The College of Engineering and Computer Science held its annual Research Day on March 25, with the following projects taking home awards in their respective categories.

Poster Competition

First place: Elizabeth Oguntade, PhD. student in Bioengineering.On-Demand Activation of Functional Protein Surface Patterns with Tunable Topography Suitable for Biomedical Applications. Advisor: Dr. James Henderson

Second place: Natalie Petryk, MS student in Bioengineering. Synthesis of Shape Memory Polymer Foams with Off-the-Shelf Components for Improved Commercialization. Advisor: Dr. Mary Beth Monroe

Third place: Alexander Hartwell, PhD student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Introduction of a Multilayered Cathode for Improved Internal Cathode Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance. Advisor: Dr. Jeongmin Ahn

Honorable Mention: Saif Khalil Elsayed, MS student in Civil Engineering.Modeling Self-Folding Hybrid SU-8 Skin for 3D Biosensing Microstructures. Advisor: Dr. Zhao Qin

Oral Presentation Competition

Communication and Security Session

First place: Kai Li, PhD student in Electrical/Computer Engineering. Detect and Mitigate Vulnerabilities in Ethereum Transaction Pool. Advisor: Dr. Yuzhe Tang

Second place: Xinyi Zhou, PhD student in Computer/Information Science. This is Fake! Shared it by Mistake: Assessing the Intent of Fake News Spreaders. Advisor: Dr. Reza Zafarani

Health and Well-Being Session

First place: Yousr Dhaouadi, PhD student in Chemical Engineering. Forming Bacterial Persisters with Light. Advisor: Dr. Dacheng Ren

Second place: Henry Beaman, PhD student in Bioengineering. Gas-Blown Super Porous Hydrogels with Rapid Gelling and High Cell Viability for Cell Encapsulation. Advisor: Dr. Mary Beth Monroe

Energy, Environment and Smart Materials Session

First place: Durgesh Ranjan, PhD student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Porous nanochannel wicks based solar vapor generation device. Advisor: Dr. Shalabh Maroo

Second place: Alexander Johnson, PhD student in Civil Engineering. Estimating Dry Deposition of Atmospheric Particles by Rain Washoff from Urban Surfaces. Advisor: Dr. Cliff Davidson

Sensors, Robotics and Smart Systems Session

First place: Lin Zhang, PhD student in Computer/Information Science. Adaptive Sensor Attack Detection for Cyber-Physical Systems. Advisor: Dr. Fanxin Kong

Second place: Zixin Jiang, PhD student in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Short-term occupancy prediction driven intelligent HVAC control. Advisor: Dr. Bing Dong

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