Research on Display at URI Undergraduate Research Fellows Symposium

December 17, 2021
Afnan with check
Afnan Altekreeti holds the $250 check she won for second runner-up in the best research poster competition.

Among the 64 URI students who presented their research projects to faculty, staff and peers at the Undergraduate Research Fellows Symposium, were 10 engineering students from four different majors.

Winning second runner-up in the poster competition was senior Afnan Altekreeti, who is majoring in biomedical engineering and mathematics. She was awarded $250 for her project on an electronic textile respiration sensing system that can be used for monitoring in an intensive care unit.

The annual event was held at the College of the Environmental and Life Sciences on Dec. 14. Below is the list of engineering students who participated.

 

Temitope AinaTemitope Aina

Major: Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics
Project: The Characterization of the Mechanical Properties of Silk Hydrogels
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Poling-Skutvik

 

Raisa AlejandroRaisa Alejandro

Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project: Optimization of a Hydrogel Platform for the Optical Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes
Mentor: Dr. Daniel Roxbury

 

Afnan AltekreetiAfnan Altekreeti

Major: Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics
Project: e-Fabric Guard: An E-Textile Respiration Sensing System for ICU Monitoring
Mentor: Dr. Kunal Mankodiya

 

Hieu BuiHieu Bui

Major: Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics
Project: Creating a Simple Tool to Determine Mn Oxidation States Color Metrically
Mentor: Dr. Joseph Goodwill

 

Alexandra ByrneAlexandra Byrne

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project: Thermoset Resin and its Marine Applications
Mentor: Dr. Carl Ernst-Rousseau

 

Brenna CollinsBrenna Collins

Major: Civil Engineering
Project: Marine Algae (Ulva spp.) Surface Detachment Using Electric Potential
Mentor: Dr. Vinka Craver

 

Maddy KistlerMaddy Kistler

Major: Biological Sciences, Ocean Engineering
Project: A Low-Cost, Small Space, Alternative Larval System for Co-Cycling pH and Dissolved Oxygen
Mentor: Dr. Jonathan Puritz

 

Sadie LaFleurSadie LaFleur

Major: Civil Engineering
Project: Enrichment of Manganese Oxide Nanoparticle Producing Bacteria from Natural Sediment
Mentor: Dr. Vinka Craver

 

Shamar MorganShamar Morgan

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project: Landmark-Based Map Localization for Robots
Mentor: Dr. Paolo Stegagno

 

Siena NegashSiena Negash

Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project: Development of Tacrolimus Loaded Nanocomposite Microparticles for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension
Mentor: Dr. Samantha Meenach