CBE Undergraduate Research Symposium

We had an exciting event on April 17th with 16 poster presenters, highlighting the cutting edge research pursued by undergraduates in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering.

The poster presenters all did an outstanding job of showcasing their innovative research and there were many lively discussions among students and faculty over pizza!

The faculty and graduate student judges presented the following poster awards:

First Place (tie):

Presenters: Emily Pinlac and Anas Ani
Title: Controlled Recruitment of Nanoparticles into Biomolecular Condensates
Advisor: Benjamin Schuster

Presenter: Reena Lubowski
Title: Engineering Biocatalysts for Biofuel Applications
Advisor: Shishir Chundawat

Second Place (tie):

Presenter: Vjosa Ukella
Title: Calculating the Formation Energy of Gases and Lattice Structures using DFT
Advisor: Fuat Celik

Presenters: Minjal Baheti and Mahati Salapu
Title: Optimization of the Expression Conditions for Cellulose Binding Modules from Clostridium thermocellum
Advisor: Shishir Chundawat

Honorable Mentions:

Presenter: Ibrahim Basar
Title: Manipulating the Growth of a Co-Culture Cell System for Enhanced Phenol Bioproduction
Advisor: Haoran Zhang

Presenters: Philip Mai and Jayden Nelson
Title: Rheometry of Lignin Based Solutions
Advisor: Nina Shapley

Presenter: Hoonbae Park
Title: Water Purification Utilizing Chitosan
Advisor: Nina Shapley

Presenter: Samantha Shimabukuro
Title: Microbial-Mediated Conversion of Waste Polymers
Advisor: Shishir Chundawat

Presenter: Ali Ukperaj
Title: Salt Dependence of Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Advisor: Gregory Dignon

Congratulations to all!!!