Students from the Materials Science and Engineering doctoral program hosted a poster session as part of the “ND Explores STEM” event held during Reunion Weekend in June. The annual event draws faculty, staff, students, and several alumni returning to campus for the weekend festivities.
The following students shared their research at the poster session:
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Angela Abarca-Perez, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Poster: “Rational design of catalytic polymeric membranes for treating nitrate in drinking water”
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Justin Krantz, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Poster: “Next generation capabilities for additive manufacturing”
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Jizhou Jiang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Poster: “Nanoscale structure control and in-depth characterization of molecular layer-by-layer assembled thin film”
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Lan Li, Bioengineering
Poster: “Methacrylate-modified gold nanoparticles enable non-invasive monitoring of photopolymerized hydrogel scaffolds”
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Hanfeng Zhang, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Poster: “Machine learning-assisted exploration of thermally conductive polymers based on high-throughput molecular dynamics simulations”
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Yucheng Yang, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Poster: “Lateral force microscopy for atomic defect measurement”
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Grace Arntz-Johnson, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Poster: “Exploration of Np actinyl-actinyl integrations within metal-organic frameworks”
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Muhammad Sohail, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Poster: “Sulfur insertion into a nickel(II) dithiolate complex”