CBEE supports undergraduate researchers

We are excited to support undergraduate research opportunities across our department. 

The following are among the talented undergraduate researchers working in CBEE faculty labs during the summer of 2021: 

 

Marwan Attia, Biological Sciences, rising junior

Advisor: Dr. Govind Rao

Topic: Rapid microbial test for contamination

Bryanna Boegner, Chemical Engineering, rising junior

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Hennigan

Topic: Characterizing light-absorbing organic compounds in cloud water.

 

Carlos Castillo, Chemical Engineering, rising senior 

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Hennigan

Topic: Measuring the toxicity of transition metals in urban particulate matter.

 

Justin Damon, Chemical Engineering, rising senior

Advisor: Dr. Erin Lavik

Topic: Developing a fully synthetic non-degradable hydrogel with tunable mechanical properties to guide neural stem cell migration and differentiation (available via SURF)

 

Lucia Garcia, Chemical Engineering, rising junior

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Hennigan

Topic: Measuring the toxicity of transition metals in urban particulate matter.

 

Chris Hamer, Computer Science, rising senior

Advisor: Dr. Tyler Josephson

Topic: Differential dynamic logic for reaction kinetics

 

Sahaadat Hammed-Owens, Chemical Engineering, rising junior

Advisor: Dr. Jennie Leach

Topic: Toxicity and immune response to metal air pollutants in collaboration with Dr. Hennigan and Dr. Reed. 

 

Garrett Hill, Chemical Engineering, rising junior

Advisor: Dr. Mark Marten

Topic: Developing an understanding of the role PrkA kinase plays in microbial development.

 

Jinyu Huang, Chemical Engineering, rising senior

Advisor: Dr. Tyler Josephson

Topic: Differential dynamic logic for reaction kinetics

 

Joy Kiguru,  Chemical Engineering, rising junior

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Hennigan

Topic: Characterizing the effects of inorganic salts on the partitioning of organic gases to the aqueous phase.

 

Sharon Liu, Computer Science, rising senior

Advisor: Dr. Tyler Josephson

Topic: Building knowledge graphs for equations

 

Nikki Nacion, Chemical Engineering, rising senior

Advisor: Dr. Tyler Josephson

Topic: Discovering equations for adsorption isotherms using symbolic regression

 

Shawn Serafin, Chemical Engineering, rising junior

Advisor: Dr. Christopher Hennigan

Topic: Characterizing the effects of inorganic salts on the partitioning of organic gases to the aqueous phase.

 

Neil Tran, Chemical Engineering, Senior (post-graduation)

Advisor: Dr. Tyler Josephson

Topic: Introducing thermodynamic constraints into Bayesian symbolic regression

 

Grace Tugado, Chemical Engineering, rising junior

Advisor: Dr. Jennie Leach

Topic: Toxicity and immune response to metal air pollutants in collaboration with Dr. Hennigan and Dr. Reed. 

 

Diego Iglesias Vega, Chemical Engineering (Environmental Engineering and Sustainability track), rising junior

Advisors: Dr. Lee Blaney and Mr. Jahir Antonio Batista Andrade

Topic: Spatiotemporal analysis of dissolved organic carbon and total nitrogen in the Jones Falls and Gwynns Falls watersheds