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Ravi Hadimani
Duilio Moreno Biomedical Engineering TGF-b1 Pathway Explored Through FN assembly and Stiffness Mediation to explore EMT vs Apoptosis Switch  Christopher Lemmon
Nickolas Roberts Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Patient-specific Hemodynamic Analyses of Hypertensive Pulmonary Arteries treated with inhaled Nitric Oxide using PC MRI and 4D Flow MRI Joao Soares
Wililam Salter Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Passive Thermal Management  of rf Components using Graphene/FeSi-Based Phase Change Materials  Radhika Barua
Joseph Tirre Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Numerical Simulation of Magnetic Field-Actuated Soft Robotics  Hong Zhao
Han Tran Chemical and Life Science Engineering Modeling Exothermic Reactions for Pharmaceutical Intermediates in a Tubular Reactor with a Static Mixer Using COMSOL Multiphysics Thomas Roper
Sierra Tutwiler Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Determination of Aspect Ratio Influence on Flow and Heat Transfer Behavior in Twisted Elliptical Tubes for Molten Salt Applications Lane Carasik
Caleb Wells Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Material Characterization of Polycaprolactone Scaffolds as a Baseline for in vitro Degradation Experiments Joao Soares
Caitlin Williams Biomedical Engineering Investigating the Effects of TGF-β1 and TGF-β2 on In-Vitro Dormancy of MCF10A Cells Chistopher Lemmon