Slatt Alumni

2025

  • Rita Barhouche

    Project Title:
    Revealing the Underlying Physics of Plasma Self-Organization for Energy-Efficient Plasma Processing
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    David Go
  • Ryan Bencivengo

    Project Title:
    Characterization of Coated C-C Composite Destruction under Various Environmental Scenarios
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Sergey Leonov
  • Katie Bowsher

    Project Title:
    Fabrication of Pentiptycene Polybenzoxazole (PPBO) Asymmetric Membranes for Gas Separation
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ruilan Guo
  • Luke Brown

    Project Title:
    The Role of Graphene Oxide Coatings in Heat Resistance and Dissipation and Conductance in Electrical Wires and its Scope in Sustainable Energy
    Department:
    Preprofessional Studies
    Advisor(s):
    Ian Lightcap
  • Charlie Desnoyers

    Project Title:
    Photoremixing Studies of Mixed-Halide Perovskite Thin Films
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Masaru Kuno
  • Nevis Dickson

    Project Title:
    Significance of Metal Ion Reactivity in Nuclear Reactor Cooling Water
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Aliaksandra Lisouskaya
  • Batradz Djikkaity

    Project Title:
    Improving Models for Hydraulic Permeability in Complex Membrane Structures Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Phillip
  • Mae Fischer

    Project Title:
    Effects of Anionic Species on Hydrogen Peroxide Production and Uranyl Peroxide Formation in Uranyl Salt Solutions Exposed to Nonthermal Plasma
    Department:
    Environmental Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Peter Burns
  • Aaviskar Khatiwada

    Project Title:
    Unraveling the Role of Extra-Framework Aluminum in Hydrocarbon Cracking Reactions
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Schneider
  • Emma Lee

    Project Title:
    Liquid Crystal Properties of Iron-sulfur Clusters
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Emily Tsui
  • Joseph Mathew

    Project Title:
    Optimizing Methane Conversion Using Gliding Arc Reactors for the Production of C₂ Species
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    David Go
  • Kristen Mohan

    Project Title:
    WFIP-3:3rd Wind Forecast Improvement Project
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Harindra Fernando
  • Sara Murray

    Project Title:
    Upconversion of solar energy: triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion from FAMAPbI3 to TiO2
    Department:
    Chemistry with Computing
    Advisor(s):
    Prashant Kamat
  • Jack Nichols

    Project Title:
    Title: Understanding Perovskite/Hole Transport Layer Interactions
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Prashant Kamat
  • Brynn O'Donnell

    Project Title:
    Impact of Ozone on Alteration of U3O8
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Peter C. Burns
  • Sarah Oliva

    Project Title:
    Improving the Sustainability of Uranium Mining Using a Gliding Arc Plasma
    Department:
    Environmental Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Peter C. Burns
  • Ray Yang

    Project Title:
    Membrane-Based Separations for Critical Mineral Recovery in Sustainable Energy Systems and Economic Sustainability
    Department:
    Computer Science
    Advisor(s):
    Alexander Dowling

2024

  • Angel Anchondo

    Project Title:
    Lapped Connections for Accelerated Modularized Construction of Safety-Related, Non-Containment Reinforced Concrete Nuclear Buildings
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Yahya C. Kurama
  • Amanada Arrufat Román

    Project Title:
    Electrostrictive Properties of Ionic Liquids (Summer 2024)
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Yamil J. Colón
  • Levi Cherek

    Project Title:
    Replacing Ruthenium With Iron for Sustainable Olefin Metathesis
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Vlad Iluc
  • Elliot Como

    Project Title:
    Crosslinking of PIM-1 with Macrocyclic Crosslinker for Physical Aging Resistance (Spring 2024)
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Emmanuel Correia Villamizar

    Project Title:
    Molecular Dynamics Simulations (Summer 2024)
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Yamil J. Colón
  • Gabriel Cruz-Ruiz

    Project Title:
    Phytoremediation of Soil Contaminated with Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Kyle Doudrick
  • Batradz Djikkaity

    Project Title:
    Composite Nanofibers As Effective Adsorbents For Li+ Extraction
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Nosang Myung
  • Sean Egan

    Project Title:
    Flow and Turbulence Characteristics at Hub Height for Offshore Wind Energy Production
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    David Richter
  • Giorgi Kharchilava

    Project Title:
    Low-energy Electron Attachment to Ethylene Carbonate
    Department:
    Physics and Astronomy
    Advisor(s):
    Sylwia Ptasinska
  • Matthew LaCapra

    Project Title:
    Diffusion of Methane and CO2 in CuBTC and IRMOF 1 (Spring 2024)
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Yamil J. Colón
  • Quinn Mackay

    Project Title:
    Heavy Metal Pollution, Water Quality, and Land Use Change Analysis along the Little East Arm Calumet Watershed (Spring 2024)
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
  • Josiah Miller

    Project Title:
    Development of Thin Film Deposition for Hybrid Molybdenum and Tungsten Bronzes (Spring 2024)
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Adam Jaffe
  • John Moore

    Project Title:
    Modeling and Experimentally Verifying a Multistep Nonhomeogenous Diafiltration Cascade for Application in Lithium Ion Battery Recycling
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Phillip
  • Sara Murray

    Project Title:
    Energy Transfer in Manganese doped CsPbCl3 Quantum Dots
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Prashant V. Kamat
  • Aidan Murray

    Project Title:
    Monte Carlo Methods for Neutron Transport
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ryan McClarren
  • Sarah Oliva

    Project Title:
    Advancing Towards a Sustainable Future for Nuclear Energy
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Peter C. Burns
  • Gayoung (Bona) Park

    Project Title:
    Hydrostatic Pressure-Powered Underwater Soft Growing Robot with Steering and Buoyancy Control Mechanism (Spring 2024)
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Margaret Coad
  • Bennett Schmitt

    Project Title:
    Investigating Rare Earth Element Mineralization Within Fenite Alteration Zones Using Isotopic Analysis (Spring 2024)
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Antonio Simonetti
  • Victor Williams

    Project Title:
    Ink-Jet Printing of CeO2 and Eu2O3 Thin Films for Nuclear Energy Applications and Nuclear Physics Measurements
    Department:
    Physics and Astronomy
    Advisor(s):
    Khachatur Manukyan
  • Katherine Zinkan

    Project Title:
    Polymers in Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jennifer Schaefer

2023

  • Reinhard Bartsch

    Project Title:
    Isolation of Metallocyclobutane Intermediate for Ruthenium Catalyzed Olefin Metathesis as a Means for Bringing About More Sustainable Synthesis (Summer 2023)
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Vlad Iluc
  • Konstantin Bauer

    Project Title:
    Combustion Synthesis and Characterization of Thorium Dioxide (Spring 2023)
    Department:
    Physics and Astronomy
    Advisor(s):
    Khachatur Manukyan
  • Chloe Behringer

    Project Title:
    Modeling Solvent Assisted Ion Transport in Structured Battery Electrolytes (Fall 2023)
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jonathan Whitmer
  • Ryan Bencivengo

    Project Title:
    Optimization of Energy Deposition Pattern at Plasma-Assisted Combustion (Spring 2023)
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Sergey Leonov
  • Evan Bursch

    Project Title:
    Extending A Model of High-Order Implicit Shock Tracking For Inertial Confinement Nuclear Fusion (Spring/Fall 2023)
    Department:
    Physics and Astronomy
    Advisor(s):
    Ryan McClarren
  • Sam Chen

    Project Title:
    Polymers in Next-generation Rechargeable Batteries
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jennifer Schaefer
  • Elliot Como

    Project Title:
    Architecting Self Semi-interpenetrating Network (ss-IPN) Structure in PIM-1 Membranes for Enhanced Physical Aging Resistance
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ruilan Guo
  • Lauren Farrell

    Project Title:
    Gaining Access to the Reaction of the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to a Usable Fuel
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Seth Brown
  • Eva Homberger

    Project Title:
    Batch Sorption of U60 Nanocluster to Muscovite in the Presence of Electrolytes
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Peter C. Burns
  • Thomas King

    Project Title:
    Developing Metadata for Nuclear Fusion Models
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ryan McClarren
  • Lauren Martin

    Project Title:
    Energy Transfer in Lead Halide Perovskite-Molecular Hybrid Assemblies for Light Harvesting Applications
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Prashant Kamat
  • John Moore

    Project Title:
    Development of Novel Nanofiltration Membrane Functionalizations for the Specific Ion Rejection of Cobalt and Lithium
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Phillip
  • Zachary W. Muetzel

    Project Title:
    Development of 3D-printed Modules to Evaluate the Performance of Photoresponsive Polymer Membranes
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Phillip
  • Omar G. Muñoz

    Project Title:
    Reinforced Concrete Designs for Large-scale Nuclear Building Structures
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Yahya C. Kurama
  • Daniel O'Connor

    Project Title:
    Integrated CO2 Capture and Conversion
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Casey O'Brien
  • Delaney Ryan

    Project Title:
    Radiation Stability of Organics in the Nuclear Waste Extraction
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ian Carmichael
  • Bennett Schmitt

    Project Title:
    Investigating Rare Earth Element Mineralization Within Fenite Alteration Zones
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Antonio Simonetti
  • Rubén E. Torres

    Project Title:
    Simulation and Characterization of Wide Band Gap Power Devices
    Department:
    Electrical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Patrick Fay
  • Evan Wood

    Project Title:
    Selective Ion Transport with Imidazole Membrane Ligands
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Phillip

2022

  • Evan Bursch

    Project Title:
    High-Order Implicit Shock Tracking For Inertial Confinement Nuclear Fusion
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ryan McClarren
  • Caitlyn Cano

    Project Title:
    Radium Analysis of Natural Samples from Laguna Pueblo
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Peter C. Burns
  • William Cheong

    Project Title:
    1,3,5 Trithiane as a Sulfur Source in Metal Sulfide Nanoparticle Synthesis
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Emily Tsui
  • Robert Crawford

    Project Title:
    Life Cycle Assessments of Building Materials in Notre Dame Construction
    Department:
    Architecture
    Advisor(s):
    John Onyango
  • Vincent DiFilippo

    Project Title:
    Optimization of Noise Reduction of a Propeller Using Microfiber Coating for Wind Turbine Applications
    Department:
    Architecture
    Advisor(s):
    Hirotaka Sakaue
  • Gavin Ealey

    Project Title:
    Photoinduced Charge Transfer Processes with AgInS2 Loaded in Bipolar Membrane (BPM)
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Prashant Kamat
  • Matrika Franklin

    Project Title:
    Ugandan Wind Turbine
    Department:
    Physics and Astronomy
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg
  • Nathaniel Hiott

    Project Title:
    Electron Transfer Processes in Two-Dimensional Lead-Halide Perovskites
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Prashant Kamat
  • Grace Hsu

    Project Title:
    Synthesis and Characterization of Uranyl Borosulfate Compounds and U(IV)/U(VI) Oxalate Compounds
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Peter C. Burns
  • Jiaqi Lu

    Project Title:
    Automated Prediction of the Viscosity of Ionic Liquids Using Transfer Learning
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Yamil J. Colón
  • Laura Manukyan

    Project Title:
    Synthesis of Organometallic-Functionalized ZnO and TiO2 Nanocrystals for Photocatalysis
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Emily Tsui
  • Zachary W. Muetzel

    Project Title:
    3D-Printed Crossflow Diafiltration Modules for the Recovery and Recycling of Critical Materials
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Phillip
  • Jeff Mwathi

    Project Title:
    Testing Sub-2 nm Fe Nanoparticles on Graphene for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ian Lightcap
  • Gabriel Pennington

    Project Title:
    B-Cyclodextrin Polymer Membranes for Adsorption of Organic Micropollutants from Contaminated Water
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ruilan Guo
  • Madison Pixler

    Project Title:
    Iptycene-Based Polybenzimidazole (PBI) Membrane for High-Temperature H2/CO2 Separation
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ruilan Guo
  • Nicholas Poole

    Project Title:
    Humidity Effects on Metal Uranyl Peroxide Monomers During CO2 Adsorption
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Peter C. Burns
  • Gabriela Roman Perez

    Project Title:
    Synthesis and Characterization of Nuclear Materials
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Peter C. Burns
  • Tomas Romero

    Project Title:
    Generating Catalytic Sites Relevant for Cleaner Fuels in Solid-State Materials through Atom-Transfer Chemistry
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Adam Jaffe
  • John Joel Sacris

    Project Title:
    Development of Microkinetic Models for SCR Kinetics in Cu-CHA
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William F. Schneider
  • Yan Saltar

    Project Title:
    Using Superstructure Optimization Models to Analyze Case Studies for Shale Gas and Sugarcane Processing in the U.S. and Brazil
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Alexander Dowling
  • Jeffrey Secrist

    Project Title:
    Characterization of Plasma-Catalysis Systems for Upcycling of Light Hydrocarbons
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    David B. Go
  • Benjamin Speybroeck

    Project Title:
    Microporous Polymeric Membranes for Energy-efficient Gas Separations
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ruilan Guo
  • Alexander Tullman

    Project Title:
    Electricity Transmission Efficiency Coating
    Department:
    Finance
    Advisor(s):
    Ian Lightcap
  • Christina Urrea

    Project Title:
    Probability Distributions for Electricity Failure - Predicting Points of Chaos
    Department:
    Physics and Astronomy
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg

2021

  • Zoe Barnette

    Project Title:
    Polyvinylamine-based Facilitated Transport Membranes for CO2 Capture
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Casey O'Brien
  • Madison Brooks

    Project Title:
    Water Radiolysis: Uranyl Oxy-Hydroxide Hydrates with Cation Incorporation
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Peter C. Burns
  • Andrew Christy

    Project Title:
    Triplet Sensitization in Semiconductor Nanocrystals
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Thomas Coates

    Project Title:
    Probe waveform and nanosecond imaging comparative analysis for volumetric space charge waves
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Sergey Leonov
  • Hannah Collins

    Project Title:
    Structure-Property Relationship Study of Metal Ion Transport in Ion Liquid Crystal
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jennifer Schaefer
  • Neila Gross

    Project Title:
    Low Frequency Ultrasound to Control Biofouling and Reduce Energy Losses
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Albert Cerrone
  • David Hale

    Project Title:
    Catalyst Screening for the Plasma-Assisted Synthesis of Liquid Chemicals from Ethane
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jason Hicks
  • Peter Halloran

    Project Title:
    Investigation of the Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Increase Bio-Oil Yield
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Peter Hicks
  • Brian Kane

    Project Title:
    Gradient Film with Cation Migration
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Prashant Kamat
  • Brendan Kane

    Project Title:
    The Development of Luminescent Ice for Environmental and Energy Applications
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Hirotaka Sakaue
  • Thomas Kasl

    Project Title:
    3D-Printing Hierarchical Nanostructure Absorbance for Contaminant Removal and Resource Recovery
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Phillip
  • Thomas Maloney

    Project Title:
    Boosting Transportation Efficiency: The effect of lowpass filtering the speed trajectory
    Department:
    Electrical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Peter Bauer
  • Andrew Scott Manning

    Project Title:
    Using Molecular Simulations to Understand Behavior and Structure of Liquid Electrolyte Systems
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jonathan Whitmer
  • Stephanie Mueller

    Project Title:
    Zinc (II) Carbene Synthesis and Reactivity
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Vlad Iluc
  • Jacob Novitch

    Project Title:
    Effect of Hydroxylamine on the Structure and Function of Nitrifying Biofilms
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Rob Nerenberg
  • Melanie Perez

    Project Title:
    Fabrication of Arrays of Gold Hexagonal Nanoplates on Sapphire using Brij-700 Surfactant
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Svetlana Neretina
  • Salmady Ramos Valentín

    Project Title:
    Using Molecular Modeling Simulations to Study and Understand the Role of Flexible Porous Materials to Maximize Energy Storage
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Yamil J. Colón
  • Christina Tan

    Project Title:
    Automated Detection of Defects in Porous Materials with Machine Learning
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Yamil J. Colón
  • William Tjaden

    Project Title:
    Long Term Performance of Wind Turbine Foundation through Numerical Modeling
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Yazen Khasawneh
  • Christian Trujillo Salas

    Project Title:
    Design and Optimization of Nanostructured Membrane Sorbents in a Fit-for-Purpose Treatment Framework
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Phillip
  • Alex Tullman

    Project Title:
    Can coating power transmission lines with graphene increase conduction efficiency?
    Department:
    Finance
    Advisor(s):
    Ian Lightcap
  • Katelyn Wendt

    Project Title:
    Task Specific Ionic Liquids Increase Efficiency in Water Desalination Processes
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Brandon Ashfield

2020

  • Akin Adegoke

    Project Title:
    Integrating Photovoltaic Infrastructure and Agriculture
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Paul Rumbach
  • Annika Barron

    Project Title:
    Radiolysis of Lunar Regolith and Surrogates
    Department:
    Physics and Astronomy
    Advisor(s):
    Jay LaVerne
  • Austin Booth

    Project Title:
    Development of an Operando Spectroscopic Tool for Studying the Structure and Dynamics of Membranes in Complex Environments
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Casey O'Brien
  • Andrew Chen

    Project Title:
    Determining the effect of microfibers for drag reduction in pipe flow
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Hirotaka Sakaue
  • Thomas Coates

    Project Title:
    Nanosecond resolution camera imaging of a single-pin streamer electric discharge
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Sergey Leonov
  • Hannah Collins

    Project Title:
    Fundamental materials studies on fast ion diffusion in model side-chain ionomers
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Jennifer Schaefer
  • Robert Crawford

    Project Title:
    Solar Energy Potential in South Bend
    Department:
    Architecture
    Advisor(s):
    John Onyango
  • Neila Gross

    Project Title:
    Understanding the Effects of Sonication on Biofilm Removal
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Albert Cerrone
  • Samuel Gruenler

    Project Title:
    Risk Assessment in Energy Markets
    Department:
    Economics
    Advisor(s):
    Christiane Baumeister
  • Alexander Hymes

    Project Title:
    Introducing exchangeable dynamic cross-links into polymer networks
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Haifeng Gao
  • Brendan Kane

    Project Title:
    Developing Luminescent Ice
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Hirotaka Sakaue
  • Brian Kang

    Project Title:
    How Chloride Suppresses Photoinduced Phase Segregation in Mixed Halide Perovskites
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Prashant Kamat
  • Thomas Kasl

    Project Title:
    3D-Printing Hierarchical Nanostructure Absorbance for Contaminant Removal and Resource Recovery
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Phillip
  • Colin Kemper

    Project Title:
    Optimization of Fog Harps as an Energy-Free Method to Collect Drinking Water for Caribbean Nations
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Kyle Doudrick
  • Emma Kerr

    Project Title:
    Fundamental materials studies on fast ion diffusion in model side-chain ionomers
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jennifer Schaefer
  • Cara Kilmartin

    Project Title:
    Resource Recovery using Diafiltration Membrane Modeling and Separation Processes
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Phillip
  • Olivia Lanchoney

    Project Title:
    Synthesis of a Three-Coordinate Nickel Alkylidene
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Vlad Iluc
  • Seryeong Lee

    Project Title:
    Understanding the coordination geometry of individual surface sites in nanomaterials
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Emily Tsui
  • Erin Ludwig

    Project Title:
    Using Chemical Lichenometry to Understand Coastal Storm Deposits
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Melissa Berke
  • Andrew Scott Manning

    Project Title:
    Using Molecular Simulations to Characterize Phase Behavior of Liquid Electrolyte Systems
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jonathan Whitmer
  • Audrey Miles

    Project Title:
    Benchmarking Ammonia Synthesis Entropies in Microkinetic Modeling
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Schneider
  • Stephanie Mueller

    Project Title:
    Zinc(II) Carbene Synthesis and Reactivity
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Vlad Iluc
  • Marlena Muszynska

    Project Title:
    Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemical Testing of Iron/Iron Oxide Clusters as Potential Replacements for Platinum in Hydrogen Fuel Cells
    Department:
    Biological Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Ian Lightcap
  • Jacob Novitch

    Project Title:
    Effect of hydroxylamine on the structure and function of nitrifying biofilms
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Rob Nerenberg
  • Daniel Palmer

    Project Title:
    Studying Conduction of Nematic Liquid Crystals
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jonathan Whitmer
  • Amanda Patterson

    Project Title:
    Breakdown of Uranyl Peroxide Nanoclusters in Low Aqueous Concentrations; Pueblo of Laguna
    Department:
    Biological Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Peter Burns
  • Melanie Perez

    Project Title:
    Fabrication of Nanostructured Materials for Applications in Energy, Catalysis, and Sensing
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Svetlana Neretina
  • Kimberly Riordan

    Project Title:
    Synthesis and Electrochemical Studies of T-shaped Sulfur Radicals
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Emily Tsui
  • Matthew Riss

    Project Title:
    Synthesis, Characterization, and Thermodynamic Properties of a Suite of Thorium Nitrate Salts
    Department:
    Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
    Advisor(s):
    Amy Hixon
  • Robert Schaefer

    Project Title:
    Energy efficient parallel computing, with applications in large scale fluid simulations and machine learning
    Department:
    Electrical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Vijay Gupta
  • Andrew Smith

    Project Title:
    Preparation and Analysis of Photoswitchable Ionic Liquids
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Brandon Ashfield
  • Christina Tan

    Project Title:
    Automated Detection of Defects in Porous Materials with Machine Learning
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Yamil J. Colón
  • Allison Taylor

    Project Title:
    Advancement of icephobic coating for reducing ice accretion
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Hirotaka Sakaue
  • Alex Tullman

    Project Title:
    Can Coating Power Transmission Lines with Graphene Increase Conduction Efficiency?
    Department:
    Finance
    Advisor(s):
    Ian Lightcap
  • Noah Wamble

    Project Title:
    Novel Diafiltration Cascades for Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Alexander Dowling

2019

  • Janaya Brown

    Project Title:
    Empowering Ugandans to Power Uganda: Analysing the Mechanical Properties and Various Impacts of Novel Weaved Wind Turbine Blades
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg
  • Emily Doyle

    Project Title:
    Magnesium-Sulfur Battery Production
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jeffrey Kantor
  • Henri Edouard Francois

    Project Title:
    Empowering Haitians to Power Haiti: Restoring Energy Production Capacity to Haiti: Energy Generation Systems and Microgrid Optimization
    Department:
    Computer Science and Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg
  • Seancarlos Gonzalez

    Project Title:
    Developing carbon cloth interlayer cathodes with tungsten disulfide catalysts for Magnesium Sulfur batteries
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jennifer Schaefer
  • Jack Gorman

    Project Title:
    Application of Microfiber Coatings to Aerodynamic Surfaces
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Hirotaka Sakaue
  • Kalule Guwatudde

    Project Title:
    Evaluating pay-as-you-go systems in ESDD energy devices
    Department:
    Mendoza College of Business
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg
  • Alondra Marrero

    Project Title:
    Biofuels Project
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Na Wei
  • Erick Mendez Rios

    Project Title:
    Energy Storage Project
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Edward Maginn
  • Perfect Mfashijwenimana

    Project Title:
    Empowering Rwandans to Power Rwanda: Model predictive control for noise characteristics in locally built devices
    Department:
    Electrical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg
  • Musodiq Ogunlowo

    Project Title:
    Empowering Nigerians to Power Nigeria: Understanding the relationship between demand and capacity shortage to Design Multiple Energy Source Input Charge Controller with Locally Built Systems
    Department:
    Electrical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg
  • Norbert Xavier Ramos Lopez

    Project Title:
    Biofuels Project
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jason Hicks
  • Kimberly Riordan

    Project Title:
    Targeting a trigonal pyramidal sulfur radical for battery applications
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Emily Tsui

2018

  • Corey Atwell

    Project Title:
    Gradient to Mixed Halide Perovskite Architecture for Perovskite Solar Cells
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Prashant Kamat
  • Tyler Bear

    Project Title:
    Synthesis and Characterization of Iptycene-based Polyimides with Tunable Chain Rigidity for Gas Separation Membranes
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ruilan Guo
  • Colin Brankin

    Project Title:
    Alternative Batteries: Magnesium Electrodeposition from Polymer Films
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jennifer Schaefer
  • David Brown

    Project Title:
    Designing Energy Efficient Diafiltration Units around Self-Assembled Copolymer Membranes that Separate Molecules of Comparable Size
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    William Phillip
  • Janaya Brown

    Project Title:
    Novel Ugandan Wind Turbine Blades: Science and Technique
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg
  • Anthony Deziel

    Project Title:
    Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Platinum Carbene Complexes
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Vlad Iluc
  • James Drysdale

    Project Title:
    Photovoltaic Application of Perovskite Nanomaterials for Commercial Cell Phone Use
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Prashant Kamat
  • Henri Edouard Francois

    Project Title:
    Restoring Energy Production Capacity to Rural Haiti: Energy Generation Systems and Micro Grid Optimization
    Department:
    Computer Science and Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg
  • David Go

    Project Title:
    Understanding Plasma Catalyst Synergy via Ammonia Production
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    David Go
  • Joseph Gonzales

    Project Title:
    Development of Chemical Anti-Icing Coating for Use on Wind Turbines
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Hirotaka Sakaue
  • Anna Kluender

    Project Title:
    Synthesis of Ionic Liquids Displaying Lower Critical Solution Temperature Behavior
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Brandon Ashfeld
  • Eric Lee

    Project Title:
    Forecasting Wind Turbine Vulnerability to Dust Storms in Saudi Arabia
    Department:
    Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics
    Advisor(s):
    Stefano Castruccio
  • Madison Mettey

    Project Title:
    Synthesis of Transition Metal Alumosiloxide Complexes as Models of Zeolite Active Sites for Energy Related Catalysis
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Emily Tsui
  • Perfect Mfashijwenimana

    Project Title:
    Evaluating how the E3 Propagation Model can Intertwine with the Rwandan Energy Vision 2050
    Department:
    Electrical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg
  • Musodiq Ogunlowo

    Project Title:
    Empowering Nigerians to Power Nigeria: Designing Multiple Energy Source Input Charge Controller with Locally Built Systems
    Department:
    Electrical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg
  • Arsenii Panteleev

    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jonathan Whitmer
  • Morgan Seidler

    Project Title:
    Crosslinked Ionomer Films for Use in High-performance Lithium Ion Batteries
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jennifer Schaefer
  • Ethan Sunshine

    Project Title:
    Iron-Carbide-Graphene Oxide Sheets: An Entirely New, Non-Precious Metal Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Fuel Cells
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ian Lightcap

2017

  • Santiago Calderon Novoa

    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Eduardo Wolf
  • Lukas Cepkauskas

    Project Title:
    Segmented Copolymers of Triptycene-containing Hydrophobic Oligomers for Increased Mechanical Stability and Proton Conduction
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Ruilan Guo
  • Luis Fernandez

    Project Title:
    Mapping Wind Flows in Perdigão
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Harindra Fernando
  • Sheridan Foy

    Project Title:
    Gas Solubility of Nonvolatile Separation Solvents
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Edward Maginn
  • John Higham

    Project Title:
    Throughput and Permeability Effects of PT-Spraying High Performance Copolymer Membranes for Water Treatment Applications
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Elisabeth Kerns

    Project Title:
    Perovskite Halide Exchange for Better Solar Cells
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Prashant Kamat
  • Brady McLaughlin

    Project Title:
    [Re]-Evaluating the Cost of Electricity due to Death at Hospitals with Unreliable Energy Systems-VSL/E Metric
    Department:
    Physics and Astronomy
  • Hannah Naguib

    Project Title:
    Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polymers with Post-Functionalization Specificity
    Department:
    Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Advisor(s):
    Haifeng Gao
  • John Salvadore

    Project Title:
    Perdigão Wind Energy Field Study
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Harindra Fernando
  • Miles Wood

    Project Title:
    Empowering Ugandans to Power Uganda: Exploring the Social Return on Investment (SROI) of the Business of Energy in Uganda
    Department:
    Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics
    Advisor(s):
    Abigail Mechtenberg
  • Anthony Zappia

    Project Title:
    Plasmonic Enhancement of Solar-thermal Water Desalination in a Functionalized Au-SiO2 Shell-core Nanoparticle-loaded Porous Membrane
    Department:
    Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Tengfei Luo
  • Aristotle Zervoudakis

    Project Title:
    Modeling Phase Behavior of Complex Coacervates to Engineer Smart, Responsive Materials
    Department:
    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Advisor(s):
    Jonathan Whitmer