Final Presentations

Final Symposium

 Thursday, August 04, 2011
 University of Illinois at Chicago


Oral Presentations of the 2011 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program on Novel Materials and Processing in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
9:00 – 12:15 a.m.
842 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607
Engineering Research Facility (ERF) Room 1047

9:00 a.m. Prof. Christos G. Takoudis Refreshments
9:10 a.m. Prof. Christos G. Takoudis & Gregory Jursich (Video) Introductory Remarks
9:15 a.m. Marissa Gaskill (PPT)/(Video) "Optimization of Protein Immobilization in Microfluidic Devices for the Capture of Circulating Tumor Cells"
9:30 a.m. Megan Silas (PPT)/(Video) "Site Directed Mutagenesis of Protein PurE"
9:45 a.m. Kevin Meaux (PPT)/(Video) "Infrared Studies of Ammonia Borane"
10:00 a.m. Andrew Mandelbaum (PPT)/(Video) "Hypersonic Fuels Chemistry: n-Heptane Cracking and Combustion"
10:15 a.m. Julie Kraus (PPT)/(Video) "The effect of Nanotextures on Surface Condensation"
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 a.m. Ghinwah Hachem (PPT)/(Video) "Greener Solvent Selection and Solvent Recycling for CO2 Capture"
11:00 a.m. Abigail Jablansky (PPT)/(Video) "Selective Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2 on Silicon/Copper-patterned Substrates"
11:15 a.m. Christine James (PPT)/(Video) "Atomic Layer Deposition of Zirconium Oxide for Fuel Cell Applications"
11:30 a.m. Jared Weddell (PPT)/(Video) "Percolation Effects on Electrical Resistivity and Electron Mobility"
11:45 a.m. Tessa Cooper (PPT)/(Video) "Percolation Effects on Electrical Resistivity and Electron Mobility"
12:00 a.m. Gregory Jursich & C. G. Takoudis (Video) Closing Remarks

842 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607