In October, the RPS Lab attended the Annual AIChE Conference in San Diego, CA. At this conference, two undergraduate researchers – David Amirsadri and Colby Constantine – presented posters on their research projects, and both students received poster awards for their presentations. Congratulations!
David Amirsadri
Poster: Dynamics of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Suspensions
Award: 2nd Place Undergraduate Poster in Materials Engineering and Sciences Session.
This project combines his research in our group with the research he performed at an REU over the summer with Dr. Kiril Streletzky at Cleveland State University and Dr. Michael Hore at Case Western Reserve University. His investigation characterizes the thickness of grafted polymer layers on anisotropic nanorods and their aggregation in thermally responsive solvents.
Colby Constantine
Poster: Characterizing Nanoparticle Dynamics in Biorelevant Materials to Predict Epithelial Transport Properties of Orally Administered Medications
Award: 2nd Place Undergraduate Poster in Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology Session.
This two-part investigation develops synthetic materials that mimic the hierarchical structure of mucosal layers in the body and identifies nanoparticle dynamics in these biomimetic systems.