Research Day 2015

The 2015 Research Day of the Washkewicz College of Engineering was celebreated on Friday, October 30 in the CSU Student Center Ballroom. The event included a keynote presentation from Dr. Rickey Shyne, Director of Research and Engineering from NASA-Glenn Research Center. There also was a poster session with the latest research findings from the College and the winners of the poster competition were:

1st place
Activated Microglia Differentially Regulates Neural Stem Cell Phenotype and Neural Outgrowth Within Co-cultures
Student Author: Kurt Farell
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Chandra Kothapalli

2nd place
A Real-time Virtual Muscle System for Prosthesis Control
Student Author: Sandra Hnat
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ton van den Bogert

3rd place
A Rapid Pressure Swing Adsorption Process for the Improvement of Portable Oxygen Concentrators
Student Author: Aaron Moran
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Orhan Talu

In addition, the Awards Committee identified two Honorable Mentions:

Ultrasensitive, rapid detection of infectious bacteria
Student Authors: Anup Sam Mathew, Luo
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Siu-Tung Yau

The Response of Anisotropic Colloids to a Polarized Electrode
Student Authors: Cornelius A. Obasanjo and Sri Harsha Nuthalapati
Faculty Advisor:  Dr. Christopher L. Wirth