Students and Faculty Recognized at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
April 15, 2011
Congratulations to the RCBU and students whose work was recognized at the prestigious annual Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ . Undergraduate students from RCBUand BME research laboratories participated in the symposium. BMEundergrads Benjamin Freedman '11 and Kelli Summers '11 were both invited to speak at the Engineering and Applied Sciences Symposium Talks.
Freedman discussed his work, What is Q-Angle really measuring? A novel alternative to predict patellar maltracking, which received the Dean's Award. Summers spoke about her research with , Mechanisms Underlying Collective Cell Migration in Vitro, which was recognized by President Seligman with the President's Award. Aaron Zakrzewski (ME '11), mentored by Professor , gave an oral presentation of his research titled Natural frequency of bubbles within rigid and compliant tubes.Aaron also received a Deans' Award for Undergraduate Research in Engineering and Applied Sciences for his presentation. In addition, five of the seven poster exhibitions from the were by BME students:
Molly Boutin () BME '11
A Polymeric Delivery System to Induce Differentiation in hMSCs
Jasmine Carvalho () BME '11
Investigations of Ultrasound Parameters to Promote Spatial Organization of Cells in Three-Dimensional Engineered Tissues
Vlabhav Kakkad () BME '12
Experimental Implementation of Shear Wave Induced Phase Encoding Imaging
Angela Ketterer () BME '12
Design and Implementation of a Behavioral Apparatus for Auditory Research in Birds
Hannah Watkins () BME '11
Novel Parthenolide Delivery System for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment