2007 Annual Meeting

Session: Student Poster Session: Materials Engineering & Sciences

Chair

Salma Saddawi, University of Notre Dame

Co-Chair

Christopher Williams, University of South Carolina

Presentations

08:30 AM

A Novel Approach to Cross-Linking Gelatin Matrices
Steven Castleberry, Sundararajan Madihally
Design of A Multipollutant Sorbent for Coal Gasification
Catherine Casey, Katie Hudon
Achieving High Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in Vinyl Ester Composites
Darío Prieto-Centurión, Laura Peña-Paras, Enrique V. Barrera
Nanostructured Hydrogels for the Study of Cell Adhesion Response
Tiffany Suekama, Travis S. Bailey, Chen Guo, Chih-Yu Teng
Stability and Kinetics of Subsurface O on the Pt(111) Surface
Eric D. Mondor
Interactions of Moisture and Isopropanol with Low-K Dielectrics Films
Maria G. Leyva, Asad Iqbal, Junpin Yao
Detection of Explosives by Spme/gc in Buried TNT Soils
Nelmarie Rodriguez, Sandra Correa, Bibiana Baez
Novel Copper Oxide Nano and Microstructures
Eliot Reitz, Yu Lei, Wenzhao Jia, Paresh Shimpi
Growth of Carbon Nanotubes by Chemical Vapor Deposition from A 5 Gas Mixture of H2, CH4, CO, CO2 and H2O
Dennis M. Callahan, Jonathan G. Leong, Eko A. Pandowo, Demetrios Papageorgiou, Albert Sacco
Carbon Nanotube Cantilevers on Self-Aligned Copper Silicide Nanobeams
Nitin Kumar, Omkar Parajuli, Dylan Kipp, Jong-In Hahm
Crystallization of Zeolitic-Amorphous Silica in Nanoporous Mel Zeolite Films
Yan Liu, Christopher M. Lew, Minwei Sun, Junlan Wang, Yushan Yan
Synthesis and Characterization of Renewable Copolymers: Poly(Glycerol-Fumarate) and Poly(Trimethylene-Malonate)
Keisha B. Walters, Mathew D. Rowe, Erin M. Smith, Lekeith B. Terrell
Evaporation-Assisted Two-Stage Synthesis Method to Prepare Pure-Silica-Zeolite Mel Low-K Films
Yan Liu, Minwei Sun, Yushan Yan, Junlan Wang, Christopher M. Lew
Modeling the One-Dimensional Transient Deformation of An Elastic Photopolymer
Vivek Narsimhan, Ryan Turner, Julia A. Kornfield
Structure-Property Behavior of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials Based on Sol Gel Chemistry
Mayra A. Pantoja, Salomón R. Vásquez, Nelly Flores, Horacio González
Synthesis and Characterization of Silica Monoliths Impregnated with Chitosan
Norma Hinojosa, Nelly Flores, Jaime Espino, Salomón R. Vásquez, José G. Rutiaga, Horacio González
Synthesis of Rosin-Derived Surfactants and Their Potential Application in Metalworking Fluids
Sergio Ramirez-Solis, Javier Lara-Romero
Tribological Performance of Dichalcogenides Formed by the Decomposition of Water-Based Tetraammonium Thiometallates Lubricant Additives
Luis F. Lira-Barragan, Javier Lara-Romero
Block Copolymer Bicontinuous Microemulsions
Lynn M. Wolf, Frank Bates
Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Cross-Linked Proton Exchange Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications
Courtney H. Fox, Peter S. Fedkiw, Joseph M. DeSimone, Ron A. Traud
The Growth and Reactivity of Palladium Oxide Thin Films
Eric Altman, Carlos A.F. Vaz, Matthew W. Herdiech
CO2-Selective Gas Separation Membranes Based on Crosslinked Poly(ethylene oxide) Copolymer Networks
Jeffrey J. Richards
Building Electronic Devices by Doping Molecular Wires
Roberto M. Tovar, Kyle P. Johnson, Keith Ashline, Jorge M. Seminario
Study of Silver Nanoparticles Biocidal Properties on Escherichia Coli Using Optical and Atomic Force Microscopy
Ruth E. Kuilan, Dr. Tina Brower-Thomas
Directed Assembly of Nanoparticles along Polymer Interfaces: Potential Strategies to Create Biologically-Relevant Conductive Pathways
Nicholas P. Young, Erin Jablonski
Thermo-Reversibility and Crack-Healing of A Cross-Linked Maleimide/furan Polymer
Alan Aguirre, Christopher N. Bowman, Timothy F. Scott
Synthesis of Nanoporous Thin Films without Substrate Oxidation – One Step Closer to Higher Efficiency Solar Cells
Craig J. Bouis, Michael P. Tate
Functionalized Materials in Membranes for Heavy Metal Capture
Peter T. Frailie
Properties of Charged Polysaccharides in Solution by Gel Permeation Chromatography
Christopher E. Killingsworth, Matt Kipper
Multifunctional Magnetic and Thermally Sensitive Hydrogels for Drug Delivery
Mary Kathryn Sewell, Induvadana Ankareddi, Dong-Hyun Kim, Dave Nikles, Christopher S. Brazel
Comformational Changes in Confined Single Chain Copolymers: A Parallel Tempering Monte Carlo Study
Gustavo E. Lopez, Samuel J. Soto
Asymptotic Behavior of Reaction-Diffusion Pdes in Dopant Diffusion
Kejia Chen, Ramakrishnan Vaidyanathan
Measurement and Modeling of Polystyrene Viscosity in Supercritical CO2 Expanded Decahydronaphthalene
Troy D. Gould, George W. Roberts, Nathaniel A. Cain
Influence of Lipid Composition on Membrane Activity of Antimicrobial Polymers
Jesus M. Garcia Figueroa, Abhigyan Som
Base-Catalyze Hydrolysis of Teos in Ethanol
Janill Castillo
Non Destructive Eis Corrosion Evaluation of Aerospace Metals
Axel R. Figueroa, Kassandra Lopez
Detection of Toxic Industrial Compounds and Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants in Commercial Bottles
Deborah E. Nieves Mercado, William Ortiz Rivera, Leonardo Pacheco Londoño, Michael Ramirez, Orlando Ruiz, Samuel P. Hernandez
Mechanical Analysis of Thermosensitive Hydrogels for Drug Delivery
Andrei G. Ponta, Induvadana Ankareddi, Christopher S. Brazel
Synthetic Routes to Photoactive Nanostructured Hydrogels
Alexander Thomas Leonard, Chih-Yu Teng, Travis S. Bailey
Materials Characterization for Concentrated Solar Power
Amanda Scott, Alan Weimer
Thermosensitive Hydrogels: Design and Characterization of Phase-Separating Materials
Arefeen Shamsuzzoha, Induvadana Ankareddi, Christopher S. Brazel
Rheology of Bulk Molding Compounds
Kyle Heckel, Francis A. Gadala-Maria
Formation of A Stable, Hydrophobic Self-Assembled Monolayer on Mica Via Vapor Deposition
Eric Lam