2017 Symposium Schedule

  • 8:00 AM Arrival, set-up, breakfast and coffee
  • 8:30 AM Opening Remarks (Melia Bonomo)
  • 8:45 AM Faculty Keynote Talk: Dr. Antonios Mikos, “Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering”

MORNING SESSION I

  • 9:15 AM
  • M1 Stephen Sanchez, "Variance Spectroscopy: A New Bridge between Ensemble and Single-Particle Studies"
  • M2 Chloe Doiron, "Semiconductor Selective Thermal Emitters for the Thermophotovoltaic Applications"
  • M3 Charlotte Flatebo, "Understanding the conformational dynamics of the YfkE trimer using single-molecule Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (smFRET)"
  • M4 Ya He, "Distinct Effects of Inducing or Non-Inducing Auxiliary Substrates on 1,4-Dioxane Biostimulation"
  • M5 Sung Hoon Hwang, "Optimization of the early age strength of CaO-activated fly ash using Taguchi design and microstructural studies"

10:15 AM BREAK – VOTE

MORNING SESSION II

  • 10:20 AM
  • M6 Taylor Hernandez, "Circular Differential Scattering Studies of Protein Nanorod Aggregate Complexes"
  • M7 Yilun Li, "Three-dimensional Printed Graphene Monolith"
  • M8 Sonia Parra, "A Portable, Lower-Cost High-Resolution Microendoscope (PiHRME) to Screen for Cervical Cancer in Underserved Areas"
  • M9 Morgan Barnes, "Extrusion-Aligned Liquid Crystal Elastomer Fibers"
  • M10 Melia Bonomo, "The CRISPR-Cas Immune System: Fundamentals, Applications, and Future Prospects"
  • M11 Liyang Lu, "4D Compressive Imaging for Hyperspectral Video"

10:50 AM BREAK - VOTE

MORNING SESSION III

  • 11:00 AM
  • M12 Yara Kadria-Vili Advanced Spectral Analysis for Quantitative Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Samples
  • M13 Adam Lauchner Multicolor Electrochromic Devices Based on Molecular Plasmonics
  • M14 Xingcheng Lin Seeking Out the Functional Mechanism of Influenza Hemagglutinin
  • M15 Katherinne Requejo Accelerating gold nanorod seedless synthesis with nanomolar concentrations of poly(vinylpyrrolidone)
  • M16 Tien Tang Using imaging derived features to predict radiation response

12:00 PM BREAK - VOTE

BREAK FOR LUNCH

12:45 PM Faculty Keynote Talk: Dr. Guru Naik , “Hot Nanophotonics for Clean Energy”

AFTERNOON SESSION I

  • 1:15 PM
  • A17 Kimberly Mendoza, "Antioxidant Nanocarbon Therapy of Oxidative Stress in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury"
  • A18 Samantha Paulsen, "Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of 3D Printed Microscale Bicuspid Valves"
  • A19 Dayne Swearer, "Aluminum Nanocrystals Decorated with Transition Metal Nanoislands as Antenna-Reactor Nanoparticles for Photocatalysis"
  • A20 Sangheon Han, "Photoacoustic imaging to target specific cancer cells aided by 5nm Molecularly Activated Plasmonic NanoSensors"
  • A21 Amit Jain, "Ion Exchange Polymeric Coatings for Selective Capacitive Deionization"
  • A22 Yiyu Cai, "Mechanism of photoluminescence from plasmonic nanoparticles: Purcell effect enhanced emission from hot carriers"

1:45 PM BREAK - VOTE

AFTERNOON SESSION II

  • 2:00 PM
  • A23 Ching-Wei Lin, "In Vivo Detection and Spectral Triangulation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Mice"
  • A24 Julia Vidonish, "Pyrolysis of Soil to Remediate Heavy Hydrocarbons: Effect on Soil and Reaction Mechanisms"
  • A25 Carlos de los Reyes, "Chemical Decoration of Hexagonal Boron Nitride with Aliphatic Carbon Chains"
  • A26 Timothy Vu, "Study of natural killer cell migration after tumor desensitization by shed NKG2D"
  • A27 Yu Zheng, "Quenching of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Fluorescence by Physisorbed Oxygen Reveals Selective ssDNA Affinities"

3:00 PM BREAK - VOTE

AFTERNOON SESSION III

  • 3:15 PM
  • A28 Benjamin Hoener, "Morphology Dependent Plasmon Shifts by Capacitive Charging"
  • A29 Barclay Lee, "Acquisition of intrinsic cell motility defines natural killer cell maturation from hematopoietic stem cells"
  • A30 Andrea Miranda, "Tailoring development and processing of conjugated polymer binders for use in Si-based Li-ion battery anodes"
  • A31 Satyajit Rao, "Dynamics of stress response in Mycobacterium tuberculosis"
  • A32 Fengdan Ye, "Brain Modularity Mediates the Relation between Task Complexity and Performance"

3:40 PM BREAK – VOTE

3:45 PM NETWORKING & RECEPTION

5:00 PM AWARDS CEREMONY

5:30 PM CONCLUSION