Fall 2014 Armour R&D Award Recipients
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