Summer 2022

• Ededi Adjagbodjou, Columbia University

Faculty Advisor: Edward Botchwey, Biomedical Engineering

• Jacob Aguirre, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Gian-Gabriel Garcia, Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Tiffany-Marie Baako, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Faculty Advisor: Edward Botchwey, Biomedical Engineering

• Anika Banerjee, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Nian Liu, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• Esteban Benero, Florida Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: William Singhose, Mechanical Engineering

• Adriana Blanco Diaz, The Pennsylvania State University

Faculty Advisor: Andres Garcia, Bioengineering/Mechanical Engineering

• Marcellus Boykin, Birmingham Southern College

Faculty Advisor: Tequila Harris, Mechanical Engineering

• Justyn Bunkley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Faculty Advisor: David Hu, Mechanical Engineering

• Benton Cogar, Oglethorpe University

Faculty Advisor: Faisal Alamgir, Materials Science Engineering

• Jens Cuba, Tallahassee Community College

Faculty Advisor: Michelle LaPlaca, Biomedical Engineering

• Camden Cummings, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Faculty Advisor: Mary Weitnauer, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Nyah Ebanks, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Yue Chen, Biomedical Engineering

• Dakota Ellis, Mercer University

Faculty Advisor: Felipe Quiroz, Biomedical Engineering

• Miracle Etim-Andy, Catawba College

Faculty Advisor: Aaron Young, Mechanical Engineering

• Julia Francois, Emory University

Faculty Advisor: Lauren Steimle, Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Ninah Fuller, Kennesaw State University

Faculty Advisor: Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Danny Goetz, The Ohio State University

Faculty Advisor: Ellen Maxumdar, Mechanical Engineering

• Devon Golden, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Advisor: Kimberly Kurtis, Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Meti Haile, Kennesaw State University

Faculty Advisor: Debankur Mukherjee, Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Bilal Hassan, University of Florida

Faculty Advisor: Mitchell Walker, Aerospace Engineering

• Matthew Hunter, Hampton University

Faculty Advisor: Frank Hammond, Biomedical Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering

• Rachel Hur, University of Texas at Austin

Faculty Advisor: Matthew McDowell, Materials Science Engineering

• Blake Johnson, Spelman College

Faculty Advisor: Gulcin Arslan Azizoglu, Biomedical Engineering

• Ian Johnson, Kennesaw State University

Faculty Advisor: Fan Zhang, Mechanical Engineering

• Elif Kilic, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Kostas Konstantinidis, Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Walter Lopez Chavez, Mercer University

Faculty Advisor: Jung-Ho Lewe, Aerospace Engineering

• Sebastian Marini, Cornell University

Faculty Advisor: Lauren Garten, Materials Science Engineering

• Amr Masad, Texas A&M University

Faculty Advisor: Nagi Gebraeel, Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Mohammed Amin Mohammed Ali, Auburn University

Faculty Advisor: Comas Haynes, GTRI

• Chikamnele Nkwocha, The Ohio State University

Faculty Advisor: Susan Thomas, Bioengineering/Mechanical Engineering

• Joshua Olaniran, Kennesaw State University

Faculty Advisor: Ahmed Said Mohamed Tawfik Issa, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Mahima Patel, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Yusuf Samet Yaras, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Harjinder Pawar, The City College of New York

Faculty Advisor: Ye Zhao, Mechanical Engineering

• Brenda Payan Medina, University of Utah

Faculty Advisor: Mark Losego, Materials Science Engineering

• Benjamin Pollard, Mercer University

Faculty Advisor: Richard Neu, Mechanical Engineering

• Derek Price, Kennesaw State University

Faculty Advisor: Adam Michael Steinberg, Aerospace Engineering

• Enrique Rodriguez, Tufts University

Faculty Advisor: Brandon Dixon, Mechanical Engineering

• Theresa Rosato, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Faculty Advisor: Manu Platt, Biomedical Engineering

• Ethan Slaton, University of Florida

Faculty Advisor: Zhaohui Tong, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• Michael Tizano, Grambling State University

Faculty Advisor: Mary Weitnauer, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Courtney Young, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Faculty Advisor: Xiaoming Huo, Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Evan Zhou, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Yongsheng Chen, Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

Summer 2018

• Anabel Rivera, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Faculty Advisor: Siva Theja Maguluri, Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Andrea Martinez, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Stanislav Emelianov, Biomedical Engineering

• Cameron Whigham, Kennesaw State University

Faculty Advisor: Katherine Fu, Mechanical Engineering

• Christian Huacon, City College New York

Faculty Advisor: Yang Wang, Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Christina Saez, California State University-Northridge

Faculty Advisor: Ayanna Howard, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• David Reyes Aguilar, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Faculty Advisor: Susan Thomas, Bioengineering/Mechanical Engineering

• DeAunna Daniels, Spelman College

Faculty Advisor: Nian Liu, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• Elhan Miguel Hernandez, Los Medanos College

Faculty Advisor: Rosario Gerhardt, Materials Science and Engineering

• Emanuel Torres-Surillo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Faculty Advisor: Venkatesh Sundaram, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Emmanuel Teferi, Princeton University

Faculty Advisor: Yao Xie, Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Gabriel Rodriguez, Florida International University

Faculty Advisor: Julie Linsey, Mechanical Engineering

• Gian Carlo Rivera Crespo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Faculty Advisor: Andrei Fedorov, Mechanical Engineering

• Hanna Guta Hunde, Georgia State University

Faculty Advisor: Lewis Wheaton, Biology

• Hannah Bossert, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Faculty Advisor: Krista Walton, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• Joy Brown, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: J. Brandon Dixon, Bioengineering/Mechanical Engineering

• Juan Sebastian Rubio, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Devesh Ranjan, Mechanical Engineering

• Karl Henry Mama, University of Central Florida

Faculty Advisor: Saibal Mukhopadhyay, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Keionna Pratt, Mississippi State University

Faculty Advisor: Andres Garcia, Bioengineering/Mechanical Engineering

• Keith Ghant, Talladega College

Faculty Advisor: David Anderson, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Kevin Huang, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Faculty Advisor: Kamran Paynabar, Industrial and Systems Engineering

• Mahetem Moges, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Patricio Vela, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Marco Melgar, University of Florida

Faculty Advisor: Michelle LaPlaca, Biomedical Engineering

• Marlon Young, George Mason University

Faculty Advisor: Paul Kohl, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• Michael Assan, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Michelle LaPlaca, Biomedical Engineering

• Michael Johnson, Fort Valley State University

Faculty Advisor: Raghuram Pucha, Mechanical Engineering

• Naomi Ingram, University of Texas-El Paso

Faculty Advisor: Mitchell Walker, Aerospace Engineering

• Nzinga Eduardo, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Rosa Arriaga, Interactive Computing

• Ochiba Attah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Mark Styczynski, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• Oluwasanmi Ariyo, Pennsylvania State University

Faculty Advisor: Manu Platt, Biomedical Engineering

• Peace Olaniran, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Nasrin Hooshmand, Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Rianat Damilola Lawal, Columbia University

Faculty Advisor: Yuanzhi Tang, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

• Roderick Gray, North Carolina A&T University

Faculty Advisor: Morris Cohen, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Samantha Jo Cunningham, Howard University

Faculty Advisor: Yang Wang, Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Sophia Upshaw, George Mason University

Faculty Advisor: Asif Khan, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Summer 2016

• Levon Leban, Xavier University

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gleb Yushin-Material Science Engineering

Title: Synthesis and characterization of antiperovskite solid-state electrolyte

• Marc Shuler, Pennsylvania State University

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Manu Platt-Biomedical Engineering

Title: Long term expression of Cathepsin K causes unexpected Cathepsin Co-regulation

• Tania Evans, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Chaitanya Deo-Nuclear and Radiological Engineering

Title: Building a process-path model of zirconium-niobium

• Alexis Moreno Belmares, University of Texas-Austin

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tequila Harris-Mechanical Engineering

Title: Integrated control and data acquisition system for thin film manufacturing

• Maegan Tucker, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Aaron Ames-Mechanical Engineering

Title: Evaluating the mechanical design of a Transfemoral powered prosthesis through metabolic cost

• Luis Rosa, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Roger Jiao-Mechanical Engineering

Title: Integrated process modeling and simulation analysis for manufacturing systems design

• Bereket Tebikew, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Amit Jariwala-Mechanical Engineering

Title: Measuring width of cured sample of exposure controlled projection lithography (ECPL) with interferometric cure monitoring (ICM) process

• Nigistmariam Yasin, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yomi Oyelere-Biochemistry

Title: Disparity in the tolerance of macrolide antibiotics to desosamine sugar modification

• Deja Jackson, Kennesaw State University

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Benoit Montreuil- Industrial and Systems Engineering

Title: The next generation of executive cockpits: Tableau and Data analysis

• Surafel Argaw,Georgia Perimeter College/Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Manu Platt-Biomedical Engineering

Title: Plasmin independent fibrinolytic pathways

• Ken Brandon-University of Alabama at Huntsville

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Manu Platt-Biomedical Engineering

Title: Quantifying rates of cathepsin accumulation and secretion in macrophages

• Nathan Louis-Kennesaw State University

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Patricio Vela-Electrical and Computer Engineering     

Title: Improving the computer vision pipeline through the application of a damped gradient energy

• Andres Gonzales-University of Maryland College Park

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mark Styczynski-Chemical and Bio molecular Engineering

Title: Cut-off missing data imputation witKNN

• Tristan Gurtler, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yao Xie –Computing

Title: Detecting weak changes in dynamic events over networks

• Jazmin McCorkle, UNC Chapel Hill

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Julie Linsey- Mechanical Engineering

Title: University maker spaces: Discovery, optimization and measurement of impacts

• Jennifer Camacho, Stony Brook University

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Saibal Mukhopadyay-Electrical and Computer Engineering    

Title: American Sign Language translator using an artificial neural network

• Caroline Martin, Wellesley College

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mitchell Walker Lab-Aerospace Engineering

Title: Theory and design of a retarding potential analyzer to characterize hall thruster plumes

• Camila Pagan, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Andres Garcia Lab-Mechanical Engineering    

Title: Hydrogels with magnetic fluorescent nanoparticles for mechanotransduction studies

• Nneoma Ije Okafor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Turgay Ayer-Industrial and Systems Engineering

Title: Weighted average blood pressure as a predictor of cardiovascular disease

• Kylie Nairon, Washington University of St. Louis

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Wei Sun-Biomedical Engineering

Title: Biomechanical characterization of ventricular myocardial tissue in porcine and ovine models

• Yaneira Gonzalez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yuanzhi Tang-Earth and Atmospheric Science

Title: Effects of metal presence on the transformation of manganese oxides

• Sarea Recalde Phillips, Pennsylvania State University

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yuhong Fan-Biology

Title: The role of DNA methylation in regulating embryonic stem cell differentiation toward endothelial cells

• Rachel Aigen, University of New York at Buffalo

Faculty Advisor:  Dr. Melissa, Kemp-Biomedical Engineering

Title: Intracellular oxidation in murine stem cell cultures due to O2 and glucose conditions

• Tania Class Martinez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

Faculty Advisor:  Dr. Yuanzhi Tang-Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Title: The oxidative transformation of itrogen containing organic molecules by manganeseoxide (MnOx) minerals

• Michael VanderZwaag, University of Michigan

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Kurtis Lab-Civil Engineering

Title: Engineering greener concrete using TiO2

• Yitbarek Kazentet, University of Southern California

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Satish Kumar Lab-Mechanical Engineering

Title: A numerical study of active and passive cooling of GaN HEMTs

• Faisal Gedi, Georgia Perimeter College/Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor:  Dr. Raheem Beyah-Electrical and Computer Engineering

Title: Who is there? Developing message authentication for programmable logic controllers

• Jordan Gayle, Morehouse College

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lewis Wheaton-Applied Physiology     

Title: Neural validation of incidental explicit awareness in a motor learning task

• Sarai Nwagbaraocha, Morgan State University

Faculty Advisor:  Dr. David Anderson Lab-Electrical and Computer Engineering    

Title: Analyzing the success rate of recovering anomalous features

• Jgenisius Harris, Spelman College/Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor:  Dr. Ayanna Howard-Electrical and Computer Engineering

Title: The infant smart mobile project

• Mykala Jones, Clark Atlanta University/Georgia Institute of Technology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Frost-Civil Engineering   

Title: Observing Earth's underground engineers