Awards

NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program in Micro/Nano-Structured Materials, Therapeutics, and Devices

Roxanne Guarin with award

Roxanne Guarin (2008 REU Fellow)

2011 Excellence in Research Award

First Place – Yangzi Isabel Tian
The Effects of Peptide-coupled Hydrogels on Migration and Rolling of EPCs
Yangzi Isabel Tian, Aaron Seeto, Elizabeth A. Lipke
Department of Chemical Engineering

Second Place – James C. Kaczmarek
Engineering a Therapeutic Contact Lens for the Controlled Delivery of an Ocular Anti-Inflammatory
James C. Kaczmarek, Mark E. Byrne
Department of Chemical Engineering

2008 Excellence in Research Award

Roxanne Guarin
Addition of Nanoparticles to Electrospun Nanofibers
Roxanne Guarin (REU Fellow), Wei Liu, Sabit Adanur (Faculty Mentor)
Department of Polymer and Fiber Engineering

2007 Excellence in Research Award

First Place - Zachary W. Greene
Enhancing Release Parameters in Hydrogels for Long Chain Molecules
Zachary W. Greene (REU Fellow), Mark E. Byrne (Faculty Mentor)
Department of Chemical Engineering

Second Place - Tyler M. Gunn
Seed-Mediated Growth of Platinum Nanoparticles via Green Chemical Reduction of Platinum Salts
Tyler M. Gunn (REU Fellow), Juncheng Liu, Jonathan E. Sutton, Christopher B. Roberts (Faculty Mentor)
Department of Chemical Engineering

2006 Excellence in Research Award

Shondra Pass with Dr. Linda Glaze

Shondra Pass(2006 REU Fellow) with Dr. Linda Glaze, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies

First Place- (tie) Shondra Pass and Andrew Monfort

Therapeutic Contact Lenses for Antihistamines: Transport of Ketotifen Fumarate through Biomimetic Hydrogels
Shondra Pass (REU Fellow), Mark E. Byrne (Faculty Mentor)
Department of Chemical Engineering

Characterization of Pressure Effects on Fluid Flow and Particle Production in the Supercritical Fluid Antisolvent Precipitation Process: Pressure Effects on PVP Precipitation from Ethanol in SCF Carbon Dioxide
Andrew Monfort (REU Fellow), Daniel Obrzut, Steve Duke (Faculty Mentor)
Department of Chemical Engineering

Last Updated: May 15, 2012