UCF students shared their discoveries, findings and breakthroughs at the 2023 Student Scholar Symposium. More than 500 students, including some from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, showcased their work at the annual research celebration co-hosted by the College of Graduate Studies, the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Division of Student Success and Well-Being. Below are the winners from MAE and a list of participants.
Winners:
“Mitigating Spaceflight Osteopenia Using Radioprotectant Ceria Nanoparticle (CNP) Drug Delivery System” – Balaashwin Babu
Advisor: Sudipta Seal
“Transition Metal Tuned Nanoceria for Targeted Biomedical Use: Selective Prooxidant/Antioxidant Character and Implications in a Cancer System” – Samantha Stoltz
Advisor: Sudipta Seal
“Designing Inorganic Charge Transport Layers for Perovskite Solar Cells” – Jacquilyn Reilly, Edward Perez
Advisor: Jayan Thomas
“Study of miR-216a Conjugated Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles for Increasing Insulin and Antioxidant Properties of Type 1 Diabetic Pancreatic Beta Cells” – Ishaan Patel
Advisor: Sudipta Seal
“Beta-Sheet Seeding of Liquid Coacervates to Induce Liquid-to-Solid Phase Transition” – Akash Rajaram
Advisor: Lorraine Leon
Participants:
PARTICIPANTS
“Polymer Microfiber Instrument Construction and Reliability” – Erin Watson
Advisor: Kaitlyn Crawford
“Surface Analysis of Coatings By Contact Angle Goniometry” – Ryan Wood
Advisor: Kausik Mukhopadhyay
“The Effect of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Morphology on Their Ability to Deliver MicroRNA146a” – Yifei Fu
Advisor: Sudipta Seal
“Low-Cost Nanostructured SILAR Ceria Thin-Film Deposition Using an Arduino Controlled Device” – Erik Marcelo
Advisor: Sudipta Seal
“Testing Novel Plastic Monomers for Estrogenic Activity” – Rachel Kemp
Advisor: Kaitlyn Crawford
“Utilizing a Hydrothermal Method to Synthesize Porous Ceria Nanoparticles for Enhanced Drug Delivery With Applications in Bone Tissue Regeneration” – Shreya Pawar
Advisor: Sudipta Seal
“Evaluation of miRNA Conjugated Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles’ Biostability Using Electrochemical Analysis” – Chaimae El Gzaoui
Advisor: Sudipta Seal
“Photodegredation of Organic Dye and PFAS Using Visible to UV Upconversion Nanoparticles” – Avani Shandilya
Advisor: Sudipta Seal
“Electrospinning Bombyx MoriSilk Fiber Nanoparticle Composites Into Wound Healing Patches” – Wesley Matthiesen
Advisor: Sudipta Seal
“Synthesis of Ceria Nanoparticles Using Rapid Synthesis for Use in Drug Delivery” – Agastya Mittal
Advisor: Sudipta Seal
“Secondary Structure in Multiphase Complex Coacervate Droplets” – Lindsay Rush
Advisor: Lorraine Leon
“Epitaxial Growth and Characterization of Cu Single-Crystalline Films Suitable for the Creation of Ballistic Conduction in Nanowires” – Ahmed Negazy
Advisor: Kevin Coffey
Written by Marisa Ramiccio