College of Engineering Research Symposium announces 2022 winners

5/20/22

By  Sarah Small

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Engineering Graduate Student Council hosted their annual College of Engineering Research Symposium on April 6 from 9:30-4:00 at the Hyatt Place in downtown State College. The event is a student-run research symposium that showcases undergraduate and graduate engineering research from across the University.  

“CERS gives students the opportunity to present their research to a technical audience in a low-pressure environment,” said Jason Nachman, graduate programs assistant in the College of Engineering’s Office of Graduate Programs and Graduate Professional Programs. “The experience allows them to work on the skills needed to do the same at field specific conferences around the world.”  

This year, more than 150 people attended the event, where more than 60 students presented their work.  

"We were really excited to showcase all of the cutting-edge research by exceptional student researchers,” said Lauren Katch, doctoral candidate in engineering science and mechanics and chair of CERS. “The day was filled with educational and energetic talks and discussions, and we were thrilled to see a great crowd. " 

The winners in each category are listed below. 

Oral Presentations: 

Environmental and Sustainable Infrastructure 

First place: Bishwodeep Adhikari, civil and environmental engineering, doctoral student 

Second place: Tahiya Tarannum, civil and environmental engineering, doctoral student 

Third place: Marlene Carla Ndoun, agricultural and biological engineering, doctoral student 

System, Design and Education 

First place: Akshay Wali, electrical engineering, doctoral student 

Second place: Henry Vennard, engineering design, master’s student 

Third place: Mustafa Rifat, industrial and manufacturing engineering, doctoral student 

 

Materials and Mechanics 

First place: Eric Rokni, acoustics, doctoral student 

Second place: Olivia Cook, engineering science and mechanics, doctoral student 

Third place: Caeden Smith, engineering science and mechanics, undergraduate student 

 

Simulations and Mechanisms 

First place: Wael Salem, mechanical engineering, doctoral student 

Second place: Asif Mahmud, civil and environmental engineering, doctoral student 

Third place: Rui Zhang, civil and environmental engineering, doctoral student 

 

Poster Presentations (morning session): 

First place: Ferdousi Rawnaque, acoustics, doctoral student 

Second place: Sujay Hosur, electrical engineering, doctoral student 

Third place: Jordan Brown, agricultural and biological engineering, master’s student 

 

Poster Presentations (afternoon session): 

First place: Haley Jones, material science and engineering, doctoral student, and Kara Miller, biomedical engineering, undergraduate student 

Second place: Gabriel Reimao Maggi Nicolosi Rocha, industrial and manufacturing engineering, doctoral student 

 

Art in Science: 

First place: Nazmiye Celik, engineering science and mechanics, doctoral student 

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The winning entry for the Art in Science category, submitted by Nazmiye Celik, a doctoral student in engineering science and mechanics. The image depicts cytoskeleton (green)- and cell nuclei (blue)- and RUNX2 bone marker (red)-stained samples, which were imaged by using a Zeiss LSM 880 Airyscan confocal microscope via ZEN 2.3 SP1 software as 3D z-stack. Credit: Provided by Nazmiye Celik

 

 

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