McKimmon Center, NCSU
Western Boulevard and Gorman St., Raleigh NC
Continental Breakfast / Welcome 8:00 – 8:30 AM
Oral Presentations 8:30 – 10:10 AM
Biotechnology
8:30 AM
Heath Johnson Cells let their fingers do the walking: How filopodia point migrating fibroblasts in the right direction
9:00 AM
Andrew Fock Growth phase transitions in the hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima trigger unannotated Open Reading Frames (ORFs) encoding novel peptides
9:30 AM
Jaspreet Notey Stationary Phase: Wild-type archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus vs a spontaneous mutant
Coffee Break 10:00 – 10:30 AM
Oral Presentations 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Biotechnology
10:30 AM
Arpan Mukherjee Exploring the features of uranium oxidation and resistance in thermoacidophilic archaea
Catalysis
11:00 AM
Joshua McClure Non-Platinum Group Metal Electrocatalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
Materials
11:30 PM
Mohammed Khan Engineering the shape of a liquid metal alloy by tuning its surface oxide skin
Lunch 12:00 PM
12:30 PM
Dr. Timothy Nolen (Ph.D., 1988) Eastman Chemical Company Opportunities in the U.S. Chemical Industry: My View from the Inside
Oral Presentations 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
1:30 PM
Rachita Sharma Principles and Engineering of Self-Propelling Particles
2:00PM
Mohammad Hassan Structure-Property- Process Relationships for Meltblown Fibrous Media
2:30 PM
Alina Higham Rheological study of crosslinking and gelation in multi-functional thiol and multi-functional acrylate systems involving an in situ comonomer catalyst
Poster Session 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Materials
Sarah Atanasov Nanoscale Modification of Kevlar via Atomic Layer Deposition for Enhanced Force Protection Abstract
Nancy Burns Chitosan Enhanced Nanofibers for Sublingual Drug Delivery Abstract
Stephanie Lam Functional foams from biopolymers Abstract
M. Mohammed Improving Electrical and Interfacial Properties and Developing New Applications for Eutectic Gallium Indium Liquid Metal Alloy Abstract
Rohan Patil Polymer Brush De-grafting and Analysis of Molecular Weight Abstract
Alex Richter Synthesis and Characterization of Environmentally Benign Nanoparticles Abstract
Tian Tian Synthesis of Nanofibers, Rods, and Other Soft Matter Structures by Shear Spinning Technique Abstract
Edwin Walker Ionic Conductivity as a Means of Monitoring Polymer Network Formation Abstract
Energy and Catalysis
Ezinne Achinivu Lignin Extraction from Biomass with Protic Ionic Liquids Abstract
Martin Dufficy Composite Nanofibers for Increased Lithium-Ion Anode Performance Abstract
Patrick Fahey GCxGC-TOFMS Analysis for Hydropyrolysis Oils Abstract
Nathan Galinsky Oxygen carrier with facilitated O2-conduction for effective carbonaceous fuel conversion and CO2capture Abstract
Feng He Effect of Oxygen Carrier on Particulate Emissions from Chemical Looping Abstract
Ying Liu Origami Inspired Self-Folding of Polymer Sheets via Light Absorption Abstract
Dennis McOwen Toward High-Voltage Li-Ion Batteries: Concentrated Electrolytes Abstract
Arya Shafie-Farhood Partial Oxidation of Methane Using Surface Modified Oxygen Carriers Abstract
Keyi Sun Catalytic Deoxygenation of Octanoic Acid over Supported Pd Catalysts Abstract
Junjie Zhao ZnO 3D Hierarchical Nanostructures for Photocatalysis Application Abstract
Biotechnology
Taliman Afroz Sugar Utilization in E. coli at the Single-cell Level Abstract
Oskar Bernal Highly reactive microbial non-woven bio-photocomposites for CO2 recycling and H2 production Abstract
Sophia Carrell Novel Interactions between the NF-κB and BMP signaling pathways in the Drosophila melanogaster embryo Abstract
Aaron Hawkins Systems Level Diagnostics of Metabolically Engineered Pyrococcus furiosus With Hybrid Oligonucleotide Microarray Abstract
Ashley Jermusyk Constructing a synthetic gene network to model and understand signaling interactions Abstract
William Kish Peptide-Based Affinity Adsorbents with High Binding Capacity for the Purification of Monoclonal Antibodies Abstract
Astor Liu Morphodynamics of T lymphocyte migration Abstract
Lauren Ridge Predicting the Nature of the Protein Corona Surrounding Nanoparticles Abstract
Mark Schulte Process Intensification (PI) of CO Adsorption Using NonGrowing High Intensity Clostridium ljungdahlii Biocoatings Abstract