Second Annual Research Day

The Second Annual Research Day was held on April 25, 2019.

At the College of Engineering, research is one of the most important things we do. Events such as this give us a chance to share our work with members of the campus community and the general public through both the poster sessions and keynote speakers. We had an impressive turnout this year; this reflects well on the work of our College!

Our keynote presentations were focused on our four Pillars of Pursuit:

Educating Engineering Leaders

• “Teaching, Practicing and Inspiring Creativity in Engineering Education & Research”
• Dr. Heather Hunt & Dr. Ferris Pfeiffer

Biomedical Innovations and Challenges

• “Guided Nano Warheads: The Latest Precision Weapon in the War against Drug-Resistant Cancer”
• Dr. Raghuraman Kannan

Big Data Analytics and Cloud Computing

• “Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Revolution in Science and Engineering”
• Dr. Jianlin Cheng

Sustainability inFEWSed

• “Engineering Food Security”
• Dr. Toni Kazic

The poster session featured 37 posters. Our poster winners earned Amazon gift cards of $200, $150 and $100, respectively. These stellar graduate students are:

• Yan Li (first place): “Titanium Incorporated Hierarchical Structures of Diatom Selectively Removing PPCPs in the Presence of Natural Organic Matter (NOM)”
• Ahmed Jasim (second place): “Nanocoating of Metal Oxides on Carbon Nanotubes as Supports for Fuel Cell Catalysts”
• Yixiang Gao (third place): “Classification of sEMG Signals for the Detection of Vocal Fatigues Based on Vocal Fatigue Index Scores”

For more information, contact Shelley Hilton.

Check out our first keynote speech below. For the full playlist, go here.