Final Presentations

Final Colloquium

 Thursday, August 2, 2007
 University of Illinois at Chicago

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and
Research Experiences for Teachers (REU) Program
Engineering Research Facility (ERF) Room 1043 

8:00 a.m. Refreshments
8:25 a.m. Prof. Christos G. Takoudis (RealMedia) Introductory Remarks
8:30 a.m. Liping Yang (pdf)/(RealMedia) "The study and control of cerebral haemodynamics based on a mathematical vasculature model"
8:40 a.m. Samantha Watkins (pdf)/(RealMedia) "Biocompatibility of polyimide-based neural devices for chronic implant applications"
8:50 a.m. Victor Nekrasov (pdf)/(RealMedia) "Electrophysiology and neurochemistry sensor for stroke"
9:00 a.m. Jessica Preston (pdf)/(RealMedia) "Bonding analysis of a novel peptide to P. falciparum Knob Associated Histidine Rich Protein (KAHRP)"
9:10 a.m. Nishant Zachariah (pdf)/(RealMedia) "Quantification of temporal bonding in polydimethylsiloxane"
Coffee and Desert Break
9:35 a.m. Jeffrey Vonch (pdf)/(RealMedia) " Electrospinning: A study in the formation of nanofibers"
9:45 a.m. Victor Chan (pdf)/(RealMedia) "Intercalation of poly-acrylonitrile into carbon nanotubes"
9:55 a.m. Geoffrey Campbell & Kellee Nelson(pdf)/(RealMedia) "Plasma-assisted synthesis of molybdenum carbide catalysts - Part 1"
10:15 a.m. Cheryl Heitzman (RealMedia) "Plasma-assisted synthesis of molybdenum carbide catalysts - Part 2"
10:25 a.m. Shirley Tan(pdf)/(RealMedia) "Synthesis and characterization of metal hexaboride nanowires"
10:35 a.m. Varun Sood (pdf)/(RealMedia) "Vacuum insulation panels"
Coffee and Desert Break
11:00 a.m. Arinola Awomolo (pdf)/(RealMedia) "Dielectric material for organic thin film transistors (OTFT)"
11:10 a.m. Adam Kueltzo & Julie Lam (pdf)/(RealMedia) "Atomic layer deposition of novel high dielectric constant materials"
11:30 a.m. George Hearn (pdf)/(RealMedia) "Passivation for GaSb infrared sensors"
11:40 a.m. Peter Gu (pdf)/(RealMedia) "Study of Au-CeO2 nano-particles using transmission electron microscopy"
11:50 a.m. Christos Takoudis & Gregory Jursich (RealMedia) Concluding Remarks

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