Student Poster Awards

2009

Left to Right: Hari, Nichola, Aaron, Mike Wong (NSEF Chair)

1st Place
Aaron G. Russell, University of Arkansas
"Laser-induced Plasmon excitation in gold nanoparticles to evaporate water and increase hydrogen fuel cell efficiency"

2nd Place
Nichola Kinsinger, University of California at Riverside,
"Bio-inspired synthesis and properties of photocatalytic metal oxide nanostructures"

3rd Place
Hari Chirra, University of Kentucky
"Environmentally responsive hydrogel nanocomposites for biomedical applications synthesized via Pcµcp"

2008

1st Place
Hariharasudhan Chirra, University of Kentucky
"Smart Micro- and Nanostructured Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications Synthesized Via PCµCP"

2nd Place
Daniel Heller, MIT
"Nanoscale Sensors for Multi-Modal Detection of Genotoxic Agents"

3rd Place
Jairus Kleinert, North Carolina State University
"Electric Field-Assisted Convective Assemblyof Large-Domain Colloidal Crystals"

2007

1st Place
Kedarnath Kolluri, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
“Relaxation of Biaxial Strain in Ultra-Thin Films of Face-Centered-Cubic Metals through Ductile Void Growth and Structural Phase Transitions.”

2nd Place
Santosh Rupa Dumpala, University of Louisville
“Nucleation and Growth of Diamond on Carbon Nanopipettes.”

3rd Place
Monica Sanders, University of Florida
“Nanoscale Studies of Protein-Lipid Model Membranes Using PFG NMR.”

2006

1st prize
Abhijit Chatterjee, University of Delaware
"Generation of Kinetic Phase Diagrams for Self-Assembled Nanopattern Formation in Heteroepitaxy Hierarchical Multiscale Modeling"

2nd prize
David B. Asay, Pennsylvania State University
"Direct Force Balance Method for AFM Lateral Calibration"

3rd prize
Bilge Yilmaz, Northeastern University
"Controlling the Quantum Wire Quality in Crystalline Titanosilicates ETS-4 and ETS-10"