2012 Schoenborn Graduate Research Symposium
Coffee 8:00 – 8:30 AM
Oral Presentations 8:30 – 10:00 AM
Coffee Break 10:00 – 10:30 AM
Oral Presentations 10:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Poster Session 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Ezinne Achinivu
Selective extraction of lignin using protic ionic liquids (PILs) – A novel biomass pretreatment method
Josh Allen
Solvent-LiBF4 phase diagrams, ionic association and solubility – cyclic Carbonates and Lactones
Sarah Atanasov
Molecular layer deposition of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxy-thiophene)
Erich Bain
Stable initiator for surface-grafted radical polymerization
Mandi Burns
Cyclodextrin-chitosan nanofibers
Preeta Datta
Frontal polymerization in confined spaces
Sang Don Han
Delving into the Properties and Solution Structure of Nitrile-Lithium Difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiDFOB) Electrolytes for Li-ion Batteries
Aaron Hawkins
Utilizing the carbon fixation pathway from the extremely thermoacidophilic archaeonMetallosphaera sedula for non-photosynthetic electrofuel production
Feng He
Chemical looping gasification with oxygen uncoupling
Alina Higham
Nanofibers of water-soluble polymers via foam electrospinning
Jessica Jenkins
Progress towards modeling multifunctional living paints: Thin biocomposite coatings of live cells and latex particles deposited by continuous convective assembly
Chris Johnson
Novel material platform for detection of pathogens, chemical warfare agents, and biological threats
Heath Johnson
Microscopy and analysis of the dynamic interplay between PI3K and Rac signaling and the actin cytoskeleton
Marc Kai
Determination of the role of shape, size, and flexibility of nanoparticles on biodistribution
Mohammad Khan
Engineering the yield properties of an oxide skin on a liquid metal alloy
David Latshaw
The simulation of amyloid beta in the presence of aggregation inhibiting compounds
Josh McClure
Dioxygen electro-reduction study of metal-free nitrogen-doped carbon nanowalls grown using PECVD
Daniel Morales
Hydrogels and liquid metals: Soft matter actuation devices
Moaataz Mousa
Effect of temperature and gas velocity on atomic layer deposition at atmospheric pressure
Arpan Mukherjee
Metal-mobilizing thermoacidophiles have different capacities to tolerate and solubilize uranium
Katherine Phillips
Effect of carbon pore morphology on solvation of RbBr solutions
Alex Richter
Synthesis and characterization of environmentally friendly nanoparticles
Lauren Ridge
Predicting the nature of the protein corona surrounding nanoparticles
Phillip Schoch (and C. Galvin)
Anti-fouling surface coatings based on zwitterionic polyelectrolyte brushes
Vikram Seshadri
Pyrolysis and combustion of biomass-related compounds
Keyi Sun
Catalytic deoxygenation of caprylic acid over PdAu/C
Tian Tian
Synthesis of fibers and other morphologies from polymer solutions by shear-nanospinning technique
Oscar Bernal Zúñiga
Engineering highly reactive microbial coatings and microbial paper as model systems for biomimetic leaves