A yearly forum for faculty, postdocs, and students engaged in nanoscience and nanotechnology research.Ìý
Schedule
Featheringill Hall
11:30ÌýLUNCH begins
12:00ÌýPOSTER SESSION
Buttrick Hall, Room 101
2:30ÌýÌýOpening RemarksÌýDr. Sharon M. Weiss
2:40ÌýNew Strategies for Microdevice Fabrication using Parylene-coated 3D Prints ¶Ù°ù.ÌýEthan Lippmann
3:00ÌýExploring the Role of Anisotropy and Strong Coupling in Driving Infrared NanophotonicsÌý¶Ù°ù.ÌýJosh Caldwell
3:20Ìý Nano with Atomic Precision: Insights from Computation Dr. De-en Jiang
3:40ÌýMinimizing the Reorganization Energy of Cobalt Redox Mediators Maximizes Charge Transfer Rates from Quantum Dots Madeleine Fort
Featheringill Hall
4:00ÌýBREAK refreshments served
4:30ÌýÌýKEYNOTE LECTURE Shedding Nano-light on Quantum MaterialsÌý¶Ù°ù.ÌýDmitri N. Basov
5:30ÌýÌýRECEPTION Poster Awards / VINSE Jacket Drawing
Keynote Speaker
Bio. Dmitri N. Basov (PhD 1991) is a Higgins professor and Chair of the , the Director of the DOE Energy Frontiers Research Center on and co-director of Max Planck Society – New York Center for Nonequilibrium Quantum Phenomena. He has served as a professor (1997-2016) and Chair (2010-2015) of Physics, University of California San Diego. Research interests include: physics of quantum materials, superconductivity, two-dimensional materials, infrared nano-optics. Prizes and recognitions: Sloan Fellowship (1999), Genzel Prize (2014), Humboldt research award (2009), Frank Isakson Prize, American Physical Society (2012), (2014, 2020), K.J. Button Prize (2019), (U.S. Department of Defense, 2019), top 1% of highly cited physicists (2018-2021), National Academy of Sciences (2020).
Poster Session
- Sustainable Carbon Nanotube Growth from CO2: Scale-Up Design of Post-Growth Processing
Grace Jones, undergraduate, Chemistry (Douglas) - Nanomedicine Drug Combinations for the Treatment of Tumor-Induced Bone Disease
Kristopher Castillo, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - Inversely designed mid-infrared light source
Mingze He, Mechanical Engineering (Caldwell) - Developing a Low-Cost InÌýVitro Blood-Brain BarrierÌýto Streamline DiseaseÌýModeling
Kelly Richardson, Chemistry (Cliffel/Wright) - Versatile Strategy for Design and Fabrication of Thin Film Composite Membranes
Zane Parkerson, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Jennings) - Nanospectroscopy of Quantum Point Defects
Ryan Kowalski, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Caldwell) - Single Cell Activation Requirements of T Cells in Relation to Pancreatic βCell Destruction in Type 1 Diabetes
Elizabeth Holliday, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Lang) - A Nanocarrier Vaccine Platform for Co-Delivery of Peptide Neoantigens and Synergistic Adjuvants
Jessalyn Baljon, Biomedical Engineering (Wilson) - Where’d the sulfur go? How sodium oleate results in sulfur deficient nanoparticles
Andrey Shults, Chemistry (Macdonald) - Superhydrophobic Array Devices for High Throughput Culture of 3D Cancer Models
Maria Lopez Cavestany, Biomedical Engineering (King) - Engineering Electromagnetic Field Distribution and Resonance Quality Factor Using Slotted Quasi-BIC Metasurfaces
Sen Yang, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Ndukaife) - In vivo delivery of an MK2 inhibitory peptide to prevent restenosis after peripheral angioplasty
William Tierney, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - Material identification for cultural heritage artifacts using nano-FTIR
Katja Diaz-Granados, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Caldwell) - Vinculin mediates migration and bioenergetics in breast cancer
Emily Fabiano, Biomedical Engineering (Reinhart-King) - Wireless Miniature Robots for Biomedical Applications
Xiaoguang Dong, professor, Mechanical Engineering (Dong) - Metabolic heterogeneity of extracellular vesicles released by cancer migratory subpopulations
Chelsea Faith Mariano, Biomedical Engineering (Reinhart-King) - Polymeric Drug Conjugates for STING Pathway Activation to Improve Cancer Immunotherapy
Taylor Sheehy, Biomedical Engineering (Wilson) - Shear-thinning, Nanoparticle-based Hydrogels as an Injectable Delivery Platform for Repair of Chronic Diabetic Skin Wounds
Mariah Bezold, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - Evaluating Surface Properties of Multifunctional Energy Minimizing Surfaces Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Cal Craven, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (McCabe) - Scaling Microfluidic Throughput for Mechanotypic Genome-Scale CRISPR Knockout Screen
Katie Young, postdoctoral associate, Biomedical Engineering (Reinhart-King) - Low Power Structural Color Tuning in a-Si Dielectric Metasurface via Li ion insertion
Elena Kovalik, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Valentine) - Enhanced T Cell Activation via Fluid Shear Stress
Nicole Sarna, Biomedical Engineering (King) - Collective Phonon−Polaritonic Modes in Silicon Carbide Subarrays
Guanyu Lu, Mechanical Engineering (Caldwell) - Evaluating the Mechanisms of Yoda1 Sensitization of TRAIL-Mediated Apoptosis in Glioblastoma Cells
Shanay Desai, undergraduate, Biomedical Engineering (King) - Photosystem I as an active layer for microfluidic redox flow systems
Matthew Galazzo, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Cliffel) - Albumin-Hitchhiking MMP13 siRNA Conjugate (siMMP13<(EG18L)2) for the Treatment of Rheumatic Disease
Juan M. Colazo, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - How do defects impact the stability of MXenes in water
Haohong Song, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Jiang) - Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by Extracting the Spikes Using Engineered Liposomes
Jason Zhenjiang Zhang, postdoctoral associate, Biomedical Engineering (King) - Kinetic Control of Angstrom Scale Porosity in 2D Lattices for Atomically Thin Proton Exchange Membranes
Nicole Moehring, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Kidambi) - Control of Ultra-Thick SU8 Photolithography Structures for Production of Tumor Spheroids
Noah Reckhorn, undergraduate, Biomedical Engineering (King) - Graphene-based microfluidic perforated microelectrode arrays for retinal electrophysiology studies
Alberto Esteban Linares, Mechanical Engineering (Li) - Shear Polaritons in Monoclinic Crystals
Joseph Matson, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Caldwell) - Modifying siRNA Delivery Using Polymer Conjugates for Tumor Induced Bone Disease
Jordan Hill, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - Development of alpha beta TCR Mechanosensory Tools and Simulations
Alex Stoneman, undergraduate, Chemical and BiomolecularÌýEngineering (Lang) - Under Pressure: Confinement Drives Mechanical Memory in Migratory Breast Cancer Cells
Jenna Mosier, Biomedical Engineering (Reinhart-King) - Enhancement of Third Harmonic generation via harmonic plasmon coupling in Au/CuS nanoparticle films
Nathan Spear, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Macdonald/Haglund) - Nanoparticle-Based Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis
Morgan Struthers, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - Novel Nano-in-Cryogel Biomaterials for the Localized Reprogramming of Tumor Associated Macrophages
Sydney Henriques, Biomedical Engineering (Giorgio) - Matching Metal Precursor Reactivity in Transition Metal Tellurides
Danielle Penk, Chemistry (Macdonald) - Utilizing 3D printing technology to fabricate a perfused brain arteriole from stem cell sources
Lexi Yates, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Lippmann/Jefferson) - Development of a Nanoparticle-Hydrogel Composite for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis
Larry Stokes, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - Production of a Tunable CTC Cluster in vitro Model via a Superhydrophobic Microwell Array Device
Olivia Wright, Biomedical Engineering (King) - Integration between Metasurfaces and Microfluidics for Fluorescent Cell Classification
Tao Hong, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Li) - Wide-bandgap semiconductor devices for space applications
Aditha Senarath, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Caldwell) - Formulation Parameters for a Nanofabricated PLGA-based Drug Delivery System to the Pregnant Uterus
Lauren Link, undergraduate, Biomedical Engineering (Giorgio) - Cation Exchange of Hexagonal Cu2Se towards novel Cu2Au5Se3
Christopher Sharp, Chemistry (Macdonald) - Differences in Water and Vapor Transport through Angstrom-scale Pores in Atomically Thin Membranes
Peifu Cheng, postdoctoral associate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Kidambi) - Ultrahigh Drug-Loaded Nanorods or the Treatment of a Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Richard d’Arcy, postdoctoral associate, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - Electro-osmotic Regulation of Membrane Pore Size at the Angstrom Scale
Ruoyu Wang, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Lin) - Lipid-siRNA conjugates distribute broadly in the CNS and silences gene expression following CSF delivery
Alex Sorets, Biomedical Engineering (Lippmann/Duvall) - Synthesizing Metal Selenide Nanocrystal Phases
Antony Peng, undergraduate, Chemistry (Macdonald) - Nanoscale spectroscopy of extended defects in 4H Silicon Carbide
Scott Criswell, Electrical and Computer Engineering (Caldwell) - Advancing Hydrophilicity of ROS Degradable Polythioketal Urethane Foam Dressings to Promote Wound Repair
Josh McCune, Biomedical Engineering (Duvall) - Understanding how Zn2+ insertion in Mn3O4 enables reversible Cl– redox chemistry
Qiuyao Li, Interdisciplinary Materials Science (Jiang) - A Dual-Bead Approach: Measuring αβTCR-pMHC interactive forces and lifetimes
Allyson Karmazyn, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Lang) - Flash Nanoprecipitation for the Scalable Production of STING-Activating Nanoparticles
Hayden Pagendarm, BiomedicalÌýEngineeringÌý(Wilson) - Synthesis and Characterization of 2D Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Andrew Naclerio, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Kidambi) - Engineering a Multiplex Approach to Study Circulating Prostate Cancer Cell Mechanotransduction Under Fluid Shear Stress
Abby Fabiano, Biomedical Engineering (King) - Counter Anion Effects on PEDOT Properties and Implications on Photosystem I Incorporation
William Lowery, Chemistry (Cliffel) - Affinity Purification of Small Vesicles using Bio-Functionalized Magnetic Particles
Marsalas Whitaker, Biomedical Engineering (Giorgio) - Nanoparticle Delivery of Small Molecule Inhibitors to Treat STING-associated Inflammatory Diseases
Lucinda Pastora, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (Wilson)
1st year Interdisciplinary Materials Science 10-week rotation posters
- Phonon-polariton Enhanced Thermal Transport
Trey Long (Caldwell) - SARS-CoV2 Detection using Peptide-functionalized Ring Resonators
Soren Smail (Weiss) - Random Copolymers by Spin-Coating ROMP
Matthew Vasuta (Jennings) - Silicon Metalens Design and Optimization for Photodetecting Applications
Madison Miller (Valentine) - Radiation Effects on FDSOI Transistors
Owen Meilander (Schrimpf) - Vibrational Strong Coupling between h-BN and PMMA
Courtney Ragle (Caldwell) - Perturbation Approach to Characterize Molecular Detection Capabilities of Photonic Crystal Nanobeams
Chris Whittington (Weiss) - Designing of a transparent nano-plasmonic substrate
Huijin An (Locke) - Graphene transfer onto polymeric substrate: effect of temperature and pressure
Rahul Shah (Kidambi) - Optimization of 3D Printed Molds for Microfluidic PET Radiotracer Synthesis Devices
Mark Mc Veigh (Bellan) - Silicon Nitride Slow Light Photonic Crystal Nanobeams for Enhancing Single Photon Emission
Harrison Walker (Weiss)