{"id":1335,"date":"2025-08-01T13:21:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:21:34","slug":"summer-undergraduate-research-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/summer-undergraduate-research-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1331\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-364x485.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-1000x1333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-2000x2667.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-2560x3413.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5301-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hao Chen, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1332\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/20250801_095223-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/20250801_095223-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/20250801_095223-225x300.jpg 225w, 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rowan Bixler, Physics, Amherst College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-364x273.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-2000x1500.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5297-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gabriel Stradtman, Mechanical Engineering, URI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1334\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-364x485.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-1000x1333.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-1280x1707.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-2000x2667.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-2560x3413.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soft-matter-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1895\/IMG_5302-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Liam Kennings, Biomedical Engineering, URI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>The RPS Lab had the pleasure of hosting multiple undergraduate students this summer. Today, they presented their work during the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ri-surs\/\">RI Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am always impressed with the hard work and dedication these students bring to the programs and was even more impressed with the amount of progress they have all made!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The projects presented from our group include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hao Chen, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston: <em>Solvent and Temperature Effects on the Stability of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles with Varying Polymer Molecular Weights<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rowan Bixler, Physics, Amherst College: <em>Developing an Optical Microscopy Method for Identifying Microplastics in Environmental Samples<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gabriel Stradtman, Mechanical Engineering, URI: <em>Elucidating the Printability of Soft Materials in 3D Printing<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liam Kennings, Biomedical Engineering, URI: <em>Conductive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Soft Actuators<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RPS Lab had the pleasure of hosting multiple undergraduate students this summer. Today, they presented their work during the RI Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium. I am always impressed with the hard work and dedication these students bring to the programs and was even more impressed with the amount of progress they have all made! 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