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Garcia @ Virtual MRS Meeting & Exhibit

Showcased here are the virtual presentations submitted by our students to the Materials Research Society Annual Meetings & Exhibits.

Below you will find hyperlinks to our students' oral poster presentations, hosted on YouTube. The buttons on the right will display each presentation as a popup video on this page.

 If you would like to watch all of the presentations as a playlist, you can do so here.

Nanocomposites COVID-19 Medicine Stem Cells Energy

Nanocomposites
Year Presentation Title/Link Presenters    
2021 Modifying the Rheology of Thizobium Tropici Extracellular Polymeric Substance (EPS) to Enhance Soil Applications Grace Wang, Emily Xiao Modifying the Rheology of Thizobium Tropici Extracellular Polymeric Substance (EPS) to Enhance Soil Applications
2021 A Flame Resistant 3D Printed Polyhydroxyalkanoate+Ammonium Phosphate Biodegradable Polymer Blend Ethan Zuo, Abhishek Vangipuram, Katerina Popova, Miffy Liu, Joshua Kaplan A Flame Resistant 3D Printed Polyhydroxyalkanoate+Ammonium Phosphate Biodegradable Polymer Blend
2021 Optimizing PP/PS Blends for 3D Printing Forest Ho-Chen, Shuhe Liu, Emma Savov Optimizing PP/PS Blends for 3D Printing
2020 A Design of 3D-Printable, Biodegradable, Flame Resistant Polymer Clay Nanocomposite Christian Apostol, Lawrence Zhao, Jiale Lu A Design of 3D-Printable, Biodegradable, Flame Resistant Polymer Clay Nanocomposite
2020 Engineering a Biodegradable, Electrical Conducted Polymer Nanocomposite via 3D Printing Yiwei Fang Engineering a Biodegradable, Electrical Conducted Polymer Nanocomposite via 3D Printing
2020 In-situ Microbeam X-ray Scattering and Infra-Red Imaging of Polypropylene Graphene Nanoplatelet Nanocomposites During Additive Manufactruing Yu-Chung Lin In-situ Microbeam X-ray Scattering and Infra-Red Imaging of Polypropylene Graphene Nanoplatelet Nanocomposites During Additive Manufactruing
2020 Optimizing the Mechanical Properties of 3D printed Binary Mixtures of PLA and Polyolefins Yu-Chung Lin, Larry J Huang, Richard Li, Addison Liu, Nikita Salunke, Daniel Luo Optimizing the Mechanical Properties of 3D printed Binary Mixtures of PLA and Polyolefins
2020 Rendering PLA Polymers Antibacterial via Compounded and Surface Synthesized Cu Nanoparticles Zoe Lu, Sabrina Su, Katerina Popova, Serena Yang Rendering PLA Polymers Antibacterial via Compounded and Surface Synthesized Cu Nanoparticles
2020 Using Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics to Model Hydrogel Viscosity Hannah Even, Kyle Shi Using Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics to Model Hydrogel Viscosity
COVID-19
Year Presentation Title/Link Presenters    
2020 AI-Guided Coarse-Graining for More Efficient Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein David Zhang, Aditya Narayanan, Aditya Ramabadran AI-Guided Coarse-Graining for More Efficient Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein
2020 Binding Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein to Polylactic Acid Karin Hasegawa Binding Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein to Polylactic Acid
2020 Characterizing Viral Lifetimes from Droplet-Surface Interactions Junsang Yoon, Jacob Meyers, Anand Srinivasan Characterizing Viral Lifetimes from Droplet-Surface Interactions
2020 Investigation of the COVID-19 Spike Glycoprotein at Varied Salt Concentrations Correlating In Silico Simulations with In Vitro Droplet Drying Kaitlyn Swayze Investigation of the COVID-19 Spike Glycoprotein at Varied Salt Concentrations Correlating In Silico Simulations with In Vitro Droplet Drying
2020 Minimizing Surface-Initiated Thrombogenesis in COVID-19 Patients Using the Fibronectin-Derived Peptide P12 Sabreen Alam, Ori Baer, Sebastien Beurnier, Jang Choe, Kevin Kwon, Nikhil Murthy, Ikshu Pandey Minimizing Surface-Initiated Thrombogenesis in COVID-19 Patients Using the Fibronectin-Derived Peptide P12
2020 Molecular Dynamics Prediction of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoproteins at Varying Temps David Liang Molecular Dynamics Prediction of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoproteins at Varying Temps
2020 Molecular Imprinted Biosensor for SARS-CoV-2 Detection Won-Il Lee Molecular Imprinted Biosensor for SARS-CoV-2 Detection
2020 Monte Carlo Simulation Studies of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoproteins Clarise Han, Karin Hasegawa Monte Carlo Simulation Studies of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoproteins
Medicine
Year Presentation Title/Link Presenters    
2021 Fogging H1N1 Virus to Quantify the Survival Rate on Various Surfaces Francis White, Timothy Reinholdt, Qianhui Hong Fogging H1N1 Virus to Quantify the Survival Rate on Various Surfaces
2021 Application of Tn5 Transposases to Surface-Immobilized DNA Adsorbed on Grating Surfaces Junzhi Xie, Hannah Saks, Robin Xiong, Leon Zhou Application of Tn5 Transposases to Surface-Immobilized DNA Adsorbed on Grating Surfaces
2021 Investigating the Atomistic Mechanism of Fibrinogen Inhibition by P12 Sophia Cai, LeAnn Tai Investigating the Atomistic Mechanism of Fibrinogen Inhibition by P12
2021 F127-DMA - A Reverse Thermo-Responsive Liquid Embolic Agent as a Promising Treatment for Brain Aneurysms Ifeoluwatobi Alao, Jessica Guo, Matt Lim, Chiara Mosca, Hannah Tao, Maya Vendhan, Harriet Zu, Aryan Roy F127-DMA - A Reverse Thermo-Responsive Liquid Embolic Agent as a Promising Treatment for Brain Aneurysms
2021 Creating an Interface for the Operation of a Robotic Arm Audrey Wong, David Tarrab, Lauren Yu, Dyllan Hofflich, Matthew Garcia Creating an Interface for the Operation of a Robotic Arm
2021 Performance Analysis of an AI-Guided Coarse-Graining Methodology for More Efficient Protein Modeling Raaghav Malik Performance Analysis of an AI-Guided Coarse-Graining Methodology for More Efficient Protein Modeling
2020 A Smart LEA for Dynamic Adjustments to Brain Aneurysm Embolization Healing Anya Chabria, Jessica Guo, Varun Nimmagadda, Tyler Shern, Stephanie Tarrab, Jeffrey Zhang, Emily Zhou, Jeffrey Huang, Ikshu Pandey A Smart LEA for Dynamic Adjustments to Brain Aneurysm Embolization Healing
2020 The Antiviral and Antibacterial Efficacy of HOCl Fog Against E. faecalis and H1N1 on Various Surfaces Jessica Liu, Sana Mahesh The Antiviral and Antibacterial Efficacy of HOCl Fog Against E. faecalis and H1N1 on Various Surfaces
2020 Effects of Shear Stress and Confinement on HUVECs Leah Hersh, Joshua Kang, Mori Ono, Annie Wang Effects of Shear Stress and Confinement on HUVECs
2020 Mood Identification by Facial Subtle Movement Analysis Amisha Agrawal, Sophia Cai, Wade Boohar Mood Identification by Facial Subtle Movement Analysis
2020 Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide Enhancement of Thrombin Activation of Fibrinogen Clots Nava Schein, Jonathan Lederer Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide Enhancement of Thrombin Activation of Fibrinogen Clots
Stem Cells
Year Presentation Title/Link Presenters    
2020 The Effect of Fibrin on the Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells Evan Cheng, Tianjian Bai, Jake Dylan Feldman, Alyssa Kim The Effect of Fibrin on the Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells
2020 The Effects of Bioprinting on the Structure, Function, and Survival of Organotypic Skin Leah Hersh, Joshua Kang, Mori Ono, Annie Wang The Effects of Bioprinting on the Structure, Function, and Survival of Organotypic Skin
2020 The Influence of Conductivity and Mechanical Properties on the Neurogenic Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells Samuel Liu, Shivek Narang The Influence of Conductivity and Mechanical Properties on the Neurogenic Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells
Energy
Year Presentation Title/Link Presenters    
2021 Polymeric Hole Transport Layer in Perovskite Solar Cells Yifan Liao, Grace Kyoko Wong Polymeric Hole Transport Layer in Perovskite Solar Cells
2021 Methylammonium Chloride Assisted Growth of High Quality FAPbI3 Shiqi Cheng, Adin Moskowitz, Justin Shnayder Methylammonium Chloride Assisted Growth of High Quality FAPbI3
2021 The Impact of TiO2 on the Network Mechanics of HUVEC Sabreen Alam, Prabuddha Ghosh Dhastidar The Impact of TiO2 on the Network Mechanics of HUVEC
2021 Modeling Ion Transport and Dendrite Formation in All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries Jack Kugler, Aishik Dhori, Satvik Lolla, Neha Basu, Anirudh Bharadwaj Modeling Ion Transport and Dendrite Formation in All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries
2020 Effect of pH on the Shear Modulus of Anion Exchange Membranes Amy Sharin, Sohan Shetty, Lindsay Wright, Emily Zhang Effect of pH on the Shear Modulus of Anion Exchange Membranes
2020 Study of the Formation of Different Electron Transport Layer Materials and Their Impacts on Perovskite Solar Cell Performance Luisa Pan, Pranati Patnam, Benjamin Roitman Study of the Formation of Different Electron Transport Layer Materials and Their Impacts on Perovskite Solar Cell Performance

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