Spring 2018 Student Seed Grant Winners
Congratulations to all winners!
Undergraduate Research and Innovation Student Seed Grant Program Spring 2018
We are pleased to announce the recipients of Spring 2018 Undergraduate Research and Innovation Student Grants. Four URI Phase 1 and Seven URI Phase 2 Student Seed Grants have been awarded for Spring 2018.
Students submitted their written proposals which were reviewed by the executive committee of the URI External Advisory Board (EAB). Following the written proposal scores, selected proposals were presented to EAB members. With the recommendations from the EAB, based on the combined scores of written proposals and oral presentations, Phase-1 and Phase-2 Student Seed Grants are awarded. We thank all students who submitted their proposals. We also thank faculty advisors who worked with students for their submission and presentations.
Spring 2018 URI Phase-1 Student Seed Grant Winners
Name
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Research Project |
Faculty Advisor |
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Lauren Hutnik (Biology) |
Developing Photo-Therma Nanoparticles to Excite Transmembrane Proteins |
Yuanwei Zhang (CES) |
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Miriam Marquez (ChE) |
Protein Corona Measurements by Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis |
Kathleen McEnnis (ChE) |
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Pedro Moura (ChE) |
CNTs incorporated in Hollow Fiber Membranes as a matrix for Protein Purification |
Sagnik Basuray (ChE) |
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Vatsal Shah (ME) |
A Portable Low-Cost Incubation Platform for Long-Term Live-Cell Microscopy in Biomedical Research and Industry |
Roman Voronov (CPBE) |
Spring 2018 URI Phase-2 Student Seed Grant Winners
Name
|
Research Project |
Faculty Advisor |
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Shaurya Chandhoke (CS) |
Low-Cost Lidar Sensor Fusion for Mapping Applications in Transportation Industry | Pramod Abichandani (Engineering Technology) |
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Victoria Harbour (ChE) |
Preventing Cardiovascular Disease: A Novel PCKS9 Drug Formulation to Reduce Cholesterol |
Vivek Kumar (BME) |
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Adithya Kannan (BME) |
Advancing Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Diseases |
Alice Eunjung Lee (BME) |
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Adrian Lopez (MET) |
Four-Directional Light-Weight Carbon Fiber Body for Solar Cars |
Leonid Tsybeskov, (Electrical and Computer Engineering) |
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Karen Mandarina (BME) |
Assistive Device for Autistic People 2 (ADAP 2) |
Alev Erdi (BME) |
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John Pentangelo (ChE) |
Development of a Continuous Manufacturing Method of Oral Films |
Rajesh Dave (Chemical Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering) |
| Ann Therese Ramirez (BME) |
The Comparison of Different PLGA Particle Synthesis Methods and its Effect on the Uptake by Breast Cancer Cells |
Kathleen McEnnis (ChE) |