Joshua Samuel, center, won for the poster Design of Functionalized Metal-Organic Frameworks for Selective Extraction and Recovery of Lithium. His group is Joshua Samuel, Ahmed Aboalhassan, Layla Cosovic, Mona H. Mohamed, and Sameh Elsaidi. At left is Trustee Robert Hoel and at right is Vice Provost for Research Fred J. Hickernell.
Congratulations to the winners at the Welcome Week Student Research Poster Session Event held last Friday. Students of all levels presented their research, and the winners for best presentation in the following categories were awarded:
College of Architecture Graduate Award to Hashika Nekkanti for the poster Sex and Architecture, Hashika Nekkanti
College of Computing Graduate Award to Larysa Matiukha for the poster More Efficient Portfolio Allocation with Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods using QMCPy, Larysa Matiukha, and Sou-Cheng T Choi
Armour College of Engineering Graduate Award to Shadi Motamed for the poster Biocompatible Nanoparticle Emulsions for Healing Chronic Diabetic Wound Infection, Shadi Motamed, and Georgia Papavasiliou
Armour College of Engineering Undergraduate Award, to Solomon Etchu for the poster Optimization of Alginate Beads for Controlled Oral Delivery, Solomon Etchu, Ashley Dame, Settimio Pacelli, and Marcella Vaicik
Armour College of Engineering Amour R&D Award to Tyler Washington for the poster Effect of Homogenization and Sonication on Nanoparticle Size, Tyler Washington, Ruth Negru, and Marcella Vaicik
Lewis College of Science and Letters Graduate Award to Joshua Samuel for the poster Design of Functionalized Metal-Organic Frameworks for Selective Extraction and Recovery of Lithium, Joshua Samuel, Ahmed Aboalhassan, Layla Cosovic, Mona H. Mohamed, and Sameh Elsaidi
Lewis College of Science and Letters Undergraduate Award to Ronit S. Mandal for the poster High Capacity Li-S Cells Based on Conducting Polymer Hollow Nanospheres as the Host for Sulfur, Ronit S. Mandal, Rachana Kanathur, Harrison Daleiden-Brugman, Samantha Alderden, Artur Suzanowicz, Dana Alramahi, Hao Lin, Carlo Segre and Braja Mandal
Congratulations to all the winners, and to all the other many presenters who made this a great event showcasing the exciting research going on at Illinois Tech. Special thanks to Nick Menhart and Scott Pfeiffer for coordinating the event along with Catherine Gerhard, and to our trustee Bob Hoel for his support, and to faculty and staff volunteer judges: Abhinav Bhushan, Donald Chmielewski, Yuhan Ding, Sameh Elsaidi, BJ Englehardt, Mohammad Heidarinejad, Hao Huang, Hossein Khodavirdi, Celestine McGee, Mona Mohamed, Stefan Muller, Settimio Pacelli, Jacob Thomas, Ken Tichauer, Marcella Vaicik, Josie Ulaszek, Jialing Xiang, and Lan Yao.
