April 08 IAB Poster Competition Winners
Graduate Division (Four Categories)
Characterization
1st Place Heather E. Byrne
Poster: Characterization of HF-Catalyzed Silica Gels Doped with Degussa P25 Titanium Dioxide, Major: Environmental Engineering Sciences, Hobbies/Interests: Outside of research, I enjoy participating in volunteer activities with the UF chapter of American Water Resources Association (AWRA) and Gainesvilles Watershed Action Volunteers (WAV). Also important to me is training to participate in 2 sprint triathlons this summer season.
2nd Place Julio Castro
Poster: Understanding Wall Friction from Micro and Macro Properties of Bulk Materials, Major: Chemical Engineering, Hobbies: Photography, reading, listening to music, mountain biking, checking out yard sales, Interests: Mathematics, computer programming, physics, particle science, powder flow
3rd Place Joshua Taylor
Poster: Changes in Water Structure at High Solids Loading Slurries, Major: Materials Science & Engineering, Hobbies: Piano, guitar, tennis, Maya (3D animation program), Israeli folk dancing, studying Bible/Torah
Engineered Systems
1st Place Debamitra Dutta
Poster: Synthesis and Characterization of Engineered Nanoparticles and Preliminary Leaching Studies
2nd Place Karran Woan
Poster: Catalytic Activity of Erbium-doped Ceria Synthesized by Microemulsion, Major: Materials Science & Engineering, Interests: Other than research on surface sciences, my interests include volunteering for the hospital or environmental cleanups, hiking, racquetball, and driving.
3rd Place Rhye Hamey
Poster: Particle Deformation during Stirred Media Milling, Major: Materials Science, Hobbies/Interests: Fishing if a get a chance.
Nano-Bio Systems
1st Place Yash Kapoor
Poster: Surfactant and Drug Transport from Micelle Laden Hydrogels, Major: Chemical Engineering, Hobbies/Interests: Reading, sports.
2nd Place M. Carmen Estevez
Poster: Dye-doped Silica Nanoparticles as High-signal Amplification Probe for Cancer Cell Detection and Targeting, Major: Chemistry, Hobbies/Interests: Besides research, I enjoy reading, spending time with friends and family, travelling and in general outdoor activities.
3rd Place Jie Gao
Poster: Environmental Assessment of Nanomaterials on Organisms and Ecosystem Functions, Major: Environmental Engineering Sciences, Hobbies/Interests: Sports and reading
Soft Materials
1st Place Pei-Hsun Wu
Poster: Probing the Real Time Chromatin Architecture by Observing the Mean Square Displacement of Nuclear Protein Clusters, Major: Chemical Engineering, Hobbies: Reading, Sporting.
2nd Place Brett Howell
Poster: Drug Overdose Treatment with Pegylated Anionic Liposomes
3rd Place Chhavi Gupta
Poster: Effect of Viscosity on Tear Drainage after Installation of Commercially Available Eye Drops
Undergraduate Division (one category - Best Overall):
1st Place Michael Brady
Poster: Solvent-dependent Nanotribology of PEI-g-PEG Brushes: An AFM Study, Major: Materials Science and Engineering, Hobbies/Interests: Watersports, tennis, basketball, snowboarding, friends & family, outdoors.