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2021 Awardees

* indicates Audience Choice winner. The Audience Choice honor is for the all-time soundbite, which is a two-infinitesimal overview of their piece of work presented as one slide to the audience.

** indicates Audience Choice Runner-Up winner.

Michael Bibbey
"Photocrosslinkable Affibodies for Efficient Cancer Treatment and Proliferation Inhibition"
University of Colorado Bedrock

Carrie Bishop
"Epigenetic Furnishings of Extracellular Matrix Stiffness on Cardiac Fibrosis"
University of Colorado Boulder

Quinn Gallagher
"Modulating Heterochromatin Formation for Direct Prison cell Reprogramming"
University of Pennsylvania

Lauren Gerbereux
"Optimizing Hypoxia-Inducing Cryogels for Hypoxic Cell Civilisation Conditions"
Northeastern University

Cyrus Haas
"Identifying escape mutants on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike receptor binding domain using yeast screening"
University of Colorado Boulder

Daniel Haller
"Inducible Directed Evolution (IDE) of Complex Phenotypes in Leaner"
Northward Carolina State Academy

Jacob Hewes
"Formulation Blueprint in Histone Peptide Nanocarriers"
University of Delaware (Honors College)

Isaac Hopwood
"Mechanical characterization of Cu and Ni based metals produced via hydrogel enabled additive manufacturing"
University of Arkansas

Melanie T. Huynh
"Adsorbed xenon propellant storage: are nanoporous materials worth the weight?"
Oregon State University

Olivia Irvin
"Developing a Diversifying Base of operations Editor in Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
Georgia Found of Technology

Sonia Li
"Aquatic Photochemistry of Plastic Droppings Materials: Oxidation of Polypropylene and Polyethylene"
Academy of Minnesota- Duluth

Julia Miller
"Technology Stalk Cells with CRISPR to Improve β-Cell Differentiation In Vitro"
Washington University in St Louis

Edward Neves
"Biomaterial-based tumor models to analyze the role of glioma extracellular matrix in therapeutic efficacy"
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Greta Olsen
"Physical Property Characterization of Ionic Liquids Using a High-Pressure View Cell"
University of Kansas

Nicholas Sbalbi
"Solvent-Assisted Reshaping of Multicomponent Colloids"
Academy of Massachusetts Amherst

Ava Self
"Human Manganese Superoxide Dismutase-Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide for Cancer Therapy"
Pennsylvania State University

Aditya Shah
"Elucidating Structure-Function Relationships for Carbon Capture Materials Using Data Mining and Car
Learning"
The University of Texas at Austin

Julia Simon**
"Optimizing Electrochemical Stripping Reactor Components for Wastewater Treatment and Sensing Applications"
Stanford University

Nicholas Snyder
"Modeling electrode geometry changes in zinc-based batteries using COMSOL Multiphysics"
University of California, Los Angeles

Hrishikesh Srinivasan
"Tin Oxide-Carbon Composite Anodes for Loftier-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries"
The University of Texas at Austin

Alexis Voulgaropoulos*
"Furnishings of early geometric confinement on the transcriptomic contour of human cerebral organoids"
Due north Carolina State Academy

John Weiss
"Pyrolysis of Co-Due north-C Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction"
University of South Carolina – Columbia

Cindy Wong
"Energy Storage with Seawater Electrolysis: Ability of Oxide Coatings to Dispense Selectivity Towards
Oxygen/Chlorine Evolution at a Cached Interface"
Oregon Country University

Saying Zhelyabovskiy
"Stage-Transitional Goad-Assisted Membraneless ZnI2 Aqueous Battery"
Georgia Institute of Technnology

Previous Awardees

2020

2020 Awardees

Lucas Attia
"Evaluation of UiO-66 Nanoparticles as Pulmonary Drug Delivery Vehicles"
University of Delaware

Elizabeth Coffin
"Characterization of the Mechanical and Electric Behavior of Galinstan Dispersions and Host Matrices"
University of Alabama

Chi Cao
"V8C7 every bit a Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction"
The University of Texas at Austin

Caitlin Carmody*
"Ballistic Seed Dispersal in Leafy Spurge"
Montana Country University

Ivy Chen
"Engineering science Yarrowia lipolytica for Production of Medium Chain Methyl Ketone"
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Emily Doyle
"Polysulfide Dissociation Mechanisms and Self-Belch within Magnesium Sulfur Batteries"
The University of Notre Dame

Sydney Floryanzia
"Fabrication of a 3D Microfluidic Co-culture Model of the Blood-Brain Barrier"
N Carolina Land University

Amous C.H Goh
"Process safety incidents across 14 industries"
Purdue University

Mira Khare
"Marsh gas Absorption Simulation Benchmarking in Metal Organic Framework Compounds"
Oregon State University

Kathy Feng Liu
"Harnessing chiral self-associates for helical mesogenic actuators"
Stanford Academy

Joshua McGee
"Microfluidic Synthesis and Purification of Poly peptide Nanoparticles"
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Emma Peterman
"Integrating Computational and In Vitro Modeling Techniques to Elucidate Mechanisms of Pulmonary Drug Commitment"
University of Delaware

Lauren Simitz
"Rheological Characterization of Oxidized Carbon Black Suspensions in Aqueous Salt Solutions for Utilise in Flowable, Capacitive Deionization Electrodes"
Northwestern University

James Sinoimeri
"Hypoxia-Inducing Cryogels for Preclincial Anticancer Drug Screening"
Northeastern Academy

Pranav Thacker#
"Towards the engineering of robotic tactility"
Northward Carolina State Academy

Hansen Tjo
"Accuse Density Roles in Polyelectrolyte-Micelle Self-Assembly"
Academy of Massachusetts, Amherst

Luke Tomasovic
"Designing a Broadly-Neutralizing Southward. aureus Vaccine by Nanopatterning Cytotoxic Antigens"
Georgia Plant of Technnology

Luis Mario Trevisi
"Controlling Silica Encapsulation of Iron Oxide Magnetic Nanoparticles via Modified Stöber Strategies"
University of Oklahama

James Wang
"Investigation of Not-ribosomal Peptide Synthetases and Chlorinases in the Ochratoxin A Biosynthetic Pathway"
University of California, Los Angeles

John White
"Novel Electrodeposition Methods for Palladium-Zinc Alloys equally Catalysts for Ethanol Oxidation"
Academy of Alabama

Brendan Wirtz
"Detection of lithium plating on graphite electrodes in lithium-ion batteries using differential voltage profiles"
University of California, Berkeley

Juliana Yang
"Application of a Novel Electrochemical Biosensing Platform ESSENCE for Breast Cancer Detection"
New Jersey Intitute of Engineering

2019

2019 Awardees

Andee Beierle
"Passive resonant sensors for wireless detection and quantification of ionic compounds in opaque systems"
Iowa Country Academy
Enquiry advisor: Nigel Reuel

Michael Bowen
"Mind Over Matter: Intelligent Quantum Dot Synthesis Enabled past a Modular Continuous Catamenia Reactor"
North Carolina State Academy
Research advisor: Milad Abolhasani

Jamie Chuvalo-Abraham
"Identification of RNA oxidation as a novel biomarker of air pollution exposure"
The Academy of Texas at Austin
Enquiry Advisor: Dr. Lydia Contreras

Thomas Colburn
"High operation roll-to-roll printed PTB7-Th:PC71BM organic solar cells enabled by rapid condiment removal"
Stanford University
Research advisor: Prof. Zhenan Bao

Kasie Coogan
"Fabrication of Microporous Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels through Salt Leaching"
The University of Alabama
Inquiry advisor: Shreyas Rao

Derek Dardzinski
"Surface Reactivity of MoS2 with Varying Defect Densities Studied by Ambient Force per unit area X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy"
Oregon State University
Research advisor: Gregory Herman

Bhavish Dinakar
"Controlling CO2 Adsorption Capacity in Diamine-Functionalized Metallic-Organic Frameworks"
University of California, Berkeley
Enquiry advisor: Jeff Long

Madison Driskill
"Nanofabrication Using Self-Assembled Monolayers"
University of Arizona
Research advisor: Anthony Muscat

Noah Eckman
"Straight Laser Writing of Three-Dimensional Graphene-Laden Microstructures and Further Applications"
University of Maryland, College Park
Research advsior: Ryan Sochol

Madeleine Goedegebuure
"Development of a Luminescent Insulin Secretion Reporter Platform for High-Throughput Drug Screening for Diabetes"
Washington University in St. Louis
Inquiry advisor: Jeffrey Millman

Marola Issa
"Charged Nanoparticles Quench the Propulsion of Agile Janus Colloids"
Cleveland Country Academy
Enquiry counselor: Christopher Wirth

Daniel Krajovic
"Recyclable Shape-Memory Elastomers"
University of Rochester
Research advisor: Mitchell Anthamatten

Magdelene Lee
"Super-Resolution Visualization of Peptide Self-Assembly with Alexa-488 Dye"
University of Alabama
Research counselor: Rein Ulijn

Kristine Loh
"Agreement Time-Dependent Light-Thing Interactions of Mo2TiC2 MXene Films"
Drexel University
Research advisor: Jason Baxter

Georges Motchoffo Simo
"Surfactant Pick Determines Toxicity and Uptake of Biodegradable Nanoparticles in the Brain"
University of Washington, Seattle
Research advisor: Elizabeth Nance

James Owens
"Silver Nanoparticle Pulsed Synthesis and Attachment to Cellulose Nanocrystals"
Virginia Tech
Research counselor: Dr. Michael Bortner

Thomas Porter
"Compact Surface Modification of Breakthrough Dots for Applications in Dna Nanotechnology"
The Ohio State University
Research advisor: Jessica Winter

Priyanka Raghavan
"Optical Room Temperature Nanodiamond Hyperpolarizer and its Functioning Optimization"
University of California, Berkeley
Inquiry advisor: Ashok Ajoy

Mahmoud Ramadan
"Mitigating Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion of An Oilfield Biofilm Consortium on Carbon Steel in Hydrotest Using ii,two-Dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide (DBNPA) Coupled with A Chemic Synthesized fourteen-mer Peptide"
Ohio Academy
Research advisor: Tingyue Gu

Sanjna Shah
"Investigating Metal Oxide Supported Cu as Catalysts for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Hydrocarbon and Oxygenates"
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Research advisor: Paul Kenis

Soham Sinha
"Addressing age related hearing loss through engineering accessible and affordable hearing technology"
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research advisor: Saad Bhamla

Henry Squire
"Solvation and Mobility of Organic Redox Agile Species in Deep Eutectic Solvents"
Case Western Reserve University
Enquiry advisor: Burcu Gurkan

Gavin Yeung
"Combinatorial Synthesis of MgxZn1-xO thin films for use in CdTe solar cells"
Colorado School of Mines
Research counselor: Colin Wolden

2018

2018 Awardees

Grace Anderson
"Attainable Volumetric Targets for Adsorption-Based Hydrogen Storage in Porous Crystals: Molecular Simulation and Machine Learning"
Colorado School of Mines
Inquiry advisor: Diego A. Gómez-Gualdrón

Matthew Burroughs
"Test of the Binding Interaction Betwixt Piperine and the Regulatory Light Chain of Myosin Poly peptide"
North Carolina Country University
Research advisor: Dmitri Tolkatchev

Michael Doane
"Optimization of Biomass Pretreatment Using Lignin-Modifying Enzymes and Ionic Liquids"
University of Massachusetts – Lowell
Research Advisor: Prakash Rai

Holly Ekas
"CRISPR-Pin: Modifying Factor Position in the Nucleus via dCas9-mediated Tethering"
The University of Texas at Austin
Research advisor: Hal Alper

Jesse Hinricher
"Toll-Effective Polysulfide and Polyiodide Inexpensive Redox Flow Battery for Big-Scale Energy Storage"
Massachusetts Found of Technology
Inquiry counselor: Fikile Brushett

Seth Kriz
"Non-Specific Virus Detection Using Gold Nanoparticle Aggregation"
Michigan Technological University
Research advisor: Caryn Heldt

Zvikomborero Machikiti
"Evolution of Dark-green Production of Bioplastics"
Lafayette College
Enquiry counselor: Lindsay Soh

Shawn Mengel
"Cathodic Deposition of Metal-Capped Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide"
Drexel Academy
Research counselor: Aaron Fafarman

Emily Moschella
"Porous Matrimid^® Support Membranes for Organic Solvent Separations"
Georgia Constitute of Engineering
Inquiry advsior: Ryan Lively

Hyeonji Oh
"Enhancement of membrane proteins extraction and mail service-purification"
Pennsylvania State University
Research advisor: Manish Kumar

Ivan Pires
"Quantification of Active Apohemoglobin Heme-Binding Sites via Dicyanohemin Incorporation"
Ohio State University
Enquiry advisor: Andre Palmer

Gabrielle Rabadam "Electrospun Drug Release Film for the Targeted Delivery of Chemotherapeutic Agents"
Northeastern University
Research advisor: Thomas Webster

Vinod Raman
"Performance driblet-off due to heterogeneous surface absorption in thermophotovoltaic devices"
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Inquiry advisor: Andrej Lenert

Morgan Seidler
"Crosslinked, Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolytes for Post-Lithium Ion Batteries"
University of Notre Dame
Research advisor: Jennifer Schaefer

Nicole Sempertegui
"A combined compression molding, heating, and leaching process for fabrication of micro-porous polycaprolactone scaffolds"
The University of Alabama
Inquiry counselor: Shreyas Rao

Alexander Shearer
"Stimuli-Responsive Nanoscale Hydrogels for the Controlled Intracellular Commitment of Chemotherapeutic Agents"
The University of Texas at Austin
Research advisor: Nicholas Peppas

Devan Beat
"Pattern and Fabrication of a Soft, Flexible Antenna System for Wearable Biomedical Devices"
Catawba College
Enquiry counselor: Michael Dickey

Allison Tang
"Regenerating Inactivated Carbene Transfer Heme Enzymes"
Caltech
Research advisor: Frances Arnold

Eric Wang
"Molecular construction of the long periodicity phase in the stratum corneum"
University of Maryland
Research advisor: Jeffery Klauda

Nathan Wang
"Synergistic Enhancement of Beta-Peptide Antifungal Action Against C. albicans Biofilm Formation"
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Research counselor: Sean P. Palecek

Trent Weiss
"The Use of Selective Polymerization of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) for Oxide Deposition onto Nanowire Transistors"
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research counselor: Michael Filler

2017

2017 Awardees

Jacob Baltzegar
"Functionalized Aureate Nanoparticles every bit Novel Alzheimer'southward Therapeutics"
University of South Carolina
Inquiry counselor: Melissa Moss

Brandon Clark
"Inorganic Nanowire-Modified Polyelectrolytes for Vanadium Flow Battery Membranes"
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Research counselor: Amy Peterson

Marlow Durbin
"Synthesis and Mechanical Testing of Polyimide and Polyimide-Ionic Liquid Composite Polymer Filaments"
University of Alabama
Research Advisor: Jason Bara

Andrew Kristof
"Unmarried-Cell Analysis on the Furnishings of Fluid Shear Stress on Cancer Cell Deformability and Migration"
Northward Carolina State Academy
Enquiry advisor: Adam Melvin

Sierra Lear
"Discovering Cre expression patterns under different C. elegans neuron-specific promoters"
Tulane University
Inquiry advisor: Anne Robinson

Kyle Lennon
"Towards Efficient Photon Upconversion in CdSe(Te)/CdS/CdSe Nanostructures for High-Efficiency Photovoltaics"
University of Delaware
Research advisor: Matthew Doty

Daniel Lundberg
"Silicon Quantum Dots for Luminescent Solar Concentrators"
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Enquiry advisor: Uwe Kortshagen

Ryan Morelock
"Electrodeposition of Palladium Alloys for Catalytic Conversion"
Academy of Alabama
Research advisor: Qiang Huang

Clare Murray
"Engineering Y. lipolytica"
University of Texas at Austin
Research advsior: Hal Alper

Ramadoss Gokul
"Engineered Biomaterials Enable Cell Replacement Therapy to Restore Motor Role in Parkinson'due south Disease Model Rats"
Academy of California – Berkeley
Enquiry advisor: David Schaffer

Rebecca Slotkowski
"A high-throughput growth-based screen for CRISPR PAMs reveals novel SpyCas9 targeting rules in bacteria"
North Carolina Country University
Inquiry advisor: Chase Beisel

Adarsh Suresh
"Visible Light Induced Activation of Diamond Semiconductor for Chemical Photoreduction"
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research advisor: Robert Hamers

Aristotle Zervoudakis
"Weak Polyelectrolyte Complexation Driven by Associative Charging"
University of Notre Matriarch
Research advisor: Jonathan Whitmer

Brian Zhong
"Alpha-helical, Hydrolysis-mediated Polymer-drug Conjugates derived from Poly(propargyl-50-glutamate)"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research counselor: Paula Hammond

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