Fall 2014 Armour R&D Award Recipients

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Armour College of Engineering is proud to announce the award recipients for the Fall 2014 Armour R&D program. Armour R&D is a Distinctive Education initiative of the Armour College of Engineering which enables undergraduate engineering to have a more complete understanding of the research and development processes with the help of a faculty mentor. Below is a list of all 25 accepted projects. We look forward to seeing your presentations at the Fall 2014 Armour R&D Expo on December 2nd, from 5 - 7 pm in Hermann Hall Gallery Expo. Congratulations to all!

Theme

Student

Faculty Mentor

Project Title

Health

Isabel Arias

Eric Brey

Role of Growth media variation in the formation of mineralized issue in vitro

Energy

Leonardo Bellincanta de Souza

Sohail Murad

Role of Ion Exchange Membranes on Redox Flow Batteries

Energy

Ming Chen

Alexander Flueck

Faster than Real-Time Power System Dynamics Simulation

Health

Szu-Chun Chen

Georgia Papavasiliou

Effect of Nanoparticle Characteristics and Loading Density of Scaffold Properties and Cell Invasion

Energy

Dina Curioni

Brent Stephens

Energy and Environmental Characterization of an Unoccupied Test Apartment on IIT's Campus

Energy

Deion DeBose

Brent Stephens

Wireless Connectivity of Open Source Building Science Sensors

Health

Ritika Dhawan

Georgia Papavasiliou

Doxycicline loaded nanoparticles for healing of anastomotic leaks

Security

David Finol

Ankit Srivastava

Flutter migration through tuned mass damping

Health

Nicole Frantz

Ali Cinar

The Effects of Exercise in Blood Glucose Concentration

Health/Security

Jose Gibaja

Matthew Spenko

Electrostatic-Dry Adhesion in Bio-Inspired Robotics

Security

Georgi Hristov

David Williams

Innovative Control Effectors for Maneuvering of Air Vehicles

Health/Security

Cameron Ketchmark

Joohee Kim

Improving Feature Descriptors for Pedestrian Detection

Security

Joaquin Lares

Matthew Spenko

Vehicle Terrain Interaction

Energy

Yanxin Li

Vijay Ramani

Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyst for Solid-State Alkaline Water Electrolysis

Health

Roshani Patil

Kenneth Tichauer

Identification of Optimal Fluorophores for Dual-tracer Fluorescence Molecular Imaging to Quantify Cancer Specific Cell Surface Receptor Concentration

Energy

Huilen Quiroga

Carrie Hall

Analysis of the Combustion Timing in Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engines

Health

Yusra Sarhan

David Mogul

Finding Improved Protocols for Using Deep-Brain Stimulation for Treating Epileptic Seizures in Rats

Energy

Nicholas Taluzek

Dietmar Rempfer

Improving Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Performance

Security

Ibrahim Tamimi

Mehdi Modares

Sensor-Based Structural Health Monitoring in Tall Buildings

Energy

Nina Townley

Brent Stephens

Energy and Environmental Characterization of an Unoccupied Test Apartment on IIT's Campus

Health

Sijia Wu

Jovan G. Brankov

Three-dimensional Quantitative Imaging of Molecular Heterogeneity in Tumor Specimens

Energy

Zhe Yi Soo

Ankit Srivastava

Determination propagation of sound waves in phononic crystal using photoelasticity method

Energy

Rou Yi Yeap

Brent Stephens

Modeling the Energy Impacts of Filter Fouling in Existing and Old Homes

Energy/Health

Jihad Zeid

Brent Stephens

Continuation of research regarding the transport of outdoor air pollutants into indoor environments.

Health

Olha Zvarych

Fouad Teymour & Britt Burton-Freeman

Development of Engineering Devices for Affordable Nutrition