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Final Presentations

Final Symposium

 Thursday, August 3, 2006
 University of Illinois at Chicago

Colloquium I
Oral Presentations of the 2006 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program on Novel Materials and Processing in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
8:30 – 11:00 a.m., Engineering Research Facility (ERF) Room 1043 

8:25 a.m. Prof. Christos G. Takoudis REU Program - Introductory Remarks
8:30 a.m. Marisa Theroux-Jones (pdf) "Plasma-Assisted Synthesis of Molybdenum Carbide Catalysts"
8:40 a.m. Ashlynne Rhoderick (pdf) "Examining Effects of NH3 as a Catalyst on the Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Al2O3"
8:50 a.m. Michael McGovern (pdf) "Measurement of Interface Traps in HgCdTe and InAs/GaSb Superlattice Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Structures"
9:00 a.m. Jamie Polan (pdf) "Separation Systems Design Under Uncertainty"
9:10 a.m. Sukruti Ponkshe (pdf) "Intracranial Blood Pressure and Brain Vasculature"
9:20 a.m. Megan Mary Mekarski (pdf) "Understanding L-dopa Transport and Metabolism in the Human Brain"
9:30 a.m. Kirstin Tawse (pdf) "Cerebrospinal Fluid-Tissue Interactions in the Human Brain"
9:40 a.m. Coffee Break
9:55 a.m. Terri Erickson & Bob Dawe (pdf) "Quantification of convection-enhanced drug delivery in an in vitro brain model"
10:10 a.m. Elizabeth Kelley (pdf) " Controlled Release from Solid Polymer Nanofibers "
10:20 a.m. Winnie Kuo (pdf) "Chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells on PCL nanofibrous scaffolds"
10:30 a.m. Sandy Deitch & Mark Choi (pdf) "Brain Model for Microelectrode Implantation Testing"
10:45 a.m. David Siap (pdf) "The Adsorption and Reaction of Orthocarborane on Pt(111)"
10:55 a.m. Rebecca J.Carlton (pdf) "Granular Physics: Making Particles and Measuring the Angle of Repose"
11:05 a.m. Prof. C. G. Takoudis Concluding Remarks

Colloquium II
Poster Presentations by the 2006 Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Fellows
10:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., ERF Room 1047 

842 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607