Fulton Undergraduate Research Spring 2017 Symposium FURI Initiative Fulton Snapshot Undergraduate Research Spring 2017 FURI Initiative The Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI) enhances and enriches a student’s engineering and technical education by providing hands-on lab experience, independent and thesis- based research and travel to national conferences. Mentors At this semiannual symposium, students present their research and share their findings with peers, 70 the Fulton Schools, the ASU community and the community at large. FURI Students The Fulton Difference: 136 Discover. Create. Innovate. 39 Majors April 21, 2017 women Thank you for joining us at the Spring 2017 FURI Symposium. Aerospace Engineering 8 We are excited to share the work of our students in the Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative — Biomedical Engineering 24 one of our signature experiential programs at the Fulton Schools. 97 Chemical Engineering 25 FURI presents students the opportunity to discover a love of research as they work in the lab men Civil, Environmental and Sustainable alongside our renowned faculty. Many of our guests will be surprised and impressed by the ability of Engineering 5 so many of our undergraduates to conduct research at levels typical of graduate students. Computer Science 10 Programs like FURI attract some of the brightest students from across the country — and around the world — and presents them an opportunity to grow as researchers in settings that enhance their 1 Computer Systems Engineering 2 problem-solving skills, independent work ethic, innovative thinking and sense of discovery. sophomores Electrical Engineering 5 Beyond the lab, students can travel to academic conferences to present their work, a great Engineering 2 opportunity early in their academic careers. Participation in FURI also opens doors to scholarships, 15 Engineering (Auto Systems) 1 internships and research opportunities in graduate school. juniors Engineering (Mechanical Engineering The projects you will see today put into practice outside-the-box thinking to further solutions to Systems) 2 real-world challenges in health, energy, education, security and sustainability. Engineering (Robotics) 4 Congratulations to all the students presenting today — we are proud of your accomplishments this semester. We also are grateful to everyone who helps make this program such a success. 118 Engineering Management 1 seniors Environmental Resource Management 1 Sincerely, Industrial Engineering 2 Materials Science and Engineering 5 Mechanical Engineering 2 Software Engineering 5 Kyle D. Squires, Ph.D. Kae Sawyer Dean, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Associate Director Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Student Engagement FURI Symposium Participants

Students in the Fulton Schools’ FURI Wade Adams** Thai Dao Richard Li Felipe Riveros research program develop a proposal Sam Aguiar Arlen Dean Kevin Liao** Frederick Rivers under the mentorship of a faculty John Alden Christopher Diaz Taylor Little Jorge Roldan* member, then apply for funding. Once accepted, they perform Andre Apostol Courtney DuBois*** Rylie Lodes Joshua Rosenberg** research, attend workshops and Omar Arafa* Jason Enriquez Nathan London Adric Rukkila prepare research summaries. Lisa Baer Jarrett Eshima Carlos Lopez Taylor Rumsey Participants receive stipends and research supply budgets. Juan Bahena Nathaniel Ferre Miles Mabey Luis Saenz Dylan Baker Sebastian Fonseca Kishen Mahadevan*** Jaime Sanchez de la Vega The travel grant program helps students present their research Brandon Bartels Emily Ford Ethan Marschall Steven Sawtelle*** at national conferences by Quinn Beauparlant*** Scott Freitas Anthony McCourt Jake Schichtel providing financial assistance Michael Bejarano** Brandon Gardell Tyler McDaniel Joseph Schimpp with travel expenses. Omar Benitez*** Daniel Gentry Megan McGuire*** Matthew Schneider Grand Challenge Scholars Program Juliana Bennett Preston Goulet Sean McIntyre Joseph Schreiber students conduct research in a grand challenge theme and are Lyle Bliss* Deven Govin*** Frea Mehta Katelyn Schroll*** invited to present their research at Brandon Boepple Anisha Gupta Jack Miller Frederick Sebastian*** the FURI Symposium. Julia Boese Sue Han Ivan Milosavljevic Nidhal Selmi ASU Kern Project grant recipients Alex Bravenec Harrison Hanzlick Rex Moore Sarfaraz Shamji and KEEN-supported FURI students Stephanie Brown Breanna Hassett** Arianna Moreno** Aditya Shekhawat receive funding to support research, Daniel Bueno Gregory Hathorn Bakir Mousa Guangqing Shen projects or travel that exemplifies an entrepreneurial-minded approach. Kimberly Bui Evelyn Holguin*** Akhila Murella Ryan Shillingburg These students are invited to share Raquel Camarena* *** Paul Horton Suhyun Nam Danny Simonet their work at the FURI Symposium. Caleb Carlson Joshua Hsu Jordan Nelson Philip Sitterle Ross Carlton Melissa Ip*** Amanda Nguyen Gavin Steeber Kregg Castillo Hope Jehng Michael Nguyen Erin Sussex*** Celinè Chang Ryan Jones Kazuko Niimi Zachary Ticktin Diana Chen* George Kharlakian Ivana Ninkovic*** Zachary Tronstad Thomas Chester Aditya Khuller** *** Mateo Oramas Cody Van Cleve Riley Chicci Sebastian Klype Michael Padilla Juliana Vazquez Kyung Chung Jacob Knaup Marissa Palermo Derek Velzy Krysta Clark William Kostecki Adam Pak** Sean Wolfgang Wachtel** Emily Close Erik Kruchten Min Su Park Jonathan Wasserman Zhanelle Coleman Ivan Kruts Samuel Perez Megan Wieser*** Sydney Connor*** Quoc Lam Dominic Podzemny Brian Zucker Alex Conrad Jack Landry María José Quezada Valladares Brittany Convery Cecilia La Place Alexis Rainery Andrew Cook Alessandro Laspina Malcolm Regan * Grand Challenge Scholars Program ** Undergraduate Research Travel Grant Program Gabriela Coote Michael Lay Morgan Reimann *** ASU Kern Project grant recipients and KEEN-supported FURI students Michael Cottle Hwee Lee Gina Rivera FURI Faculty Mentors

James Abbas, associate professor Kiril Hristovski, associate professor Barbara Smith, assistant professor Shahriar Anwar, senior research specialist Shawn Jordan, assistant professor Angela Sodemann, assistant professor Panagiotis Artemiadis, assistant professor Jeffrey Kleim, associate professor Kiran Solanki, assistant professor Daniel Aukes, assistant professor Vikram Kodibagkar, assistant professor Timothy Takahashi, professor of practice Srividya Bansal, assistant professor Jeffrey La Belle, assistant professor Meng Tao, professor Heni Ben Amor, assistant professor Micah Lande, assistant professor Hanghang Tong, assistant professor Visar Berisha, assistant professor Hyunglae Lee, assistant professor Sefaattin Tongay, assistant professor Spring Berman, assistant professor Joohyung Lee, associate professor César Torres, associate professor Jennifer Blain Christen, assistant professor Baoxin Li, professor Shane Underwood, assistant professor Stuart Bowden, associate research professor Mary Laura Lind, associate professor Brent Vernon, associate professor David Brafman, assistant professor Yongming Liu, associate professor Erin Walker, assistant professor Michael Caplan, associate professor Hamid Marvi, assistant professor Liping Wang, assistant professor Junseok Chae, associate professor Abdel Mayyas, assistant professor Qing Hua Wang, assistant professor Candace Chan, assistant professor Benjamin Mertz, lecturer Daniel White, lecturer Aditi Chattopadhyay, Regents’ Professor Bin Mu, assistant professor Yezhou Yang, assistant professor Erin Chiou, Masoud Yekani Fard, assistant professor Brent Nannenga, assistant professor assistant research professor Oswald Chong, associate professor Hongyu Yu, associate professor Narayanan Neithalath, professor Nancy Cooke, professor Kori Sauser Zachrison, assistant professor, David Nielsen, associate professor Massachusetts General Hospital Lenore Dai, school director and professor Jay Oswald, assistant professor Wenlong Zhang, assistant professor Shuguang Deng, professor Kristen Parrish, assistant professor Sandwip Dey, professor Vincent Pizziconi, associate professor Adam Doupé, assistant professor Panagiotis Polygerinos, assistant professor Heather Emady, assistant professor Agami Reddy, professor Peter Fox, professor Fengbo Ren, assistant professor Emma Frow, assistant professor Yi Ren, assistant professor Tirupalavanam Ganesh, assistant dean and associate research professor Bruce Rittmann, Regents’ Professor David Grau, assistant professor Armando Rodriguez, professor Matthew Green, assistant professor Rosalind Sadleir, assistant professor Owen Hildreth, assistant professor Sydney Schaefer, assistant professor Claire Honeycutt, assistant professor Paulo Shakarian, assistant professor

Wade Adams, Engineering (Robotics) Sam Aguiar, Chemical Engineering John Alden, Software Engineering Andre Apostol, Mechanical Engineering

Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Sedona, Arizona Hometown: Glendale, Arizona Hometown: Tucson, Arizona Hometown: Los Gatos, California

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Soft Relief Microbial Chain Elongation: Insights into Autonomous Multi-Agent Communication A Control System for Micro Robots Device for Typing Applications Biofuel and Complex Organic Production and Coordination Based upon the Distributed Control Model Mentor: Hamid Marvi, assistant professor Mentor: Panagiotis Polygerinos, Mentor: César Torres, associate professor Research Theme: Health assistant professor Mentor: Wenlong Zhang, assistant professor Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Security, Sustainability Can micro robots be used to perform medical The purpose of this project is to determine applications? The application for using The objective of this project is to find out if the fundamental factors that control Microbial Autonomous decentralized aerial vehicle micro robots to perform certain surgeries typing with a neutral plane in the wrist will help Chain Elongation (MCE). MCE is the metabolic systems have a potentially profound effect upon is an appropriate yet difficult challenge. It alleviate symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome process in which simple organic compounds are the security and development of the human has been determined that these robots can (CTS). It has been documented that CTS combined into larger complex organics and is a race. Ideally, these autonomous systems will indeed be controlled by an octo-mag coil symptoms can be prevented or relieved while largely unexplored topic in biogeochemistry and mimic swarm behavior in insects and exhibit system which is a magnetic field output from typing if the wrist is kept in a neutral plane. anaerobic microbial metabolism. Ethanol, acetate intelligent qualities such as spatial awareness eight different directions. Ultimately, a future Creating a soft-actuated, wearable robotic and hydrogen are provided to various soils and and inter-vehicle communication to ensure goal will be to send a robot inside a human relief device will help maintain a neutral plane sediments as electron acceptors to determine complete freedom of movement. Current body to perform heart tissue ablation. in the wrist, thereby eliminating some of the which chemical characteristics and microbial autonomous systems are based upon a remote symptoms of CTS. In the future, this device could communities promote MCE. The microorganisms server transmitting control commands to be designed to be smaller and more efficient most efficient at MCE are detected through systems. An unhindered autonomous swarm without the need of an external air pump. deep-sequencing community analyses. Future would have impact in the fields of security, work includes optimization of continuous search-and-rescue and sustainability. For future operation bioreactors to maximize production work, the control algorithms implemented in Undergraduate Research rates and titers of medium/long chain fatty acids. these vehicles will be refined and modified Travel Grant Program to allow for greater speed and flexibility.

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Lisa Baer, Computer Science Juan Bahena, Mechanical Engineering Dylan Baker, Mechanical Engineering Brandon Bartels, Biomedical Engineering

Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: December 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona Hometown: Tempe, Arizona Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona

Creation of Infrastructure for Self-Study of Design and Programming of an LED Ring Interfacial Fracture of Cylindrical Startle Evoked Movement in a Non-Expert Computer Security for Displaying Behavioral States on an Ice-Aluminum Specimen Typing Population Autonomous Swarm Robotic Platform Mentor: Adam Doupé, assistant professor Mentor: Jay Oswald, assistant professor Mentor: Claire Honeycutt, assistant professor Research Theme: Education, Security Mentor: Spring Berman, assistant professor Research Theme: Security Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Energy, Security A vulnerable, isolated environment to practice A device for the preparation of Cylindrical The goal of this study is to evaluate startle computer security concepts is difficult to Swarms of autonomous robots can potentially Ice-Aluminum Specimens was constructed evoked typing movements in a non-expert configure and maintain, but fundamental to perform tasks such as surveillance, chemical to produce specimens for testing in a population. This data will be compared to an the success of students. The Cybersecurity detection and search-and-rescue missions. The uniaxial load cell with the goal of determining expert population in order to see the role of Education Testbed (CET) is an open-source, purpose of this research is to implement LED mechanical properties of the Ice-Aluminum task familiarity in the startle reflexphenomenon. self-contained solution that offers students an rings on small, mobile robots to display their interface. Specimens produced using different Preliminary data suggests that individuated finger emulated, lightweight and easily distributed behavioral states such as “idle” and “searching.” spray settings produce ice with differing movements are indeed susceptible to startle environment. CET utilizes Docker containers, Microcontrollers are utilized to effectively microstructures. Further research into the evoked movement. The protocol will be executed which include learning activities and related, control the color emitted by the LEDs. Image fracture of these specimens will utilize load on additional subjects so that the data can be properly configured software. Using CET, processing algorithms are implemented on the data at the point of fracture to determine the accurately compared between populations. students can deepen their knowledge of security robot’s overhead, centralized camera to interpret critical stress intensity factor of the specimens concepts, repurpose the containers for Capture and communicate from its neighbors’ LED and how the microstructures of the ice might the Flag competitions and derive additional tools colors. Future research can focus on detecting impact the critical stress intensity factor. for the security community. Additional modules robot states from aerial vehicles such as can be added to CET to extend beyond the quadcopters and developing new decentralized original topics and improve comprehensiveness. robot controllers that rely on visual feedback. Quinn Beauparlant, Civil Engineering Michael Bejarano, Biomedical Engineering Omar Benitez, Mechanical Engineering Juliana Bennett, Materials Science and Engineering Graduation: December 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona Hometown: Dallas, Texas Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Mesa, Arizona Quantifying the Corrosion Characteristic Microrobots for Medical Applications Craft Labor Productivity Analysis in Civil of Alkali-Activated Concretes Using Engineering and Construction Projects — Study of Exfoliation of Tantalum Trisulfide Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Mentor: Hamid Marvi, assistant professor A Field Experience Research Theme: Health Mentor: Sefaattin Tongay, assistant professor Mentor: Narayanan Neithalath, professor Mentor: David Grau, assistant professor Research Theme: Sustainability Research Theme: Sustainability Research Theme: Sustainability Microrobots possess the potential to be directed through the human body for minimally invasive The interesting properties and possible Alkali-activated (A-A) concretes can reduce or medical procedures such as targeted drug The research goal is to understand factors that applications of low dimensional materials have eliminate the need for carbon dioxide intensive delivery and microsurgery. The objective of this affect craft labor productivity at construction gained the attention of research and industry ordinary Portland cement (OPC) as a binder. To research is to construct an electromagnetic sites. Activity analysis will be utilized to gain alike. The production of thin nanoribbons of the investigate the effect of A-A systems’ higher coil system to actuate microrobots for use in understanding by observing laborers and layered material, monoclinic tantalum trisulfide alkalinity on the chloride-induced corrosion of minimally invasive medical procedures. Current recording the type of work or delays that happen (m-TaS3), was studied. Multiple exfoliation steel reinforcement, electrochemical impedance progress includes assembly completion of the during different times of day, while also recording methods were tested and modified to produce spectroscopy was performed on carbon steels electromagnetic coil system and achieving system weather and temperature to determine if that these nanoribbons from bulk crystal. Liquid inside of simulated pore solutions (SPS) as well as A-A SPS at varying chloride ion concentrations. functionality. Through testing of various tissue correlates with labor productivity. About one-third exfoliation via sonication currently shows Concrete systems which facilitate the passivation samples, data will be collected to determine of the cost of a construction project is attributed the most promise due to ease of procedure of reinforcement steel, and therefore halting the optimal system for medical applications. to labor. With this data it will be possible to and quantity of nanoribbons produced. The corrosion, are suitable for constructing durable implement improvements to save time and money. parameters of liquid exfoliation will be explored and sustainable structures in chloride-intensive This research integrates an entrepreneurial in future research and optimized for more Undergraduate Research environments, such as saltwater jetties or mindset by applying curiosity and connections control of mean nanoribbon dimensions for Travel Grant Program bridge decks subjected to de-icing salts. This to create extraordinary value for stakeholders. future studies of properties and experimental research integrates an entrepreneurial mindset devices incorporating this and similar materials. by applying curiosity and connections to create extraordinary value for stakeholders. ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student Ira A. 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Brandon Boepple, Chemical Engineering Julia Boese, Chemical Engineering Alex Bravenec, Materials Science Stephanie Brown, Chemical Engineering and Engineering Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Fall Creek, Oregon Hometown: Sierra Vista, Arizona Heat Transfer in a Rotary Drum via Modulating Heat Shock Response in E. coli Membrane Modification for Sensing Urine Conduction, Convection and Radiation to Regulate Membrane Protein Expression Determining the Relationship between Ammonium Levels Characteristics in Shape-Memory Polymers Mentor: Heather Emady, assistant professor Mentor: Brent Nannenga, assistant professor Mentor: Mary Laura Lind, associate professor Research Theme: Energy Research Theme: Health Mentor: Shahriar Anwar, senior research specialist Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Energy, Health Rotary drums are commonly used for the mixing, The objective of this research is to synthesize Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) can be detected heating and milling of solid granules. Since plasmids that allow E. coli to self-regulate Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) are an through ammonium biomarkers in urine. This granules don’t behave like conventional solids, membrane-protein expression and increase emerging class of materials that have many research is being done to develop a membrane liquids or gases, they are difficult to model and yields. The membrane-protein expression biomedical and optical applications because of for use in separating ammonia gas from urine their processing can be inefficient. This research pathway was reprogrammed using gene-blocks their ability to alter their shape. This project’s goal so that ammonium levels can be monitored. A studies the effects of operating parameters that were antisense to vital membrane protein is to manufacture SMPs and perform analysis hydrophobic membrane was treated with a base such as temperature, rotation speed and fill DNA and RNA binding-site sequences. After on their properties in order to determine the to change the pH level of an applied sample, level on heat transfer in a rotary drum. This will inserting the aPBAD and aHtdR gene-blocks specific factors that influence each property. turning aqueous ammonium into gaseous be done by heating the drum and measuring individually within a PMM102 backbone into E. This project involved developing and modifying ammonia which was detected by a color-changing the radial temperature gradient in the granular coli cells and inducing and testing the cells via a manufacturing process for SMPs along with indicator paper. This method has been effective bed with thermocouples. The data will show spectrophotometry, it was determined that the conducting thermal and mechanical property with single runs using an ammonium chloride which operating conditions maximize the heat reprogrammed cells provided greater protein testing. Future work would involve modifying the solution. In the future, it must be optimized to transfer between the granules and drum wall. yields than the control cells. Further work should manufacturing process to allow for more casting work with urine in a semi-continuous flow. determine if this trend is only applicable to designs and property adjustment in addition certain membrane proteins or if it is universal. to discovering new applications for SMPs. Daniel Bueno, Chemical Engineering Kimberly Bui, Mechanical Engineering Caleb Carlson, Engineering (Robotics) Ross Carlton, Biomedical Engineering

Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Hometown: Flagstaff, Arizona Hometown: Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Enhancing the Profile of Chemical Building and Designing Tools to Improve Designing and Building a Biomimetic Soft Electrochemical Force Transducer Engineers as Relevant to Society amongst the Control of Quadrotor Swarms Robot Based on a Nautilus Middle and High School Students Mentor: Jeffrey La Belle, assistant professor Mentor: Panagiotis Artemiadis, assistant professor Mentor: Panagiotis Polygerinos, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Mentor: Tirupalavanam Ganesh, assistant Research Theme: Health, Security Research Theme: Energy, Security, Sustainability dean and associate research professor Electrical responses to applied force can be Research Theme: Education The main objective of this research is to develop The research objective is to develop a biomimetic measured from the Electrochemical Force an interface which will allow humans to control sub-aquatic robot that emulates the movement Transducer. The transducer utilizes electron The objective is to determine effective methods quadrotor swarms through hand gestures. To fly, method of the deep sea nautilus. This consists mediators suspended in a medium to translate to convey engineering concepts to high quadrotors require information regarding speed of using soft materials to mimic the siphon pump pressure into a change in current. This research school students. The effectiveness of a poster and direction. Thus, the speed of the quadrotor propulsion method employed by the nautilus endeavor has characterized a current verse campaign projecting engineering ideals held by was automated by establishing a relationship and other mollusks. Current work is focused on applied force response. Ferri/Ferrocyanide is undergraduates and the effectiveness of a set of between voltage and force produced by a validating research conducted on the actuator the more established electron mediator; its high presentations and activities containing chemical quadrotor motor. To test the quadrotors’ ability to design and applying it to a new actuator better reactivity presents issues for long-term use engineering concepts and socially relevant respond to directions, a camera mount to track suited for a standalone unit, then to build a unit or medical application. EPOP is an alternative themes are being tested. Eighty students are quadrotor movement is under development. that is capable of self propulsion in water. The electron mediator with a similar ability to enrolled to participate in Young Engineers Shape Developing an interface that controls swarms next step of the research are to give it the ability translate force or pressure into electricity but the World. These efforts are aimed at influencing of robots can improve performance in search to control its buoyancy and lateral movement. with no reactivity issues. The transducer can be students’ perceptions about engineers and and rescue scenarios by allowing rescuers used for prosthetic limb feedback, and further the types of problems they solve. Results are to search more ground in less time. characterization will reveal new applications. expected to yield correlations between students’ understanding of engineering problems and the appeal of these problems to “want to” solve them.

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Kregg Castillo, Electrical Engineering Celinè Chang, Mechanical Engineering Thomas Chester, Mechanical Engineering Riley Chicci, Engineering (Robotics)

Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Escondido, California Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Flagstaff, Arizona

Wearable Patch Cough Detection Inexpensive and Efficient Copper-Plated Fin Flutter Study: The Effects of Fin Machine Augmented Human Vision Sensor Array Solar Cell Geometry and Motor Design on a Sounding Rocket Mentor: Angela Sodemann, assistant professor Mentor: Junseok Chae, associate professor Mentor: Stuart Bowden, associate Research Theme: Education, Health Research Theme: Health research professor Mentor: Daniel White, lecturer Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability Research Theme: Security Permanent blindness affects a very large number The purpose of this research is to develop of people in the world. The research objective a compact, wearable sensor for long term This project aims to develop and test a new The objective of this research project is to is to design and prototype a device that can monitoring and characterization of respiratory cost-efficient silicon solar cell using copper identify the ideal fin geometry for reducing help people “see.” By taking an array of pins, issues in a subject. The sensor array uses for the front metal contacts by examining the flutter in a sounding rocket. The first semester some not much bigger than two human hairs, acoustic signals, electromyography (EMG) and effect of copper thickness on cell performance of the project focused on motors, which helps and exciting them using sound, an “image” acceleration data to detect and characterize using deformation and contact resistance lead to reliable and safe launches of the can be displayed that can be felt with human respiratory patterns. The array of sensors is testing. Adhesion of contacts to the silicon is sounding rocket. Motor development is still fingertips. Thus far, it has proven possible to housed in a small, wearable package designed for critical for reliability. Wider and thicker fingers underway, however, design and construction of manufacture larger (~1 mm) pins and excite discreet data collection. The sensor array stores have better conductivity but higher stress and the rocket has begun. No significant findings them using conventional speakers, however, signals gathered locally to later be analyzed to poor adhesion. Wider fingers also shade the have emerged yet. This semester is being used more work will be required to increase the determine a correlation between sensor readings silicon. By characterizing copper, it is possible to develop equipment and procedures for the resolution of the display and its reliability. and originations of respiratory problems. to develop a copper-plated production line actual experimentation occurring near the that yields high efficiencies and reliable cells. end of this semester. Future work will include Future developments will be to completely building the sounding rocket and wiring the data remove the use of expensive silver. acquisition electronics to complete the project. Kyung Chung, Civil Engineering Krysta Clark, Chemical Engineering Emily Close, Chemical Engineering Zhanelle Coleman, Engineering (Robotics)

Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Hometown: Glendale, Arizona Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Template Assisted Crystallization Nanostructured Faujasite Zeolites for The Effect of Modulator Concentration Contaminant Removal Using Nano-enabled (TAC) System Carbon Dioxide Adsorption on the Defects Present in the Zirconium 3D-Printed Polymers Metal-Organic Framework UiO-66 Mentor: Peter Fox, professor Mentor: Shuguang Deng, professor Mentor: Kiril Hristovski, associate professor Research Theme: Energy, Health, Sustainability Research Theme: Sustainability Mentor: Bin Mu, assistant professor Research Theme: Health, Sustainability Research Theme: Energy Pre-treatment of waters before reverse The objective of this research is to determine Polymerized media containing nanoparticles osmosis is one of the major costs associated the adsorption and desorption breakthrough Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are a new offer a potential for removing contaminants with the process. A variety of pre-treatment properties of a nanostructured faujasite zeolite set of porous materials becoming popular for gas from water. The goal is to develop nano- technologies, and anti-scalant chemicals are that varies with gas composition, pressure separations due to their abilities to be tailored enabled ribbons that are <200 microns and often required. Template-assisted crystallization and flow rate. This research determined if the toward specific applications. The Zirconium to measure their mechanical robustness is a technology that can prevent scale formation proposed new nanostructured zeolite will have MOF UiO-66 is very stable under standard and arsenic removal ability. Titanium dioxide from common scale-forming minerals without lower operating costs than regular zeolites. These conditions, but recent studies have shown that (TiO2) mixed with photosensitive, polymer- the addition of chemicals. Four scenarios proposed improvements to the current zeolite- varying synthesis conditions lead to defects in based resin has been 3D printed into ribbons will be tested during the research: when based post-combustion capture system will be the framework structure. This research aims approximately 300 microns wide. The next the system is operated without template- scalable to industry, providing an economical to study the effect of modulator concentration batch of ribbons printed will be tested for tensile assisted crystallization, with template-assisted way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. on the surface area and crystallinity of UiO-66. strength to define the mechanical robustness crystallization, with both template-assisted Once this is understood, the chemical stabilities added by various TiO2 concentrations. The crystallization and the membrane system, and of the samples will be tested in various solvents contaminant removal ability of these polymerized only with the membrane system. All water to gain insight into UiO-66’s properties. media will be assessed through adsorption samples will be analyzed for pH, alkalinity, total tests using arsenic-contaminated water. calcium concentration and total hardness.

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Sydney Connor, Biomedical Engineering Alex Conrad, Aerospace Engineering Brittany Convery, Chemical Engineering Andrew Cook, Mechanical Engineering

Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: December 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Lake Stevens, Washington Hometown: Maricopa, Arizona Hometown: Lexington, Illinois Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona

Transferring Motor Practice between Transfer Time and Propellant Use Consistent Procedure for Contact Angle Development of a Lower Extremity Different Motor Tasks for Low-Thrust Trajectories Measurement Utilizing Washburn Method Robotic Device for Ankle Studies

Mentor: Sydney Schaefer, assistant professor Mentor: Daniel White, lecturer Mentor: Heather Emady, assistant professor Mentor: Hyunglae Lee, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Education Research Theme: Education, Sustainability Research Theme: Health

In motor training, transfer is the gain/loss The use of low-thrust electric propulsion This research’s purpose is to investigate the The objective of this research is to design and of performance in one task as a result of systems for spacecraft have generated the most reproducible, reliable procedure for utilizing build a wearable robotic device to facilitate practicing another. The research objective is need to understand the orbital trajectory of the Washburn equation for determining contact gait studies related to the ankle. The device to test whether training in one motor tasks will spacecraft using these systems. The current angles between liquids and powders of both fine will rapidly actuate a user’s foot during the transfer. This laboratory reveals that practicing goal of this research is to produce a basic and free-flowing particle sizes. The Washburn swing phase of walking while measuring the a multi-joint coordination task (which simulates working model to determine how long it takes to method relates capillary liquid rise through a ankle’s response. To minimize its interference arm/wrist movement when feeding) improves transfer to a desired orbit as well as the amount permeable membrane in packed tubes to the with a user’s natural gait, the lightweight performance on a dexterity task (simulating finger/hand movement when dressing) despite of propellant needed. Much more in-depth contact angle of the system. This method is robot will feature mechanisms that permit task differences. Testing will determine if the programs exist for doing these simulations, but currently challenging to perform with consistent inversion-eversion and axial ankle rotation. By dexterity task improves performance of multi- are not readily accessible to students or others results due to irregular particle distribution in giving insight into the mechanics of the ankle, joint coordination. Following neurological injury, who wish to understand low-thrust trajectories. tubes, especially with fine particles. Differing this device could aid in the development of patients practice functional motor tasks to Future work will include better precision in packed densities and efforts to optimize the rehabilitation methods for ambulatory disabilities, retrain their nervous system. Evidence-based the model and additional functionality. filter and apparatus setup are being explored. such as those brought on by strokes. approaches to clinical neurorehabilitation will Further studies could examine contact angle revolutionize current therapies and technologies. variances in relation to powder mixtures. This research integrates an entrepreneurial mindset by applying curiosity and connections to create extraordinary value for stakeholders.

ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student Gabriela Coote, Mechanical Engineering Michael Cottle, Engineering Thai Dao, Chemical Engineering Arlen Dean, Industrial Engineering

Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Media, Pennsylvania Hometown: Tempe, Arizona Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona Hometown: Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Internet of Things for Pet Care Look-Ahead Power Management Strategies Validation of a Novel Hydrogel Valve for Craft Labor Productivity Analysis in Civil for Hybrid Electric Vehicles Hydrocephalus Treatment Engineering and Construction Projects — Mentor: Fengbo Ren, assistant professor A Field Experience Research Theme: Health Mentor: Abdel Mayyas, assistant professor Mentor: Junseok Chae, associate professor Mentor: David Grau, assistant professor Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Sustainability The Internet of Things (IoT) for Pet Care seeks to promote owner involvement in the health of The objective of this research is to explore Hydrocephalus is a condition characterized by their pets through the internet to combat the different variables that can be accounted for the buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. The manufacturing industry has made tremendous high rate of obesity in pets in the United States. in power management strategies designed Open-skull surgery to implant shunt systems, improvements in efficiency using the lean To achieve this, a pet feeder was developed to for hybrid electric vehicles. The research will which exhibit greater than 50 percent failure principles. The construction industry has adopted track the weight of the pet as well as how much be carried out by simulating a hybrid electric rates within two years of implantation, is the lean concepts in order to improve lagging food the pet eats while allowing the owner to drive train and running different logical conventional treatment. However, the fully passive efficiency. To optimize the use of lean concepts see videos of their pet eating, all through the controllers to obtain the best results possible. hydrogel check valve explored in this project in construction, the purpose of this research is to owner’s smartphone. The next step for this This research could potentially lead to its has the potential to curtail the need for multiple understand how different types of variables affect project will optimize the pet feeder design to adaptation in consumer or industrial hybrid invasive surgeries and decrease valve failure from craft labor productivity. Current research is focused prevent common errors in pet food distribution. electric vehicles, and ultimately in more fuel- calcification and organic compound obstruction. on utilizing two techniques to gather productivity efficient vehicles that produce less harmful ratios: crew balance and activity analysis. The emissions than their current counterparts. goal is to quantify the impact these variables possess and utilize this knowledge to optimize the interaction of craft laborers with these variables.

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Christopher Diaz, Software Engineering Courtney DuBois, Biomedical Engineering Jason Enriquez, Materials Science Jarrett Eshima, Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2019 Hometown: Mesa, Arizona Hometown: Tempe, Arizona Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Linked Data for Sustainability Development of a Rapid Diagnostic Test to Detection of Hormone Specific Volatile Detect Navajo Neurohepatopathy Producing Electricity from Human Organic Compounds Using GC-MS Mentor: Srividya Bansal, assistant professor Body Heat Using Graphene-Infused Research Theme: Sustainability Mentor: Michael Caplan, associate professor Thermoelectric Fabric II Mentor: Barbara Smith, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health Mentor: Qing Hua Wang, assistant professor The goal is to develop an iOS application utilizing Research Theme: Energy linked data to provide a solution to the challenge Navajo neurohepatopathy (NNH) is a fatal The objective of the research is to detect and of measuring sustainability and a platform to genetic disorder caused by the R50Q point analyze biological hormones and correlate shifts share their findings. Sustainability Data classified mutation. NNH (affecting 1-in-1,600 Navajo There is an increasing need to find renewable in metabolite concentrations with a primary has been collected via custom web-scrapers, and babies) is characterized by brain damage and alternative sources of energy as the world is focus on cortisol. Utilizing the high sensitivity the ontology design to realize the connections and liver disease/failure. Phoenix Children’s increasing its demand for energy. Heat from the of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, between the collected data has begun. Research Hospital currently uses gene sequencing to environment and from human bodies are sources the researchers aim to develop a method for on measuring sustainability helped determine the identify the R50Q mutation. While this process that have not fully been exploited. The purpose of detecting cortisol at physiological concentrations challenges of measuring sustainability, leading is conclusive, there are limitations, as it requires this FURI project is to harness heat energy from using derivatization through silylation or to a pivot of providing a platform to create both time (3–4 weeks) and money (>$700). either the environment or the body, and convert acetylation. The finalized method will be used to algorithms and validate them against found data. Ultimately, these factors create barriers that it into usable electricity. This is done through identify the limit of detection of cortisol, present Future work will include creating an additional can directly impact a patient’s quality of life. a cotton fabric impregnated with Poly(3,4- in the headspace of biological samples. The end platform to support a broader audience and Thus, researchers are proposing the use of ethylenedioxythophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) goal is to identify shifting metabolites in response to add data from other sustainability areas. Tentacle Probe technology (TP) to develop (PEDOT:PSS, a thermoelectric polymer) to hormone concentration levels and relate a sensitive and specific rapid diagnostic tool and graphene. The future application for this this information to mental health and fertility. for accurately detecting the R50Q mutation. technology is in portable energy generation This research integrates an entrepreneurial devices incorporated into clothing and buildings. mindset by applying curiosity and connections to create extraordinary value for stakeholders.

ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student Nathaniel Ferre, Aerospace Engineering Sebastian Fonseca, Biomedical Engineering Emily Ford, Civil Engineering Scott Freitas, Computer Science

Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: December 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona

AFM-based Near-Field Thermal Evaluation of Novel Transfection Reagents An Analysis of Craft Labor Productivity PathFinder: Rapid Visual Mining of Metrology for Nanometer-Scale Surface used to Introduce Exogenous DNA into Network Connectivity Temperature Mapping Various Neural Cell Lines Mentor: David Grau, assistant professor Research Theme: Sustainability Mentor: Hanghang Tong, assistant professor Mentor: Liping Wang, assistant professor Mentor: David Brafman, assistant professor Research Theme: Education, Health, Security Research Theme: Energy Research Theme: Health Productivity in the construction industry is an essential measure of production efficiency and The goal of this work is to create an online The primary goal of this project is to experimentally Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most economic progress quantified by craft laborers’ platform for users to explore, analyze and measure local surface temperatures at nanometer prevalent illnesses in the world, affecting 47 time spent directly adding value to a project. visualize network connectivity using a set scales with the effect of plasmonic local million people globally, with an estimated 60 Data on the effects of time of day on worker of user-specific query nodes. There are two heating. In previous decades, AFMs (atomic percent increase by the year 2030. This research productivity was gathered through an activity fundamental tasks in order to create such a force microscopes) have become a basic tool aims to evaluate the efficiency of novel reagents analysis at the Palo Verde Main construction site. viable online platform. First (Context), the system in studying nanotechnology. Using an AFM, used to transfect (introduce exogenous DNA) Analysis suggests that supporting tasks, such needs to quickly identify key network regions/ local surface temperatures can be accurately embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. as traveling or materials handling, make up the communities in relation to query nodes, i.e., to measured at the nanometer scale. The rapid Current transfection technologies have high majority of craft laborers’ efforts on the job site. detect the Context that the query nodes belong development of information technology in cytotoxicity levels and poor effectiveness, Through this research, construction managers to. Second (Pathway), the system shall facilitate microelectronics, such as CPU chips, requires making imminent the need for improved DNA can more effectively generate site plans and the end-user to quickly identify the key path(s) temperature readings at nanometer scales. With delivery methods. Since many AD-related schedules to increase labor productivity. to connect the query nodes, i.e., to detect the the results from this project, microelectronics research topics such as CRISPR/Cas9 genome pathway that groups the query nodes together. will become smaller and thermal systems will editing and artificial aging involve transfections, be more efficient in converting energy. it is important to optimize this process to minimize errors and produce better results.

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Brandon Gardell, Computer Science Daniel Gentry, Biomedical Engineering Preston Goulet, Software Engineering Deven Govin, Biomedical Engineering

Graduation: December 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Mesa, Arizona Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona Hometown: San Tan Valley, Arizona Hometown: Peoria, Arizona

Smart Reasoning Framework for IoT Biodistribution of Novel Polymer Hydrogels IMOD The Development of a Soft-Robotic of Varying Molecular Weights Back Orthosis Mentor: Joohyung Lee, associate professor Mentor: Srividya Bansal, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Mentor: Brent Vernon, associate professor Research Theme: Education Mentor: Panagiotis Polygerinos, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health The objective is to demonstrate applications of The purpose of the Instructional Module recent development of knowledge representation The lab is evaluating a new class of injectable Development (IMOD) software system is to techniques, such as Answer Set Programming polymer-based hydrogels for sustained drug guide instructors, step-by-step, through an The purpose is to develop a Soft-Robotic Back and Probabilistic Answer Set Programming, delivery. It has not yet been studied how these outcome-based education process through Orthosis to relieve back pain by helping patients which are paradigms geared toward solving polymers metabolize and clear the body after which they will define learning objectives, achieve the fully upright position and stabilize combinatorial search problems. This research dosing. The researchers evaluated the hydrogels’ select the content that is to be covered, the lumbosacral spine. During this period, the introduces a framework for meshing these degradation for two molecular weights (~35 and define the learning environment and physics of the body have been established knowledge representation techniques and kDa and 65 kDa) in a study using rats and found context for their course(s). IMOD is designed as well as the functional requirements. A first context aware physical devices to solve minimal accumulation in the liver and kidney to assist new teachers instructing science, functional prototype was completed and initial problems in the scheduling domain, where the at 10 weeks. The accumulation in the kidney technology, engineering and math (STEM) testing results are promising but there is more increasingly large search space is added to could suggest possible extravasation of gel into degree programs to create better course work to be done to create a design that is the by both information from physical devices and vasculature. Future work will evaluate metabolism curriculum that will improve the educational most efficient and robust. If the research is learned user preference. Further development and clearance in a surgical wound model. experience for students. The objective of this successful, the Soft Robotic Back Orthosis on this framework can be used for creating an FURI project is to assess the effectiveness, could become the new standard for patient expert system as a personal assistant, aiding efficiency and usability of the IMOD system care of those affected by a back condition. users in making correct choices for their health. in creating outcome-based course design. ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student Anisha Gupta, Computer Science Sue Han, Chemical Engineering Harrison Hanzlick, Mechanical Engineering Breanna Hassett, Mechanical Engineering

Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Hometown: Tucson, Arizona Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona

Simplifying Self-Tracking through the Altering Heat Shock Vectors to Optimize Gender Difference of Ankle Stability in Biomechanical Analysis of Robotic Utilization of Wearable Technology Cell Growth in Escherichia coli the Sagittal and Frontal Planes Assistive Smart Shoes for Rehabilitation

Mentor: Erin Walker, assistant professor Mentor: Brent Nannenga, assistant professor Mentor: Hyunglae Lee, assistant professor Mentor: Wenlong Zhang, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health

The purpose of this project is to understand how The objective of the research is to study the This project offers quantification of ankle stability The objective of this research is to create a wearable technology can improve a person’s effects of heat shock promoters and antisense in relation to simulated haptic environments of wearable robotic device to assist with push-off practice of self-tracking, or monitoring one’s mRNA inserts in plasmids on cell growth varying stiffness. Ankle stability was quantified during gait therapy. Existing devices are either too data. People self-track to analyze their behavior and membrane protein transcription rates. for both degrees-of-freedom of the ankle in the heavy or expensive to be used on a daily basis patterns so that they can make changes that lead Through cell transformation and optical density sagittal and frontal planes. Subjects’ stability or only assist with dorsiflexion. Stroke or other to a healthier lifestyle. However, some people studies, it has been found that the protein consistently decreased when exposed to patients with inhibited plantarflexion are at risk are not motivated to add onto or use their data expression of cell increases as cell growth rate environments of negative simulated stiffness. of falling due to toe-drag and have decreased to make positive behavioral changes. To better decreases. The increase in protein expression In the frontal plane, male and female subjects walking speed. Creation of this device will allow understand this problem, four co-design sessions will aid in further study of membrane proteins exhibited nearly identical stability levels. In these patients to improve their quality of life were conducted. They highlighted the importance which are used as markers for targeted the sagittal plane, however, male subjects through greater mobility and independence. of customization and simplicity within applications. medicine and detection of diseases. It is demonstrated marginally more stability than Future work will include refining the design, Both factors will be incorporated in an Apple recommended that further experiments with female subjects in environments with negative and if it can be validated, getting user feedback Watch prototype that could better motivate other combinations of promoters and mRNA stiffness. Results of this study are beneficial to through human subject testing with BNI. users to track and improve their well-being. inserts are done to optimize the process. understanding situations in which the ankle is likely to lose stability, potentially resulting in injury. . Undergraduate Research Travel Grant Program

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Gregory Hathorn, Chemical Engineering Evelyn Holguin, Industrial Engineering Paul Horton, Software Engineering Joshua Hsu, Biomedical Engineering

Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2019 Hometown: Tucson, Arizona Hometown: El Paso, Texas Hometown: Tucson, Arizona Hometown: Flagstaff, Arizona

Structural Studies on Urease Mediated Engineering Mechanical Adventures: A Radical Collaboration among Engineering Learning a Library of Motor Skills for a Nanoparticle Formation Young Engineer’s Journey to Success Students during Short-Form Hackathon Humanoid Robot Events Mentor: Brent Nannenga, assistant professor Mentor: Tirupalavanam Ganesh, assistant Mentor: Heni Ben Amor, assistant professor Research Theme: Sustainability dean and associate research professor Mentor: Shawn Jordan, assistant professor Research Theme: Health, Sustainability Research Theme: Education Research Theme: Education The formation of metallic nanoparticles Unsupervised robotic motor control movements by Jack Bean Urease is to be analyzed The goal of this research is to study the impact The study’s purpose is to observe teams in often require a large training time or datasets structurally, in order to determine the reaction of activities aimed to diversify and increase the a hackathon setting to determine how the for the robot to accurately complete assigned mechanism. Nanoparticles were formed at a number of engineers. A series of presentations, environment enables successful software tasks. Designing control libraries, which can be low concentration with Jack Bean Urease. In activities and poster campaigns were offered to development in a small timeframe. This semester, generalized, are key to increasing the efficiency order to create a more concentrated solution, high school students to help them understand the study has collected data on teams at various of motor control. The findings include the initial Urease was purified directly from Jack Bean "What Engineering Is" and explore how to hackathons. Data from these teams has been optimization time necessary for simple linear meal. A high enough Urease concentration for think like engineers. The research measured analyzed using thematic analysis to better tasks. Furthermore, these tasks can be expanded nanoparticle formation has not been achieved the growing awareness and appeal of different understand what success means for individuals to include bimodal (two hands) tasks that are a yet. Further optimization of the purification engineering problems for students. Results will during a hackathon. Observations have led challenge for current robots. Generalized robotic process will be performed. Analysis of this assist in designing future messaging campaigns the researchers to believe that a hackathon programs will have the capacity to specialize, process will result in pure Urease solution and learning experiences aimed at influencing team’s performance is directly related to close which will contribute to robotic systems. Future that can be used for nanoparticle capture. high school students’ interest in engineering. proximity and friendliness of the development work will involve designing a motor control library This research integrates an entrepreneurial environment. This study aims to benefit used for autonomous motor sequence design. mindset by applying curiosity and connections engineering education by providing insight on to create extraordinary value for stakeholders. how project-based learning can be improved.

ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student Melissa Ip, Computer Science Hope Jehng, Chemical Engineering Ryan Jones, Computer Science George Kharlakian, Environmental Resource Management Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2019 Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Fort Mohave, Arizona Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona Developing Algorithms for Identifying Theranostic Delivery to Canine Intracranial Machine Learning Applications in Native Arizona Snakes in Images Gliomas via Convection-Enhanced Delivery Speech Therapy Determining Gibbs Free Energy and Arsenic Adsorption for TiO2 Mentor: Baoxin Li, professor Mentor: Michael Caplan, associate professor Mentor: Visar Berisha, assistant professor Research Theme: Education, Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health Mentor: Kiril Hristovski, associate professor Health, Sustainability Research Theme: Health, Sustainability The objective of this research was to analyze Integrating Machine Learning Technology on an This research seeks to develop algorithms using convection-enhanced delivery to canine API or mobile platform could help pathologists The research goal is to experimentally determine objectness estimation and object recognition intracranial gliomas. Dogs with naturally occurring more accurately identify speech deficiencies. the enthalpy and Gibbs free energy of arsenic to identify snakes native to Arizona in images glioblastoma were injected with iron oxide Current issues with deep learning technology adsorption for TiO2. Point of zero charge and to both preserve native snakes and encourage nanoparticles along with the chemotherapy drug. is that it requires backend systems to process pseudo-equilibrium adsorption tests have been an interest in them. Features unique to The percent coverage of tumor with iron oxide the signaling data. From the data collected, conducted, and isotherms have been developed to venomous rattlesnakes determined from this nanoparticles was around 30 percent, but as drug speech deficiencies can be identified through determine the media’s arsenic adsorption capacity work may serve as a tool for herpetologists delivery continued for 48 hours afterward, the the aid of recurrent neural networks that learn at various pH levels and temperatures. The data to assist in their field research. Future work drug volume may be closer to three times that. from existing data. Through the aid of Java’s will be used to calculate equilibrium constants and involves using an appropriate training set that Recommended future work includes achieving deep learning libraries, it has presented an Gibbs free energy and enthalpy. It is anticipated produces optimal feature object windows 100 percent coverage, which may involve more opportunity to make RNN technologies more that the energy of sorption will be significantly and testing the accuracy of the algorithms. catheters and injections and measuring after practical in a pathological setting. Future work impacted by the pH of the water matrix. This research integrates an entrepreneurial drug delivery for a more accurate calculation. includes being able to collect the data from an mindset by applying curiosity and connections Excel spreadsheet and load it into the RNN. to create extraordinary value for stakeholders.

ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student

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Aditya Khuller, Aerospace Engineering Sebastian Klype, Mechanical Engineering Jacob Knaup, Engineering (Robotics) William Kostecki, Computer Systems Engineering Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2019 Hometown: New Delhi, India Hometown: Ahwatukee, Arizona Hometown: Queen Creek, Arizona Graduation: December 2018 Hometown: Mesa, Arizona Development of Biocompatible in Investigation of Vibrational Stimulus on Force Control for Low-Cost Robots Vivo Piezoelectrics for Medical Implant Hemiplegic Walkers for Gait Rehabilitation Localization of Drones Using Exclusively Power Generation Mentor: Daniel Aukes, assistant professor On-Board Sensors Mentor: Panagiotis Artemiadis, assistant professor Research Theme: Education, Security Mentor: Sandwip Dey, professor Mentor: Panagiotis Artemiadis, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Security Force control offers numerous benefits to In the United States, more than 795,000 robots over other control schemes such as more In 2010, more than 719,000 knee replacements people suffer from a stroke per year, often with natural movements and increased sensitivity to This project seeks to create quadcopters that and 332,000 hip replacements were performed in lifelong complications including a condition the surrounding environment, but it is typically can use optical flow sensors for closed loop the USA, with about 52 percent of patients over known as drop foot. Prior research indicates only available to high-end robots. This research navigation of indoor and outdoor environments. 65 years of age. However, with premature failures vibrational stimulus to the contralateral leg aims to develop a modular force control solution Optical flow sensors use relative motion between and increased life expectancy, sensor-integrated can produce positive muscular and neural for low-cost robots. A simple robotic linkage two images taken by the quadcopter’s camera implants could mitigate premature implant failure reactions in the hemiplegic leg. These results that takes advantage of laminate principles and to determine the velocity of the quadcopter. by monitoring wear and infections. Piezoelectrics encourage conducting experiments involving includes the necessary spring and sensors along The first objective of this project was to generate power by converting displacement vibrational stimulus to the nerves affecting with the accompanying control software is being ensure that the optical flow sensor would be a into electricity. Currently the most used, toxic dorsiflexion on the non-paralytic side to developed. The solution is designed to be easily viable (accurate) alternative for GPS tracking. piezoelectric is lead zirconate titanate (PZT). This stimulate the paralytic side. Experimentation incorporated into future laminate robots, allowing Currently, the sensor is being implemented project aims to develop a biocompatible piezoelectric indicates the peroneal nerve on the healthy the designer to add force control capabilities, into several drones where only on-board with a piezoelectric coefficient comparable to PZT’s leg must be thoroughly vibrationally perturbed while placing minimal constraints on the design. sensors in a closed system will be used. to improve the efficacy of self-powered biomedical to stimulate a dorsiflexion reaction in the implants. This research integrates an entrepreneurial hemiplegic leg. Future work should include mindset by applying curiosity and connections experimentation on hemiplegic stroke patients. to create extraordinary value for stakeholders.

Undergraduate ASU KERN Project Research Travel KEEN supported Grant Program FURI student Erik Kruchten, Aerospace Engineering Ivan Kruts, Aerospace Engineering Quoc Lam, Mechanical Engineering Jack Landry, Aerospace Engineering Systems Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: December 2018 Hometown: Lowell, Wisconsin Hometown: Sacramento, California Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Aircraft Performance and Public Policy RC Aircraft Propulsion Systems Polymagnet Momentum Management Microgravity Reconditioning Using Wheel for Spacecraft Attitude Control Mentor: Timothy Takahashi, professor of practice Mentor: Timothy Takahashi, professor of practice Soft Actuators Research Theme: Energy, Health, Research Theme: Energy Mentor: Daniel White, lecturer Mentor: Panagiotis Polygerinos, assistant professor Security, Sustainability Research Theme: Energy, Security, Sustainability Research Theme: Health The goal of this FURI project is to not only With thousands of commercial aircraft flying analyze ducted fans, but to also compare The purpose of this research is to apply each day, better public regulation relating to their performance against propellers in static The aim of this project is to develop a new magnets, as an alternative bearing, to extend the aircraft performance is necessary. Through the conditions and during various flight speeds as method of microgravity reconditioning utilizing service life of a satellite flywheel. Polymagnet observation of commercial pilots in training thrust declines. Previous research shows that soft actuators. Where current methods involve technology has enabled precise positioning and experienced pilots flying, a data set propellers are more effective at generating static strenuous hours of exercise, a new passive of magnetic particles that, when configured was created that reflects the trends of how thrust than ducted fans, but a certain nacelle form of reconditioning would be required when properly, cause unique reactions compared to student pilots are being trained to fly as well design might allow a ducted fan to perform as space transportation begins accommodating typical north and south-faced magnets. Classical as how experienced pilots are flying post- well as a propeller at flight speeds. If ducted fans passengers by the hundreds. Therefore, there is physics states that without mechanical contact, training. Through analysis of these data sets, can produce as much thrust as propellers, it will a need to reduce the additional Zero-G exercising one cannot levitate a permanent magnet the message is extremely clear that better allow for more compact and faster RC Airplanes. equipment to decrease payload. Owing to their system without electronics. However, if each regulation of aircraft dispatch procedures is Future work will involve the optimization of lightness, soft actuators can be implemented to magnetic particle is printed in a precise position, necessary. Not only should policies be updated ducted fan nacelles to increase thrust. aid in this requirement by resisting movement, would the flywheel spin without expensive to reflect the rapidly changing industry, it should thus simulating gravity as experienced on electronics? Magnetic simulation software will also reflect the desire to create safer skies. Earth. Future works shall include adaptability be employed to further explore this question. to suit environments of varying gravity fields.

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Cecilia La Place, Software Engineering Alessandro Laspina, Aerospace Engineering Michael Lay, Chemical Engineering Hwee Lee, Computer Systems Engineering

Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2019 Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Rome, Italy Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Peoria, Arizona

How Does Self-Regulated Learning Investigation on Aerodynamic Performance Effect of Hopper Design on Granular Flow Mobile Application for Data Retrieval in Present Itself in Hackathons? of a Canard Forward Swept Wing Point of Care Devices Configuration in the Supersonic Regime Mentor: Heather Emady, assistant professor Mentor: Shawn Jordan, assistant professor Research Theme: Energy, Health Mentor: Jennifer Blain Christen, Research Theme: Education Mentor: Benjamin Mertz, lecturer assistant professor Research Theme: Energy Research Theme: Health Hoppers are the main industry instrument used to Current education teaches generalized regulate the flow of solid particles. Unlike fluids, methodologies of learning, and leaves some The goal of this project is to study the subsonic the flow rate of solid materials depend on myriad Transparency of health information between students struggling to learn new concepts. and supersonic behavior of a forward swept factors including the shape of the hopper and health practitioners and patients is crucial for the Students should not keep falling behind because canard wing configuration. Results for subsonic different friction forces. Large, medium and small health of the patient. Due to the prevalence of they do not know how to learn. This study flow of the NACA 0012 wing are unable to be particles have been run through four cylindrical mobile smartphones, building an application that sought to observe the ways self-regulated replicated to theoretical values. A better model, hoppers of varying angles. All of the particles works in conjunction with a point of care device learning (SRL) presents itself in hackathon K-omega SST, is to be employed to reach such discharged most quickly through the 55° hopper, will allow the end user to have easily accessible participants and exploring their perspective results. This model will be used alongside a more and the largest particles had the slowest overall information regarding their health. Smartphones on how they thought they learned during the defined mesh to accurately achieve the expected discharge rates. Trials for smooth and rough are portable and with a point of care device, can hackathon. After qualitative analysis, it was results, to then replicate results for the full particles will be run on the initial four hoppers, a provide powerful diagnostics in a shorter period found that students having motivation in their forward swept canard configuration in subsonic square hopper and four-port hopper to investigate of time. Future work will feature mobile health projects were determined to learn what they flow, and then supersonic flow. More efficient stagnant regions in non-cylindrical hoppers. applications at the forefront in making laboratory needed to complete it. Further research would simulations will be run with Sbatch scripts. testing accessible to low-income areas. involve more data collection to get a broader understanding of different approaches to SRL. Richard Li, Biomedical Engineering Kevin Liao, Computer Science Taylor Little, Biomedical Engineering Rylie Lodes, Mechanical Engineering

Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri

Siloxane-Based Nanoparticles to Toward Inductive Reverse Engineering of Utilizing VNS during Stroke to Decrease Energetic Passivity in the Human Ankle Model Hypoxia Web Applications Infarction and Lesion Size in Brain Joint in Two Degrees of Freedom

Mentor: Vikram Kodibagkar, assistant professor Mentor: Adam Doupé, assistant professor Mentor: Jeffrey Kleim, associate professor Mentor: Hyunglae Lee, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Security Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health

The objective of this research project is a Web application cloning without access to The objectives of the study are to use VNS The energetic passivity, a key parameter in continuation of last semester’s work in furthering source code (black-box) has many applications, (Vagus Nerve Stimulation) during the onset of coupled stability systems, for the human ankle the understanding of hypoxia in tumors through such as for security testing or for mock testing stroke to evaluate the infarction in a rat brain, was quantified in two DOF in the time domain. the usage of cancer spheroids and nanoparticles. of a third-party web service. The research as well as to make a motor map of the brain Measurements of the quasi-static behavior of As of last semester, nanoparticles were shown attempts to tackle this problem using a novel after the stroke/stimulation procedure. The the ankle in 20 healthy adults were obtained to have successful distribution throughout technique called inductive reverse engineering research goals are still in the process of being using a wearable ankle robot fitted with two the spheroids. This semester will be focused (IRE). The goal of IRE is to automatically completed, however readings have indicated uniaxial load cells. Time domain torques and on combining this method with a well-known reverse engineer an abstraction of a web one case of previous success using a similar angular velocities for four oscillation frequencies hypoxia marker, pimonidazole, in further testing application’s source code that satisfies a set of process. This research is highly valuable as the and six neutral axis angles were obtained of hypoxia. Furthering the understanding input and output pairs to the application. Future results may show a procedure to greatly limit the from the robot and sensor data. The passivity of hypoxia and the means of detecting it work will scale IRE to the size and idioms of damage caused by strokes. Future work should was obtained by integrating the torque and would be instrumental in the development of more complex, stateful web applications. include the altering of signals for stimulation. velocity data as a function of time. Existing hypoxia-activated prodrugs and treatments. system models may now be updated for future developments in rehabilitation robotics. Undergraduate Research Travel Grant Program

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Nathan London, Materials Science Carlos Lopez, Aerospace Engineering Miles Mabey, Engineering (Robotics) Kishen Mahadevan, Electrical Engineering and Engineering (MSE) Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Tempe, Arizona Hometown: Prescott, Arizona Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Bullhead City, Arizona Hometown: Bangalore, India Multiscale Characterization of Composite The Dynamic Stabilization of Bipedal Electrospinning Synthesis of Electrolytes Stiffener Panels Robots Using Control Moment Gyroscopes Centralized Control of Swarm Robots for Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries Mentor: Aditi Chattopadhyay, Regents’ Professor Mentor: Wenlong Zhang, assistant professor Mentor: Yezhou Yang, assistant professor Mentor: Candace Chan, assistant professor Research Theme: Security Research Theme: Security Research Theme: Sustainability Research Theme: Energy This research is focused on determining Bipedal robots are inherently unstable and Technological revolution of field painting has Current lithium-ion batteries contain a liquid the relationship between microstructural there are many solutions to counter their falling remained stagnant for 10 years. The existing component that is prone to leakage and constituents and mechanical response of carbon tendencies. This research focuses on the use technology lacks accuracy, requires effort combustion, and there are efforts to replace fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite of Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMG’s) as and involves health hazards to painters. Using it with a solid material. One candidate is panels. Stiffened panels were fabricated one of these such solutions. CMG technology swarm robotic technology with a centralized Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO), and this project focuses on and sectioned for microscopic studies to has been used in satellites for decades and control can reduce effort of manual labor and the synthesis of LLZO nanowires and the effects establish various constituents at the micro just recently has started to become used in increase efficiency and accuracy of the entire of processing on their structure and properties. scale. These studies were carried out under applications on Earth. For this project, the process. This is a highly economic solution Wires have been successfully synthesized using dark, fluorescent and confocal conditions. researcher is designing and building a small and thereby can sow the seed for a sporting the electrospinning process, and samples were Subsequently, the mechanical response of these two-axis CMG system and testing it on a revolution. This kind of technology can not heated at 700°C in a furnace for different lengths panels will be measured by performing tensile small bipedal robot. Future work includes only be used to revolutionize how field painting of time. The samples have undergone X-ray pull-out tests. The microstructure-mechanical scaling the experiment to a full-sized robot. is executed, but also can be applied in local diffraction and scanning electron microscopy response relationship will then be analytically parks and recreational facilities. This research to determine the structure of the wires, and the determined. Furthermore, this data will be integrates an entrepreneurial mindset by density of the pressed pellets has been recorded. used to validate physics-based computational applying curiosity and connections to create models. This will allow establishing an exact extraordinary value for stakeholders. relationship between the microstructural variables and mechanical response. ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student Ethan Marschall, Biomedical Engineering Anthony McCourt, Aerospace Engineering Tyler McDaniel, Mechanical Engineering Megan McGuire, Biomedical Engineering

Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: December 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Queen Creek, Arizona Hometown: St. Petersburg, Florida Hometown: Trabuco Canyon, California Hometown: Tempe, Arizona

Utilizing VNS during Stroke to Prevent Mechanical Stress Testing on Galvanically 3D Mapping and Exploration with Mechanical Artificial Bladder for Pediatrics Motor Function Degradation Corroded Aluminum and Titanium Joints Unmanned Drones and the Oculus Rift Mentor: Jeffrey La Belle, assistant professor Mentor: Jeffrey Kleim, associate professor Mentor: Kiran Solanki, assistant professor Mentor: Panagiotis Artemiadis, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Energy, Security, Sustainability Research Theme: Education, Security The objective of this experiment is to prove if The aim of this study is to examine the effects of This work models the effects of saltwater and This research focuses on designing a 3D an artificial bladder model can be built using vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) toward preventing fatigue on carrier-based aircraft structures that mapping interface between the Oculus Rift mechanical methods. An artificial heterologous strokes, measured by improved reaching and are continuously in contact with a structurally and unmanned drones, both air and ground. A bladder attaches to autologous ureters, and force rate retention. Forty rats have been ordered, hostile environment. A testing rig was designed system is being developed to allow 3D maps a removable external pump system transfers acclimated, handled and are undergoing their and built to place a specimen of 7075 Aluminum to be manipulated in stereoscopic or 3D virtual urine from the bladder to an external reservoir. third week of pre-training to maximize their right- under a constant load while galvanically coupled space. The operator will communicate to drones The layout of the vacuum pump was designed handed reaching. While many of the techniques with Grade 5 Titanium. By monitoring the through ROS (Robotics Operating System), with a combination of one-way pressure valves. and timelines are influenced by outside sources, corrosion rate periodically, a better life-span assigning additional mapping destinations and Creating an internal artificial bladder could novel lab approaches are still required to model can be generated. Since many aircraft the system will update real-time views of mapped be revolutionary by providing a less invasive conduct simultaneous stroke and vagal nerve are composed of aluminum with titanium bolts, areas. Viewing with a headset will impact security bladder with fewer complications to pediatric cuff-attachment surgeries. Future work includes these models can be used to better track and education fields. The application will allow patients with bladder cancer. In the future, clinical research to maximize the effectiveness of VNS, when aircraft parts should be replaced and in immersive exploration in previously inaccessible testing could prove its longer lifespan than with the end goal being how to protect at-risk development of dissimilar lightweight metal joints areas. Future applications include independent current bladder replacements on the market. patients from strokes before an incident happens. with superior corrosion resistance properties. movement of multiple drones and increased This research integrates an entrepreneurial distance for remote viewing and control. mindset by applying curiosity and connections to create extraordinary value for stakeholders.

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Sean McIntyre, Chemical Engineering Frea Mehta, Chemical Engineering Jack Miller, Aerospace Engineering Ivan Milosavljevic, Aerospace Engineering

Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: December 2017 Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Hometown: Rochester, Minnesota Hometown: Lazarevac, Serbia

Crosslinked Polymer/MOF Composite Lipopolymer-Mediated Transgene Delivery Flexible Composite Propellant Tank Aircraft Pilot Training to Maximize Membranes for Post-Combustion to Human Stem Cells Performance and Safety CO2 Capture Mentor: Daniel White, lecturer Mentor: David Brafman, assistant professor Research Theme: Sustainability Mentor: Timothy Takahashi, professor of practice Mentor: Bin Mu, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Education, Security Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability This project’s goal is to create a prototype Efficient transgene delivery is a prerequisite flexible composite propellant tank for The current standards for piloting procedures The objective of the research project is to to genetic manipulation of cells, but extant spacecraft. Throughout this project many during takeoff and landing of commercial determine the effects of chemical crosslinking non-viral transfection methods are stressful and flexible composite samples have been created. aircraft operating under 14 Code of Federal on the separation capabilities and stability of inefficient in human stem cells. In this project, the The most promising material is a combination Regulations (CFR) part 121 are lacking in composite polymer/metal-organic framework researchers attempt to determine complimentary of Teflon, silicone and composite fabrics. This precise methods due to vague regulations. The (MOF) membranes. The main challenge thus chemical reagent gene delivery vehicles for sample is flexible and maintains the properties evidence found during this research shows far was fabricating quality membranes in which stem cell lines used in the lab. They work with of the composite fabrics. A prototype tank is a clear lack of compliance in the existing the MOF particles are dispersed throughout lipid conjugated polymers, or lipopolymers, to under construction to determine the fabrication regulations as well. The research shows that this the polymer film. The problem was overcome transiently express plasmid DNA in a wide methods and feasibility of a flexible tank. Once is not necessarily due to poor piloting ability, but by using a higher concentration of acid in the range of stem cell lines. Conclusions from this the tank is created, its material properties and rather due to vague procedures in the published MOF synthesis procedure. Now that a reliable project will determine reagents used to transfect validity as a pressure tank will be tested. aircraft flight manuals. This project aims to technique for membrane fabrication has been cells in the future and facilitate generation improve the safety standards in commercial developed, permeation tests can be performed of stable cell lines used to model disease. aviation by adding these much-needed on the samples. The extension of this work will procedures to the existing flight handbooks. involve different MOF/polymer combinations for the separation of a variety of chemical mixtures. Rex Moore, Biomedical Engineering Arianna Moreno, Biomedical Engineering Bakir Mousa, Biomedical Engineering Akhila Murella, Computer Science

Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Hometown: Glendale, Arizona Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona

Determining the Minimum Biofilm Depth of Hospital Participation in Telestroke Analysis of Predicted Current Density Developing iOS Application for a Eradication Concentration of In-Vitro is Associated with Faster Door-to-Needle Distribution in TDCS in Multiple Head Bluetooth Controlled Biosensor Grown Biofilms Time for Stroke Patients Models Mentor: Jennifer Blain Christen, Mentor: Brent Vernon, associate professor Mentor: Kori Sauser Zachrison, assistant Mentor: Rosalind Sadleir, assistant professor assistant professor Research Theme: Health professor, Massachusetts General Hospital Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health The research objective is to determine the Transcranial direct current stimulation (TDCS) is a Infectious diseases are prevalent in society, and minimum biofilm eradication concentration There is variation between hospitals on noninvasive neuromodulation therapy intended to having the ability to noninvasively detect multiple (MBEC) for an in-vitro grown biofilm in a rabbit performance of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) improve brain functions. The goal of this research diseases and/or pathogens in a non-clinical model for implanted artificial joints. Using care delivery. Some hospitals do well on door- was to predict how the current density distribution setting prior to the onset of clinical symptoms subculture growths, the MBEC for different to-needle (DTN) time for tissue plasminogen in the human-derived head models varies in is very useful. The goal of this research project microorganisms was determined using multiple activator (tPA) delivery and others have selected cortical structures using finite element is to miniaturize the functionality of medical antibiotic mixtures and exposure times. The substantial room for improvement. Telestroke simulation. The aim of this project is to investigate diagnostic equipment into a low-cost, disposable determination of the MBEC allows doctors to programs can connect hospitals with fewer how physical attributes across TDCS recipients, method that can eventually become widespread treat the infection locally within the implanted resources to the support that they need to ideally such as head circumference and brain structure like a thermometer. To have a low-cost sensor, joint rather than through systemic delivery for a care for AIS patients. The correlation between volume, may affect current density distribution, an Arduino is being used and a Bluetooth iOS more effective eradication of the microorganism. the duration of a hospital’s participation in the given that the stimulation is done with the same phone application will be created to display Future extensions of this research would be to Partners Telestroke Network and patients’ DTN electrode placements. Results from this study can information and improve functionality. devise and incorporate a system to effectively time for tPA delivery was explored to better be used to refine TDCS finite element modeling deliver the antibiotic locally to the infection within understand the impact of the Telestroke program. and inform future TDCS brain targeting study. the implanted joint. Undergraduate Research Travel Grant Program

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Suhyun Nam, Electrical Engineering Jordan Nelson, Biomedical Engineering Amanda Nguyen, Biomedical Engineering Michael Nguyen, Biomedical Engineering

Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Bullhead City, Arizona Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Saratoga, California

Toward Differentiating between Exploration of Electronic Portfolios as Three Dimensional Reconstruction of Development of Thermosensitive Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Strokes Reflection Tools for Engineering Students Personalized Polyethylene Vocal Ridges Antibiotic-Releasing Hydrogels with Using Microwave Tomography for Regenerative Implantation Improved Shelf Life Mentor: Emma Frow, assistant professor Mentor: Junseok Chae, associate professor Research Theme: Education Mentor: Vincent Pizziconi, associate professor Mentor: Brent Vernon, associate professor Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) are common The utilization of microwave tomography in a tools used for student reflection and career In order to further develop personalized three- The formulation of a novel polymer hydrogel for clinical setting to identify strokes creates a development. For this project, different dimensional vocal fold implants, emerging tools use in delivering a combination of antibiotics portable, low-cost alternative to other imaging approaches to ePortfolio use at different of bioengineering are needed in the medical to treat biofilm infections that arise from modalities such as computerized tomography universities were evaluated to develop a template process. Use of reconstructive software allows prosthetic hip implantation surgeries was (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). specific to students in ASU’s biomedical for doctors and surgeons to accurately identify explored. Work has shown that a formulation Its portability would allow direct diagnosis by engineering (BME) program. The key goal is specific anatomical areas of concern. Isolating a consisting of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm), first responder teams and, unlike CT scans, is a to promote student reflection on progression patient’s vocal fold will allow surgeons to develop dimethyl-butyrolactone-acrylamide (DBLAm) form of non-ionizing radiation. Since the imaging toward academic and career goals, particularly as a biomaterial process in which surgeons will and Jeffamine M-1000 (JAam) has many of setup is an inverse problem, an algorithm is being applied to Accreditation Board for Engineering be able to isolate the vocal fold from a scan, the desired physical and chemical properties developed to process data from a microwave and Technology (ABET) student outcome criteria. print it as a three-dimensional model, and then required for sustained drug release, such as low tomography system and reconstruct the electrical The template was piloted with BME students precision-mold the biomaterial implant to create acid content over degradation time and sustained properties of an unknown object. Future work and faculty. Next steps include evaluating this patient-specific implantable vocal ridges. drug release in vitro. Further work must be involves utilizing different methods during tool for use in first-year courses to promote done to refine the formulation by either altering processing for a clearer image reconstruction. early engagement in the BME experience. the weight percents of the co-monomers or through the addition of separate co-monomers. Kazuko Niimi, Chemical Engineering Ivana Ninkovic, Engineering Management Mateo Oramas, Mechanical Engineering Michael Padilla, Aerospace Engineering

Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Aichi, Japan Hometown: Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Hometown: Sedona, Arizona Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

LabVIEW Control of a Tip-Tilt Platform Switchable Adhesive under Extreme Enhancement of Fatigue Life in Investigation of Carbon Nanotube for Aligning Surfaces in Parallel with Temperatures Buckypaper-based Strain Sensors Membrane (Buckypaper) as Crack Arrestor Nanometer Spacing and Damage Sensor for Tubular Structures Mentor: Hamid Marvi, assistant professor Mentor: Masoud Yekani Fard, assistant and Hybrid Materials Mentor: Liping Wang, assistant professor Research Theme: Education, research professor Research Theme: Energy Health, Sustainability Research Theme: Security Mentor: Masoud Yekani Fard, assistant research professor

Research Theme: Security, Sustainability The project goal is to accurately align two flat Examining the hierarchical fibril structural design Can smart memory alloy (SMA) be embedded surfaces and bring them within a nanometer- on gecko feet has resulted in new applications within a carbon nanotube film based strain scale gap spacing. This is achieved through of active and passive switchable adhesives. This sensor? Can embedded SMA be used to This research expands on previous studies on development of a LabVIEW code that integrates project explored replacing existing International induce a pre-compressive stress on the sensor the interlaminar fracture behavior to present various components of a “tip-tilt” platform. Space Station robotic arms used for maintenance body, in order to increase high cycle fatigue design guidelines for damage tolerant structures When surfaces at different temperatures are with more efficient and versatile arms. They will life of the sensor? Pre-compressive stress is using both seamless and sheet carbon fiber. brought significantly close together, near-field have the ability to adhere to smooth surfaces in induced using similar methods as those used The intralaminar fracture toughness and shape radiative (NFR) heat flux exceeds the far-field a consistent, pick-and-place manner at extreme with structural concrete members. Careful factor for seamless braided carbon fiber sleeves blackbody limit. This increase in energy leads to temperatures. An experimental chamber was curing and SMA geometries provide additional is being investigated. The seamless carbon fiber fabricated to test various adhesive designs. Through enhanced energy transfer which is beneficial for fixity within the compressed resin and carbon is tested for capacity using compact tension analyzing different switching mechanisms and fiber applications, such as thermo-photovoltaic cells nanotube medium. Success provides for safer testing to find the stress intensity factor (K1) designs, the effectiveness of the design and its (e.g., recycling waste heat and portable battery composite structures whose structural health and the energy release rate (G1). These values viability can be determined for space applications. packs) and thermal transistors. After finalizing the This research integrates an entrepreneurial can be monitored with increased accuracy. are compared with values from the three-point integrated LabVIEW code, the platform could be mindset by applying curiosity and connections Future work could possibly employ this sensor bending loading system to determine the shape used for NFR energy transfer measurements. to create extraordinary value for stakeholders. for active sensing within structural members. factor for the tube-type structures. Carbon nanotube membrane-based sensors are used for damage detection and characterization. ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering | engineering.asu.edu 29 30 Spring 2017 FURI Symposium

Adam Pak, Chemical Engineering Marissa Palermo, Mechanical Engineering Min Su Park, Chemical Engineering Samuel Perez, Electrical Engineering

Graduation: May 2016 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Wroclaw, Poland Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona Hometown: Culiacan, Mexico

Rupture Characteristics of Elastically Mechanical and Material Characterization Improving Biochemical Production in Comparison of Ground and Air Tracking Stretchable Microcracked Gold Conductors of 3D Printer Filament Comprised of Escherichia coli by Nutrient Limitation Technologies and Algorithms for Ground for Stretchable Microelectrode Array Recycled Plastic Waste Robotic Vehicles Applications Mentor: David Nielsen, associate professor Mentor: Masoud Yekani Fard, assistant Research Theme: Energy, Health, Sustainability Mentor: Armando Rodriguez, professor Mentor: James Abbas, associate professor research professor Research Theme: Security Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability The goal of this project is to test various methods of controlling microbial uptake of The objective of the research was to conduct Stretchable microelectrode arrays (sMEAs) This investigation examines the mechanical growth-essential nutrients (e.g., phosphate) a comparative study of the technologies and can be fabricated by depositing microcracked characteristics at micro and coupon levels of to dynamically limit cell growth and improve algorithms that effectively track vehicles. gold electrodes between two layers of recycled filament spooled from plastic waste biochemical production. E. coli is used to Research on tracking systems allows the poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). To ensure and carbon nanotubes (CNT) to be used produce many useful chemicals, and for this opportunity for the student to learn control reliable production of high density sMEAs, the in 3D printers. Sample groups with varying project L-phenylalanine, a widely used precursor theory through hands-on experiences. In researchers investigated the limits for angles on recycled times and CNT weight percentages in pharmaceuticals, is being used as a model addition, the student also learned new the leads of the microcracked gold electrodes. have been created to prepare for printing for bio-product. By targeting phosphate transporter programming techniques to utilize in the The microelectrode pattern was produced by tensile and fatigue testing. The results of this genes using CRISPRi, CRISPR and a synthetic implementation of an Arduino microcontroller thermal evaporation through a shadow mask, and research can determine a more sustainable toggle switch, the uptake of essential phosphate and Raspberry Pi computer. Research the mechanical and electrical properties of single alternative to 3D printing that utilizes recycled can be limited. When the most efficient method(s) opened the door to a new environment which non-encapsulated microelectrodes were studied plastic to achieve similar results in strength to of the chemical production is determined, promotes critical thinking, innovation, and as a function of angle and angle structure. This non-recycled materials. Improvements to the these method(s) can be applied to other analysis of the real world challenges in the investigation also examined the shadow effect material will be investigated to improve the pathways, including biofuel-producing strains. field engineering. In the future, it would be and characterized defects in the microcracked mechanical strength of the recycled filament. ideal to conduct research on air vehicles. gold conductors for various sample orientations during the thermal evaporator deposition process.

Undergraduate Research Travel Grant Program Dominic Podzemny, Mechanical Engineering María José Quezada Valladares, Biomedical Alexis Rainery, Chemical Engineering Malcolm Regan, Electrical Engineering Engineering Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Tempe, Arizona Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Hometown: Denton, Texas Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico Performance Modeling for a Concentrating Cleaning Recycled Si from Crystalline-Si Improving the Robustness of Object Photovoltaic Two-Axis Tracker Presence of Startle Evoked Movements in Solar Cells Recognition Networks Individuated Finger Typing Tasks Mentor: Agami Reddy, professor Mentor: Meng Tao, professor Mentor: Yi Ren, assistant professor Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability Mentor: Claire Honeycutt, assistant professor Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability Research Theme: Energy Research Theme: Health The effects that angle of acceptance and Within the next ten years, the solar panel The goal of this research is to identify a general mechanical control system noise have on the Strokes are the main cause of long-term disability industry will begin to create new amounts of method for improving the robustness of object power available to a two-axis solar concentrating in the U.S. according to the National Institute of waste. It is imperative that a recycling process recognition networks. By generating artificial photovoltaic (CPV) system were studied. Neurological Disorders and Strokes. Paralysis be integrated into the industry in the near future. images that render a given neural network The goal was to provide a model of tracking in stroke victims includes gripping and finger A recently developed solar panel recycling unreliable, this research identifies weaknesses accuracy with errors for application to any releasing delays. This research aims to evaluate process recovers more than 90 percent of intrinsic to the network, and subsequently similar two-axis systems. The research was individuated finger movements using the startle the silicon as well as other materials. Similar tests the effectiveness of strategies for performed using two calibrated irradiance reflex, controlled by the brainstem rather than chemicals are used in the both the recycling eliminating those weaknesses. With growing sensors mounted on the plane of the tracking the cortex. Muscle activity from the extensor and cleaning process for silicon. This opens the applications of neural networks in daily life and system, normal to the sun. One sensor is held digitorum was recorded using electromyography. possibility of shortening the cleaning process in critical decision making (e.g., autonomous at a constant, normal angle (0 degrees) and Susceptibility to startle reactions was determined which would create a less-costly and more driving), this research contributes to a learning varying the other by a known interior angle by comparing movement latencies in voluntary time-efficient process for the industry to utilize. framework that produces networks that (0–10 degrees) to study the rapidly decreasing and involuntary movements. Results show are more secure, reliable and robust when irradiance as the angle becomes more extreme. all fingers, except the middle finger, are confronted with noisy or adversarial inputs. susceptible to startle evoked movements. Future research includes testing stroke survivors to development movement therapies.

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Morgan Reimann, Chemical Engineering Gina Rivera, Civil Engineering Felipe Riveros, Mechanical Engineering Frederick Rivers, Chemical Engineering

Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: December 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Casper, Wyoming Hometown: Tempe, Arizona Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona Hometown: Chandler, Arizona

Development of Visible Light Responsive Rheological Evaluation of Asphalt Binder Implementation of a Tank Tread Drivetrain Computational Modeling of Advanced Double Polyacrylamide-poly(acrylic acid) Modified with Conductive Additives on Pheeno, a Swarm Robotic Platform Hybrid Pervaporation Membrane Processes Network Hydrogels for Tactile Display for Inland Brackish Water Desalination Mentor: Shane Underwood, assistant professor Mentor: Spring Berman, assistant professor Mentor: Lenore Dai, school director and professor Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability Research Theme: Education, Security Mentor: Mary Laura Lind, associate professor Research Theme: Education Research Theme: Sustainability Traditionally, asphalt has served one main The objective of this research is to develop a The purpose of this project is to investigate the function: provide a stable and erosion resistant tank tread drivetrain that can be easily attached Computational methods were used to analyze swelling ratio exhibited due to photothermal surface for transportation. This research to Pheeno, a swarm robotic platform, improving a reverse osmosis (RO) pervaporation hybrid effects of double network polyacrylamide- investigates new techniques that could change its overall mobility. Three different drivetrain process for the treatment of inland brackish poly(acrylic acid) hydrogels synthesized with roadways by embedding conductive fillers and prototypes have been created to optimize water desalination concentrate. Hydranautics carbon black. It is predicted that a carbon permitting energy applications. Evaluating how mobility and reliability, but none considered and Microsoft Excel were used to accurately black amount of less than 1 percent weight the addition of graphite, steel wool and carbon the problem of track slippage as the robot model the process. Numerous conditions were of acrylamide, along with an agitation effect nanotubes can affect the rheological properties maneuvers on a terrain. A local position sensor tested to assess what process parameters, such that increases particle dispersion, will produce of viscosity and shear modulus of asphalt cement was created using the PS/2 ADNS2610 optical as temperature feed and membrane surface optimal photothermal effects, because this will be explored. The search continues for the mouse sensor. Unlike wheel encoders, the area, would yield the best energy efficiency is expected to produce a homogeneous optimal asphalt mix by ensuring the conductive position sensor can keep track of the overall and water recovery. The results of this research solution. Further work includes developing a additive does not negatively affect the rheology distance traveled regardless of track slip. Future have the potential to improve water quality hydrogel screen to be used on LED display of asphalt. A long-term goal of this research research will include downsizing the sensor and at low energy costs across the globe. Lab- devices in order to assist the visually impaired is being able to harvest energy and deploy carrying out extensive testing of the tracks. scale experimentation, however, is required to with technology through tactile display. smart sensing technologies on roadways. confidently conclude whether this process can be effectively applied to real-world processes. Joshua Rosenberg, Mechanical Engineering Adric Rukkila, Computer Science Taylor Rumsey, Chemical Engineering Luis Saenz, Mechanical Engineering

Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: December 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Gilbert, Arizona Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Tempe, Arizona

Optimizing Total Vehicle Thermal Verification of Digital Forensics of Optimization of H2O2 Producing Soft Robotic Air Bladders Management in High-Performance Plug-In ChromeOS Using Google APIs Electrochemical Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicles "PHEVs" Mentor: Panagiotis Polygerinos, Mentor: Adam Doupé, assistant professor Mentor: César Torres, associate professor assistant professor Mentor: Abdel Mayyas, assistant professor Research Theme: Security Research Theme: Sustainability Research Theme: Education, Health Research Theme: Energy Being able to verify the integrity of any This project aimed to optimize an H2O2 producing The research objective is to further develop the The purpose of this research is to produce information gathered during an investigation electrochemical cell by reducing pH induced bladders of the soft robotic back orthotic. The a fully functioning, comprehensive and high- is critical for forensic analysis. ChromeOS, an hotspots at the cathode. Baseline tests showed development of the bladders includes examining fidelity thermal simulation on which a future encrypted operating system on a web thin client, that for 200 mM NaCl at a four-hour HRT, the cell the attachment to the brace, making it more Hybrid Electric Vehicle design can be based. By presents a unique challenge for verification. produced approximately 1 g/L H2O2 at a current robust, exploring new material and testing new utilizing a program named Taitherm, full vehicle Previous research determined extensions on density of ~10 A/m2. With a Phosphoric Buffer designs. The current design has the bladders thermal simulations can be developed with ChromeOS created unique 15-dimensional catholyte, the cell produced approximately x g/L fixed to the brace, which is problematic if a outstanding accuracy. After determining where fingerprints, dubbed "centroids." By comparing H2O2 at y current density. Finally, it was shown failure occurs. The additional tactics will help problematic hot spots are positioned in the information gathered from a ChromeOS that recycling the Phosphoric Buffer catholyte with the amount and application of support vehicle, physical changes can be implemented installation with information gathered from at a 100 ml/hr flow rate improved the peroxide the brace can give. The guiding research to protect sensitive components, increase Google API calls, the researchers were able to production to z g/L H2O2 at m current density. goal is to improve the brace to aid those efficiency and improve all-around performance. verify the centroid information was correct. Such with back injuries in their day-to-day lives. The final step in advancing this model is to verification methodology is a key building block incorporate the HVAC (Heating Ventilation for current research into ChromeOS and other and Air Conditioning) components to ensure web thin clients, and the knowledge gathered driver comfort in transient weather conditions. will aid in future forensic investigations.

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Jaime Sanchez de la Vega, Aerospace Steven Sawtelle, Computer Science Jake Schichtel, Mechanical Engineering Joseph Schimpp, Mechanical Engineering Engineering Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2019 Hometown: Tempe, Arizona Hometown: Grandville, Michigan Hometown: Tempe, Arizona Hometown: San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico Development of a Swift Wrapper for the Electrolytic Recovery of Silver from Data and Predictive Analytics for Energy Flexible Deployable Solar Array for National Instruments Virtual Instrument Disqualified Silicon Solar Cells Use and Resource Recapture Cubesat Platforms Software Architecture Standard Mentor: Meng Tao, professor Mentor: Oswald Chong, associate professor Mentor: Daniel White, lecturer Mentor: Owen Hildreth, assistant professor Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability Research Theme: Energy Research Theme: Sustainability The objective of this research is to further The researcher’s job is to analyze data for power The practicality of the CubeSat small satellite Existing implementations of the National develop the technology necessary to recycle consumption of buildings and corresponding platform has created a desire to implement Instruments (NI) Virtual Instrument Software disqualified solar cells by maximizing the generation of solar energy which can be delivered higher power applications than those feasible Architecture (VISA) standard in C and Python efficiency of the dissolution and electrolysis of to those buildings. Analysis was done numerically with current space solar power technologies. suffer from usability issues, lack of support for silver. The dissolution reaction was experimentally and qualitatively to predict the degree to which The objective of this research is to determine the language features such as multithreading and type determined in 10 percent aqueous nitric acid solar energy can compensate for peak loads best configuration to maximize power generation safety, and a host of other issues. The explosion at 50 °C, allowing for precise calculations in building consumption to reduce the need density for a deployable flexible solar panel in popularity of Apple’s open-source programming of the amount of silver soluble in nitric for fossil fuel use. Regression of trigonometric array system. The current proposed design language Swift presents an opportunity to develop acid, as well as a reasonable estimation of curves for consumption patterns throughout utilizes commercially available flexible solar cells a new open-source standard that is easy to use concentration from pH. Future research will the day proved to be a way to predict energy laminated along a rigidizing structure and tightly and grants access to modern built-in language focus on identifying the conditions needed to consumption. Functions to show how much rolled for storage within the spacecraft structure. features. The goal of this project is to create a Swift effectively produce the desired silver deposition energy from fossil fuels should be generated Further development of a deployment mechanism wrapper for the NI VISA standard that effectively morphology. In addition, a more cost-effective are useful for providing consistency and an for the proposed system is recommended. utilizes the strengths of this new language. anode material will need to be investigated. accurate model for energy conservation. This research integrates an entrepreneurial mindset by applying curiosity and connections to create extraordinary value for stakeholders.

ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student

Matthew Schneider, Aerospace Engineering Joseph Schreiber, Biomedical Engineering Katelyn Schroll, Human Systems Engineering Frederick Sebastian, Biomedical Engineering

Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: New Lenox, Illinois Hometown: Henderson, Nevada Hometown: Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Hometown: George Town, Malaysia

High-Velocity Testing and Characterization Startle Reflex in Spinal Cord Injury Creating a Healthcare Framework for The Development of a Comfortable of Composite Materials Women in the Military Myoelectric Prosthetic Socket — Fishbone Mentor: Claire Honeycutt, assistant professor Mentor: Aditi Chattopadhyay, Regents’ Professor Research Theme: Health Mentor: Erin Chiou, assistant professor; Mentor: Jeffrey La Belle, assistant professor Research Theme: Security Nancy Cooke, professor Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health According to the World Health Organization, each The objective of this research is to optimize the year up to 500,000 people globally experience Current transradial prosthetic sockets cause high design of a high-velocity gas gun and calibrate a traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) resulting in The objective of this research is to identify the discomfort to patients due to bad fit or pose a the equipment for investigating impact damage in permanent damage or loss of life. This research gaps in research that concern the health of health concern due to the unsanitary environment composite plates. This semester of research will aims to develop a deeper understanding of SCI, women on military deployment. The framework within the socket stemming from lack of air flow. focus on exploring ways to increase the projectile by analyzing the effects of a startling acoustic suggested by this study was created in an The objective is to develop a novel design that velocity using methods such as optimizing the stimulus in a population with varying degrees of effort to analyze all information previously would counter these problems by allowing more projectile shape and changing the pressurized injury. Data collected will be compared against a gathered by experts in order to explain why ventilation by utilization of porous polymers or gas source. Further tests will be conducted control group to verify any conclusions reached. current solutions have continued to fail. This perforations on the outer socket. The increased using helium as the compressed gas in the Future plans include conducting more trials with study opens the door to find new applications porosity will reduce the temperature within the place of nitrogen. Telecons will take place on a both the SCI population and the control group of technology and procedures to preserve socket thus reducing moisture accumulation and bi-weekly basis with a technical contact from with the eventual aim to publish a scientific paper. the reproductive and mental health of military bacterial growth. This research is part of a larger the NASA Glenn test facility, which is equipped women while on deployment. This research lightweight transradial prosthesis project: Fishbone. with a gas gun for ballistic impact experiments. integrates an entrepreneurial mindset by This research integrates an entrepreneurial applying curiosity and connections to create mindset by applying curiosity and connections extraordinary value for stakeholders. to create extraordinary value for stakeholders.

ASU KERN Project KEEN ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student supported FURI student

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Nidhal Selmi, Computer Science Sarfaraz Shamji, Chemical Engineering Aditya Shekhawat, Electrical Engineering Guangqing Shen, Mechanical Engineering

Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Carthage, Tunisia Hometown: Toronto, Canada Hometown: India Hometown: Harbin, China

Structural Analysis of Hacktivism on Phase Diagram for Developing Highly Design and Optimization of Antenna Multi-Axial Fatigue Life Prediction of a Social Media Networks Porous Nano-Fibers Using Origami Metal Pushing V-Belt inside a Continuously Variable Transmission Mentor: Paulo Shakarian, assistant professor Mentor: Bin Mu, assistant professor Mentor: Hongyu Yu, associate professor Research Theme: Security Research Theme: Energy Research Theme: Education, Energy, Security Mentor: Yongming Liu, associate professor Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability Hacktivists (Hacker-Activists) rely on social Energy capture strategies, such as membranes Origami, the art of paper folding, has been media to share security vulnerabilities and for gas separation, are important developments applied to engineering applications. Currently, The metal pushing V-belt is a crucial component gather support. This research analyzes a sample to help reduce the effects of climate change conventional antennas are bulky and immobile, inside a Continuously Variable Transmission of cyber-security and hacktivism related posts on the planet. Developing a phase diagram and any reconfiguring requires complex micro (CVT). The objective of this research is to crawled from the Twitter website. By extracting and predictive model to produce highly porous electromechanical systems (MEMS). A more develop a method to predict the fatigue life features from the feed of identified accounts, the nano-fibers can be used to predict and separate compact antenna would allow for a greater of the V-belt. A 3D model of the V-belt will be researchers constructed a graph containing the gases through increased surface area. The access to communications in all situations. simulated to determine the stress and strain of latent structure of the network. The structural absorption capacity for these porous nano-fibers For future work, an antenna will be produced each node under operation. Then, the fatigue diversity of this graph reveals the influence is enhanced when using Molecular Organic through micro-fabrication with the ability to life of each node will be analyzed with multi- and outreach of some communities and can Framework (MOFs) as they are extremely change its geometry to its own advantage. axial fatigue damage modeling. It will expose be used to predict the level of engagement of selective when separating gases. Polyethylene However, a problem could arise where its the nodes with minimum fatigue life and help their members. Future work will extract more Oxide (PEO) and Polystyrene (PS) are the compact form may lead to a loss of performance engineers improve their designs. Future work relevant topological features and integrate this polymers to be researched. Different loading due to the metal trace connections being will include perfecting the loading conditions analysis into cyber-threat intelligence systems. ratios of PEO:PS have been analyzed; the next under too much stress, thus leading to the of the simulation for better accuracy. steps are to vary the molecular weight ratios. fracturing of some of these connections. Ryan Shillingburg, Aerospace Engineering Danny Simonet, Mechanical Engineering Philip Sitterle, Chemical Engineering Gavin Steeber, Chemical Engineering

Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: December 2018 Graduation: May 2019 Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona Hometown: Parsippany, New Jersey Hometown: San Antonio, Texas Hometown: Tucson, Arizona

Physical Design of an Electrically Driven Minimising Tensile Stress of Copper Synthesis of Light-Responsive Hydrogels Development of Immunofluorescent-based Centrifugal Oxidizer Pump Busbars on High-Efficiency Solar Cells for Dynamic Tactile Displays Targeting the Methods to Characterize Heterogeneity in Visually Impaired Early Neural Cells Derived from hiPSCs Mentor: Daniel White, lecturer Mentor: Stuart Bowden, associate Research Theme: Energy research professor Mentor: Lenore Dai, school director and professor Mentor: David Brafman, assistant professor Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability Research Theme: Education Research Theme: Health The objective of this research project was to finalize a three-dimensional (3D) computer aided This project aims to optimise the current density This project involves the synthesis of hydrogels The objective of this project is to determine design (CAD) of a centrifugal pump designed of solar cells and minimise the tensile stress of that respond to light by absorbing or releasing if cell fate is regulated by an unsystematic or for nitrous oxidizer hybrid rocket applications, copper-plated busbars by modifying the copper a solvent, resulting in a volume change. The deterministic process. It has been identified 3D print it, perform water tests and machine it plating time and speed in relation to the busbars’ hydrogels use gold nanoparticle additives that that endogenous WNT signaling is a primary out of aluminum. The CAD for the centrifugal thickness. Ten percent of the world’s silver convert light into heat, which then triggers a regulator of heterogeneity, which governs stem pump was finalized and 3D printed with plastic supply is used for photovoltaic research and temperature-dependent shift in the hydrogel. cells’ differentiation potential. In an effort to and is being prepared for water tests. Further application, so one solution to reduce the amount This material can be incorporated into a obtain more information on cellular heterogeneity, exploration has been performed with commercial of silver usage is to use copper as the metal display which renders projected images in a immunofluorescent-based methods willbe brushless DC motors and electronic speed contacts. However, copper is plated whereas 3D tactile format, especially for use by the developed to better characterize the early neural control systems as well as sealant strategies silver is printed, so copper bends upward, visually impaired, with the goal of improving cells that have been derived. Having a strong to operate the pump as desired. After finalizing causing tensile stress on the silicon wafer. By their involvement within STEM disciplines. understanding of the effects of heterogeneity the aluminum prototype, the pump can be creating a procedure to reduce tensile stress, will help the study of human neuronal integrated into high-power hybrid rocket engines. copper can become a more viable substitute. development and how cell fate is imposed.

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Erin Sussex, Biomedical Engineering Zachary Ticktin, Biomedical Engineering Zachary Tronstad, Chemical Engineering Cody Van Cleve, Engineering (Robotics)

Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Portland, Oregon Hometown: San Francisco, California Hometown: Tucson, Arizona Hometown: Tucson, Arizona

Development of a Minimally Invasive The Application of Startle Evoked Tailoring the Hydrophilicity of Electrospun Design and Development of Intelligent Transducer for Use in Photoacoustic Movements with Facial Muscles Used Membranes for Water Filtration Safety Gear for a Modernizing Imaging for Speech Transportation Environment Mentor: Matthew Green, assistant professor Mentor: Barbara Smith, assistant professor Mentor: Claire Honeycutt, assistant professor Research Theme: Sustainability Mentor: Micah Lande, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health Research Theme: Health This project examines the effect differing This project aims to develop a photoacoustic Startle evoked movement (SEM), the amounts a hydrophilic polymer would have The goal of this research is to form a base of transducer for use in catheter imaging of the involuntary activation of a planned movement on the selectivity and wettability of an quantitative motorcyclist safety metrics and uterus to detect early signs of endometrial using a stimulus, has been evaluated in upper electrospun membrane. Electrospun mats evaluate the efficacy of existing motorcycle cancer. A preliminary design has been determined extremity control and enhanced movement of varying hydrophilicity will be produced via protective equipment in reducing or preventing and constructed based on available information following stroke. The goal of this research is to a rotating collector setup and characterized injury to the rider. From this information base, regarding similar transducers that do not meet evaluate if speech is susceptible to SEM and via SEM Imaging. Each membrane will criteria and constraints were developed design criteria for this project. Future research will gain a better understanding of the limitations undergo turbidity and water contact angle for designing intelligent, active rider safety include further design testing and optimization of the startle reflex. The long term goal is measurements to determine its selectivity equipment that aims to reduce risk to the of the transducer’s design and fabrication. to use startle evoked movement alongside and hydrophilicity, respectively. The data rider more effectively than standard, passive This research integrates an entrepreneurial traditional therapy to enhance speech in will then be plotted to determine a model safety equipment. Through this research, mindset by applying curiosity and connections stroke or initiation-specific disorders. relating hydrophilicity, selectivity and polymer the prototypes developed will be introduced to create extraordinary value for stakeholders. concentration. This work will result in more to the market and potentially patented. effective pretreatment membranes for reverse osmosis, decreasing the cost of providing ASU KERN Project KEEN fresh water from vast saline reservoirs. supported FURI student Juliana Vazquez, Civil Engineering Derek Velzy, Mechanical Engineering Jonathan Wasserman, Computer Science Sean Wolfgang Wachtel, Engineering (Robotics) Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: El Mirage, Arizona Hometown: Pleasanton, California Hometown: Scottsdale, Arizona Graduation: December 2017 Hometown: Ramstein, Germany The Plastic Problem In-Situ Fatigue Crack Growth Investigation SCAN: Static and Customizable Analysis for Bridge Steels for Node.js Design and Characterization of Shoe Mentor: Kristen Parrish, assistant professor Embedded Pressure Sensors for Gait Research Theme: Sustainability Mentor: Yongming Liu, associate professor Mentor: Adam Doupé, assistant professor Analysis and Rehabilitation Research Theme: Sustainability Research Theme: Security Mentor: Wenlong Zhang, assistant professor

The idea behind this research is to understand Research Theme: Education, Health the small unsustainable actions of people Coastal bridges endure immense amounts Static analysis tools for applications built in Node. and create a change in their habits. The of loading from traffic and their environment; js have been limited in that their path-sensitivity, research can be used by ASU to change their therefore, the goal of this research is to examine context-sensitivity, and other settings have been In clinical gait therapy, gait analysis is critical recycling options around campus to fit that of how bridge steel behaves under fatigue hard-coded by the developer of the tool. While in developing training plans and monitoring a college student. While this project is only in cyclic loading using in-situ scanning electron specially configuring these settings before scanning patient progress. Ground contact forces (GCFs) a local college setting, the researcher would microscopy (SEM). This method of analyzation a particular application may lead to finding more are used to quantify a patient’s gait and help like to see it expand to a civil engineering requires self-done pre-cracking and polishing vulnerabilities, this option has not been made in designing and controlling rehabilitative and setting, specifically construction sites. on steel coupons using the ASTM Standard available. The researchers made use of JSAI, assistive devices. Current methods exhibit E647-99 procedure. Thus far, the samples have an abstract interpreter for JavaScript that gives hysteresis and lack durability. As an alternative been pre-cracked and polished, so experimental sensitivity options for each scan, in order to build to FSR, air pressure sensors are used in a testing will begin soon. The results from the a static analysis tool for certain vulnerabilities in pair of sensor-embedded shoes (smart shoes) data will be mathematically modeled to relate Node.js application. Giving application developers as presented in previous research. This work crack length to the lifespan of the crack. this new testing resource will contribute to presents some improvements to the shoes’ This knowledge has the potential to greatly the security of all Node.js applications. manufacturing process, and results of sensor improve the infrastructure of this country. linearity, hysteresis and repeatability.

Undergraduate Research Travel Grant Program

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Megan Wieser, Biomedical Engineering Brian Zucker, Materials Science and Engineering Graduation: May 2018 Hometown: Glendale, Arizona Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Fremont, California Biomechanic Applications in the Design of Flexible Spine Fixation Devices Dissolvable Metal Supports — Simplifying Metals Printing Mentor: Jeffrey La Belle, assistant professor Research Theme: Health Mentor: Owen Hildreth, assistant professor Research Theme: Energy, Sustainability Degenerative Disc Disease (DDD) is a spinal condition in which intervertebral discs (IVDs) Motivated by water soluble supports in polymers herniate and lose disc height, thereby inducing printing, the goal of this research is to develop lower back pain (LBP). To address limitations a technique that electrochemically dissolves in current replacement disc technologies, this 3D printed metal supports. The addition research focuses on designing a flexible spine of a sensitizing agent during a post-print fixation device for the lumbar (lower) spine, which annealing step alters the surface composition will provide natural range of motion and stability and microstructure of the metal, resulting for affected spinal regions. In partnering with in a chemically unstable interface between Dr. Morgan Giers of Barrow Neurological Institute, the component and supports that is readily medical imaging and CAD design are combined etched in a diluted acid solution. This research to design a prototype of the fixation device continues studies of electrochemical, kinetic that is structurally and mechanically compatible and printing parameters that influence the etch with natural spine movement and architecture. rate and self-terminating characteristics of the This research integrates an entrepreneurial technique. This process is batch capable, allows mindset by applying curiosity and connections for complex prints and is easy to implement. to create extraordinary value for stakeholders.

ASU KERN Project KEEN supported FURI student

42 Spring 2017 FURI Symposium Grand Challenge Scholars

Omar Arafa, Chemical Engineering Lyle Bliss, Chemical Engineering

Graduation: May 2018 Graduation: May 2017 Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Characterizing Diffusion of Hydrogen Optimization of Front Contact Design on across Gas Transfer Membranes Nickel Plated Si Solar Cells

Mentor: Bruce Rittmann, Regents’ Professor Mentor: Stuart Bowden, associate research professor Research Theme: Sustainability The Fulton Schools Grand Challenge an international perspective, engage Research Theme: Energy

Scholars Program (GCSP) in entrepreneurship and give back combines innovative curriculum and to the community through service Gas transfer membranes are used to separate gases. They have many applications in industries The development of solar energy is integral to cutting-edge research experiences learning. Fulton Schools students like water purification, pharmaceuticals and meeting the world’s energy needs in a clean and into an intellectual fusion that who complete the program will energy generation. The goal of this research renewable manner. However, many problems still spans academic disciplines and achieve the distinction of Grand is to study and optimize the diffusion of gases hinder the solar industry, such as the declining includes entrepreneurial, global Challenge Scholar, endorsed by across composite and fiber membranes. This availability and volatile prices for silver. Research and service learning opportunities. ASU and the National Academy research focuses on the diffusion rate of is ongoing to replace silver with cheaper, more hydrogen. The impact of varying pressure was abundant metals such as copper and nickel. The program’s goal is to prepare of Engineering (NAE), and will be studied. It was determined that the diffusion The poor adhesion of copper/nickel to a silicon tomorrow’s engineering leaders uniquely prepared to collaborate and coefficient of the polymer membranes is larger substrate, coupled with copper diffusion, make to solve the grand challenges succeed in a transdisciplinary and than composite membranes. Future work consists this difficult. Using a combination of modeling facing society during the next global environment. of studying gases such as syngas and carbon software and electrical testing, optimal front dioxide. A mathematical model describing contact patterns can be determined for nickel century. Through completion of the the observed results will be developed. plated silicon cells and implemented in an effort five components of the program, Grand Challenge Scholars Program to achieve industry-standard cell efficiencies. students will have the opportunity to students who receive the GCSP engage in research relating to their Research Stipend are invited to share selected grand challenge, explore their research with the community by interdisciplinary coursework, gain participating in the FURI Symposium. BECOME A

GRAND CHALLENGE SCHOLAR

• Make solar energy economical Raquel Camarena, Industrial Engineering Diana Chen, Computer Science Jorge Roldan, Computer Science • Provide energy from fusion

Develop carbon Graduation: May 2017 Graduation: May 2019 Graduation: May 2018 • sequestration methods Hometown: Chandler, Arizona Hometown: Darien, Illinois Hometown: Los Angeles, California Manage the nitrogen cycle

Data and Predictive Analytics for Impact of the Grand Challenge Scholar Grand Challenge Scholar Program Analysis • Provide access to clean water Energy Use Program on Student Development Mentor: Tirupalavanam Ganesh, assistant • Restore and improve urban Mentor: Oswald Chong, associate professor Mentor: Tirupalavanam Ganesh, assistant dean and associate research professor infrastructure dean and associate research professor Research Theme: Energy Research Theme: Education • Advance health informatics Research Theme: Education Engineer better medicines Inaccurate engineering assumptions result when The objective for this research project is to there is a lack of understanding on how energy This research study’s purpose is to investigate understand how experiences from the Grand • Reverse-engineer the brain systems operate in real-world applications. Energy how the Grand Challenge Scholars Program Challenge Scholars Program affect student Prevent nuclear terror infrastructure systems are impacted when the develops student understanding of being development in raising their global and social • amount of energy production cannot be accurately a globally and socially aware engineer. The awareness. Portfolios from graduates and Secure cyberspace and efficiently forecasted. A structural model is conceptual framework for the research uses current students in the GCSP have been • being developed to serve as predicative analysis for navigation, identity and accountable disciplinary carefully reviewed. The conceptual framework • Enhance virtual reality needed energy production. Reverse engineering knowledge as dimensions to identify how for the research uses navigation, identity and techniques have been applied to energy data GCSP students describe their development as disciplinary knowledge as the dimensions • Advance personalized learning collected from ASU to identify the structural engineers. Researchers analyzed graduate and to describe how GCSP students develop as system model. By creating this type of predicative current student portfolios to label and identify Grand Challenge Scholar-Engineers. Several • Engineer the tools of analysis, renewable energy consumption can be trends between aspects of the program and the initial trends have been identified, and work scientific discovery increased. An associative network of this data will three dimensions of becoming an engineer. Next will continue toward finding patterns that can be developed to accurately depict the structural steps include identifying patterns that confirm help pinpoint key experiences for an engineer’s model. This research integrates an entrepreneurial mechanisms offered by GCSP to support student development. This knowledge will aid in better mindset by applying curiosity and connections development. The study has potential to impact preparing engineers to change the world. Learn more at engineering.asu.edu/gcsp to create extraordinary value for stakeholders. efforts to improve engineering education.

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Chase Adams (Mechanical Engineering, Joseph Babb (Computer Systems Nick Berk (Computer Systems Kevin Chen (Electrical Engineering ’12, Computational Mathematical Sciences Engineering ’13, FURI Spring ’12­–Spring Engineering ’13, FURI Spring ’11–Fall ’13) FURI Fall ’10–Spring ’12) is a graduate ’16, FURI Fall ’14–Fall ’15) is a software ’13) is a development team lead at Tinker is a program manager at Microsoft. student at the University of California, engineer at Infor Software Solutions. Air Force Base. He leads a team of software Berkeley pursuing his doctorate in electrical engineers within the Department of Defense. Daniel Bishop (Bioengineering ’09, FURI engineering and computer sciences. Teagan Adamson (Biomedical Engineering Spring ’06–Fall ’08) is a CEO at Qualaris ’12, FURI Fall ’10–Spring ’12) is a clinical Amy Baldwin (Computer Science Healthcare Solutions, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Michael Christy (Engineering ’16, studies engineer at BIOTRONIK, Inc. ’15, FURI Spring ’14–Spring ’15) is a Pennsylvania. FURI Fall ’15–Spring ’16) is a consultant software engineer at Google, Inc. where engineer at Tata Consultancy Services. Cameron Adler (Bioengineering ’11, FURI she works on the Google Assistant. Shannon Brown (Biomedical Engineering Spring ’09–Fall ’09) is a resident physician ’15, FURI Fall ’13–Spring ’14) is a graduate Joshua Conter (Engineering (Automotive at Dignity Health. Cameron is a surgical Elliott Bartell (Civil Engineering ’13, FURI student pursuing a master’s in engineering Systems) ’15, FURI Fall ’14–Spring ’15) is resident at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Fall ’11–Spring ’12) is an employment in human machine interaction. an architecture engineer at General Motors. Center and will be completing a residency outreach specialist at St. Joseph the Worker. He works in advanced and new products in Diagnostic Radiology at the Mayo Clinic. Elliot works full-time for a non-profit that Kevin Bunish (Materials Science and propulsion system modeling and simulation. helps connect homeless and otherwise Engineering ’15, FURI Fall ’12) is a senior Eric Alonas (Biomedical Engineering disadvantaged individuals with employment. design engineer at Honeywell and finishing ’09, FURI Spring ’06­–Fall ’08) is a a master’s in materials science at ASU. business associate at Gartner where he Michael Bartholomew (Computer is rolling out machine learning projects. Science ’10, FURI Spring ’10) is a Marco Carrillo (Electrical Engineering software engineer II at Amazon. ’10, FURI Fall ’09–Spring ’10) is a senior Anthony Anderson (Chemical Engineering member of the technical staff at Sandia ’16, FURI Spring ’15) is a graduate student Lina Bearat (Civil Engineering ’12, FURI Fall National Laboratories in Livermore, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ’10–Spring ’11) is an engineer at Kimley-Horn California. He earned a master’s degree at He works for Professor Dumesic and and Associates. Her role at the company is the University of California, San Diego. Professor Huber for his doctoral studies. a transportation engineering consultant.

Cody Anderson (Civil Engineering Shona Becwar (Chemical Engineering Take time to learn from your ’11, FURI Spring ’10–Spring ’11) is ’16, FURI Spring ’14–Fall ’15) is a graduate mentors. They are some of an adjunct engineering instructor at student at the University of California, the best minds in their fields! Scottsdale Community College. Santa Barbara. Shona is pursuing her Javier Corral Clayton (Chemical doctorate in chemical engineering. —Matt Carroll Engineering ’15, FURI Spring ’13–Spring Enjoy the challenge — being ’14) is a manufacturing change architect part of FURI stretches you Milad Behbahaninia (Biomedical Matt Carroll (Mechanical Engineering at Bimbo Bakeries USA. He works as Engineering ’10, FURI Fall ’09–Spring ’10) is a ’13, FURI Spring ’11–Fall ’12) is a a process improvement engineer. in ways that school by resident physician of general surgery at Banner mechanical engineer at Southland itself won’t. It will prepare University Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Industries in Las Vegas, Nevada. Joshua Daymude (Computer Science and you for the ‘real world.’ Mathematics ’16, FURI Spring ’15) is a doctoral Ryan Bellman (Mechanical Engineering ’07, Priya Challa (Aerospace Engineering, Earth student and research assistant at ASU. Joshua —Regina Arreola FURI Spring ’04–Spring ’07) is a research and Space Exploration — Astrophysics ’10, is pursuing a doctorate in computer science. and development design engineer at Mobility FURI Spring ’09–Spring ’10) is a propulsion Research. He works on rehabilitation Regina Arreola (Chemical Engineering development engineer at Blue Origin. Angelo Delluomo (Electrical Engineering product design and development. ’11, FURI Fall ’09–Spring ’10) is a ’16, FURI Spring ’16) is an applications business consultant at ZS Associates. Eric Chang (Mechanical Engineering ’15, engineer at Analog Devices. He works Michael Benassi (Aerospace Engineering She works as a management consultant FURI Spring ’12–Spring ’15) is a graduate in new hire graduate rotation eventually Fall ’15, FURI Fall ’14–Spring ’15) is a for the pharmaceutical industry. student at Stanford University pursuing his moving into sales engineering. systems engineer at Lockheed Martin. doctorate in mechanical engineering. Abhishek Dharan (Electrical Engineering Brittany Duong (Biomedical Engineering Taylor Graber (Biomedical Engineering ’13, ’14, FURI Fall ’13–Spring ’14) is a medical and Biological Sciences (Genetics, FURI Fall ’12–Spring ’13) is a fourth-year student at the Paul L. Foster School of Cell and Developmental Biology) ’14, medical student. Taylor graduated from medical Medicine at the Texas Tech University FURI Fall ’12–Spring ’13) is a medical school at the University of Arizona College Health Sciences Center in El Paso, Texas. student at Des Moines University. of Medicine in Phoenix in May 2013, will be Abhishek will be starting medical school in matching to residency in anesthesiology, and July 2017. Previously he worked at Texas Laila El-Ashmawy (Civil and Environmental will become a medical doctor in May 2017. Instruments in their Sales and Marketing Engineering ’11, FURI Spring ’10– Leadership Rotation Program before moving Spring ’11) is an energy data officer at Omar Habib (Electrical Engineering ’10, to a startup called CEMOSoft LLC. International Energy Agency where she FURI Fall ’09–Spring ’10) is a design collects and publishes energy statistics engineer at Apple Inc. working on high- for non-OECD member countries. end latest technology product design. He is also is pursuing his doctorate in Erica Engelschall (Biomedical Engineering electrical engineering part time at ASU. ’13, FURI ’10–’13) is a senior engineer in Tina Hendricks (Hakimi) (Biomedical research and development at Stryker. Cameron Gardner (Biomedical Engineering Engineering ’12, FURI Spring ’09–Spring ’12) and Finance ’15, FURI Fall ’13–Spring ’15) is a Amye Farag (Biomedical Engineering is a medical student pursuing her MD at the graduate student at the National Institutes of and Biochemistry Fall ’11, FURI Fall Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and is the Health. Cameron earned a doctorate in ’09–Spring ’09) is a resident physician entrepreneur-founder of For Good & Glory. biomedical sciences at the National Institutes at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Amye of Health and the University of Oxford. is currently a pediatrics resident. Alexandra Hoffmann (Biomedical Engineering ’16, FURI Spring ’16) is pursuing Tyler Gavin (Aerospace Engineering ’14, FURI Darcy Frear (Biomedical Engineering ’13, her master’s in biomedical engineering at Spring ’14) is a senior systems engineer at FURI Fall ’11–Spring ’13) is a doctoral student ASU while she works part-time for Scottsdale General Atomics working on drone development. at Harvard University. Darcy is pursuing her engineering services consultant company doctorate in engineering hearing devices. Alison Gibson (Aerospace Engineering ’15, LaunchPoint Energy & Power, LLC (LEAP). FURI Fall ’12–Fall ’14) is a National Science Ryan Frost (Mechanical Engineering ’16, Mikayle Holm (Biomedical Engineering Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at FURI Fall ’14, Spring ’15, Spring ’16) is a ’16, FURI Spring ’16) is a graduate student Massachusetts Institute of Technology/ graduate student at Boston University. He pursuing a doctorate in Biomedical Draper and a graduate student in the is pursuing his doctorate in statistics. Engineering at the University of Minnesota Aeronautics/Astronautics Department at MIT. in a Cardiac Physiological research group. Taylor Dolberg (Chemical Engineering Robert Fruchtman (Computer Science ’12, Zack Gordon (Chemical Engineering ’15, ’14, FURI Spring ’12–Fall ’13) is a FURI Fall ’11–Spring ’12) is a senior software FURI Fall ’12–Spring ’15) is a process engineer doctoral candidate at Northwestern engineer at Reddit in San Francisco, California. Seize every opportunity University pursuing a doctorate in at IM Flash, an Intel and Micron joint venture. that comes at you. You chemical and biological engineering. FURI taught me how to Get involved early in research. won’t be surrounded by an Clinton Dsouza (Computer Science ’13, deal with failure. Research It broadens your intellectual environment that has as FURI Spring ’12–Fall ’12) is a cyber response is tough, but once you perspective, makes what many opportunities again. analyst at Barclays. Clinton works as an make a breakthrough, the Incident Response professional with the you learn in the classroom —Carly Hom Global Cyber Response group at Barclays. feeling is indescribable. more practical and helps you Carly Hom (Biomedical Engineering ’13, Nate Dunkin (Civil and Environmental —Michael Garcia formulate what you want to FURI Spring ’12–Spring ’13) is a senior Engineering ’11, FURI Spring ’09–Spring ’11) do with your career path. advanced quality engineer at Stryker is a consultant at Boston Consulting Group. Michael Garcia (Aerospace Engineering Endoscopy in San Jose, California. She is ’09, FURI Fall ’08–’09) is a lead mechanical —Taylor Graber working in new product development for design engineer at SpaceX, working on minimally invasive surgical products. the first U.S. private manned spacecraft.

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Hyder Hussain (Biomedical Engineering Alexander Kim (Mechanical Engineering ’16, Jennifer Lehrman (Biomedical John McCrea (Aerospace Engineering ’14, FURI Summer ’13–Fall ’13) is a FURI Fall ’16) is a research technician at the Engineering ’11, FURI Fall ’09–Spring (Astronautics) ’16, FURI Spring ’15–Fall ’16) graduate student pursuing his master’s in University of Arizona in the Otolaryngology Lab. ’11) is a research engineer at Dignity is an Air Force officer and graduate student bioengineering at Stanford University. Health Barrow Neurological Institute. pursuing a dual master’s degree in engineering Julia King (Chemical Engineering ’16, management and systems engineering at James Hutchins (Computer Science ’17, FURI FURI Spring ’15–Fall ’15) is a graduate Wenyang Li (Computer Systems Engineering the Air Force Institute of Technology. Fall ’16) is an undergraduate student pursuing research assistant at the University of ’12, FURI ’12) is a program manager at his bachelor’s in computer science at ASU. Washington, Seattle. Julia is pursuing a Microsoft working on Microsoft Azure. Kevin McMillin (Computer Science ’11, doctorate in chemical engineering. FURI Fall ’09) is a computer scientist at Katherine Irimata (Cai) (Chemical Tyler Libey (Bioengineering ’11, FURI the NASA Ames Research Center where Engineering ’13, FURI Spring ’10–Fall Nathan Kirkpatrick (Biomedical Fall ’09–Spring ’11) is a CTO/co- he designs mission assurance software. ’12) is a graduate student at ASU Engineering and English Literature ’11, founder at MultiModal Health, a health pursuing a doctorate in statistics. FURI Fall ’15–Spring ’16) is a graduate tech startup in Seattle, Washington. Soroush Mirtalaei (Bioengineering student at Georgia Institute of Technology ’07, FURI Fall ’05–Spring ’06) is a Shinya Ishizaki (Industrial and and Emory University. Nathan is pursuing Start doing research early principal quality engineer at Baxter Organizational Psychology ’15, FURI his doctorate in biomedical engineering. International Inc. in Irvine, California. Spring ’15) is a consultant at Itelligence on so that you can discover Business Solutions in Japan. John Kondziolka (Civil (Environmental) what areas interest you Walker Mitchell (Electrical Engineering ’15, Engineering ’12, FURI Fall ’10–Spring ’12) the most. This will help FURI Fall ’12–Spring ’13) is an applications Ashley Jaeger (Biomedical Engineering is an environmental engineer at Gradient. engineer at ON Semiconductor. ’11, FURI Spring ’09–Spring ’11) is a medical guide your search for student in the U.S. Air Force Health Professions Kevin La Rosa (Electrical Engineering internships and, ultimately, Kirk Morales (Computer Science ’08, Scholarship Program (HPSP). Ashley will ’12, FURI Spring ’10–Spring ’12) is an full-time employment! FURI Spring ’08–Fall ’08) is founder and graduate from Georgetown University School applications engineer at Texas Instruments. CEO at Hyver in Phoenix, Arizona. of Medicine in May 2017 before pursuing —Mikaela Links (Stadie) her residency in obstetrics and gynecology. Andrea Ladner (Keck) (Mechanical Jeff Morgan (Computer Science ’14, Engineering ’07, FURI Fall ’07–Spring Mikaela Links (Stadie) (Chemical FURI ’13–’14) is a software engineer at James Jensen (Aerospace Engineering ’07) is a process engineer at Intel. Engineering ’15, FURI Fall ’12–Spring ’15) is a General Motors. ’14, FURI Fall ’13–Spring ’14) is a research quality engineer at W.L. Gore & Associates. engineer at the NASA Ames Research Arad Lajevardi-Khosh (Electrical Christian Murphy (Software Engineering Center in Mountain View, California. Engineering ’13, FURI Fall ’10–Spring ’12) ’15, FURI ’14–’15) is a software engineer is a graduate student at the University FURI gave me an opportunity at Unicon Inc. Ben Jimenez (Aerospace Engineering of Utah pursuing a doctorate. that I thought would only ’10, FURI Spring ’07– Spring ’09) is a CFD Elizabeth Nofen (Walker) (Chemical engineer analyst at Whirlpool Corporation be for graduate students. Engineering ’12, Summer ’10–Spring ’11) is a FURI was my first experience working in computational fluid dynamics. —Ross Maniaci senior materials engineer at Intel Corporation. with real academic research She graduated with her doctorate in chemical Paul Juneau (Biomedical Engineering ’14, and it inspired me to pursue engineering from ASU in May 2016. FURI Spring ’13) is a software engineer Ross Maniaci (Geography with Geographic at G/O Digital developing software to my Ph.D. I would not be Information Systems Certificate ’09, FURI Gabe Oland (Biomedical Engineering deliver business process solutions. where I am today without Spring ’07) is a senior mobile software ’13, FURI Fall ’10–Spring ’12) is a medical the FURI experience! developer of iOS at iTel Companies, Inc. student finishing medical school at Amy Kaczmarowski (Aerospace Engineering the Medical College of Wisconsin. ’12, FURI Fall ’11–Spring ’12) is a researcher —David Latshaw II Chelsea Mann (Civil Engineering ’13, FURI at Sandia National Laboratories. Fall ’13) is an estimator at Structure Tone, a Andrew Payne (Chemical Engineering David Latshaw II (Chemical Engineering construction firm in Boston, Massachusetts. ’10, FURI ’08–’09) is a graduate student Morgan Kelley (Chemical Engineering ’16, ’09, FURI Fall ’08–Spring ’09) is a scientist at at Brigham Young University pursuing FURI Summer ’13–Spring ’15) is a graduate Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Johnson & Johnson). Joy Marsalla (Civil and Environmental a doctorate in neuroscience. student at UT Austin under adviser Michael David received his doctorate in chemical Engineering ’11, FURI Fall ’08) is a senior Baldea. Morgan is pursuing her doctorate in engineering in 2014 and is now responsible environmental engineer at Intel. process control/process systems engineering. for modeling and process optimization in the Large Molecule Platform and Janssen Haroon Khan (Computer Engineering ’13, Pharmaceuticals for Johnson & Johnson. FURI ’10–’11) is a software engineer at InEight. Elisabeth Perea (McLaughlin) (Chemical I had the opportunity to Tim Silverman (Mechanical Engineering If you don’t like your first Engineering ’12, FURI Fall ’09–Fall ’11) is ’05, participated in FURI before it was a chemical engineer at SRI International. learn from a great mentor called FURI) is a staff scientist at National project, try something who believed in my potential Renewable Energy Laboratory. He completed else. Never stop trying Shih Ling Phuong (Mechanical and to immerse myself in his doctorate in mechanical engineering in to find what you like. Engineering ’14, FURI Fall ’13–Spring ’14) 2010 and is now studying photovoltaics at is a graduate student at the University of the vast opportunities that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. —Victoria Smith Pennsylvania pursuing her doctorate in ASU has to offer, directly electrical and systems engineering. influencing my current Anne Silverman (Ranes) (Mechanical Victoria Smith (Biomedical Engineering success as a professional. Engineering ’05, FURI Fall ’04–Spring ’16, FURI Fall ’12–Spring ’14) is a clinical Guy Pickett (Mechanical Engineering ’12, ’05) is an assistant professor at Colorado research assistant at BNI and is pursuing her FURI Summer ’10–Fall ’11) is a development —Mariela Robledo School of Mines. She is a tenure-track doctorate in biomedical engineering at ASU. engineer at Mission Solar Energy. faculty member in mechanical engineering Mariela Robledo (Chemical Engineering with a research focus in biomechanics. Gregory Spell (Electrical Engineering Tiffany Pifher (Biomedical Engineering ’15, ’13, FURI Summer ’11­­–Spring ’13) is a ’16, FURI Spring ’14–Spring ’15) is a FURI Spring ’13) is an operations quality manufacturing team leader at General Joana Sipe (Chemical Engineering ’16, graduate student at Duke University engineer at Medtronic Neurovascular. Mills for the Bars department at the FURI Spring ’15–Fall ’16) is a doctoral pursuing a doctorate in machine learning. General Mills Albuquerque plant. student at Duke University pursuing her Elizabeth Quigley (Materials Science doctorate in environmental engineering. Robert Srinivasiah (Computer Science ’07, and Engineering ’16, FURI Fall ’15–Spring Julie Rorrer (Chemical Engineering ’14, FURI FURI Fall ’04–Spring ’07) is a senior virtual ’16) is a graduate student at the Georgia Spring ’12–Spring ’14) is a graduate student at Lorenzo Slay (Chemical Engineering ’13, reality graphics engineer at Unity Technologies. Institute of Technology. She is pursuing the University of California, Berkeley pursuing FURI Fall ’10–Spring ’12) is an engineer a doctorate in materials science and her doctorate in chemical engineering. II at Arizona Public Service. Lorenzo is Ryan Sullivan (Biomedical Engineering ’16, engineering under Vladimir Tsukruk. an digitial modifications engineer at Palo FURI Summer ’15–Fall ’15) is a performance Karime Jocelyn Rosas Gomez (Chemical Verde Nuclear Generating Station. analyst at Banner Health working on Tim Reblitz (Electrical Engineering Engineering ’16, FURI Spring ’16) is a clinical performance improvement. ’12, FURI Summer ’11–Spring ’12) is graduate student at ASU pursuing her an application engineer at Applied master’s in biomedical engineering. Ben Teplitzky (Biomedical Engineering Materials in the Automation Products ’11, FURI ’08–’09) is a data scientist at Group in Santa Clara, California. Francesco Ruta (Physics, Civil Preventice. He finished his doctorate this Engineering ’15, FURI Spring ’12–Spring year and is now working for Preventice. Jose Rios (Bioengineering ’10, FURI Fall ’15) is a graduate student at Stanford ’09–Spring ’10) is a formulation scientist University studying materials science. Start early, get involved at Agios. He received his doctorate and pick a topic that from Cornell University and is now a Matthew Sawtelle (Chemical formulation scientist for pharmaceuticals. Engineering ’12, FURI Spring ’11–Fall you are excited about! ’12) is a chemist at Reckitt Benckiser. JJ Robertson (Computer Science and —Carly Thalman Electrical Engineering ’16, FURI Fall Jessica Schiltz (Biomedical Engineering ’15–Spring ’16) is a software engineer at Carly Thalman (Engineering (Robotics) ’15, FURI Fall ’12, Fall ’14, Spring ’14) is a Snap, Inc. writing software for Snapchat’s ’16, FURI Summer ’16–Fall ’16) is a graduate graduate student at the University of Notre research and hardware division, Snaplab. student at ASU and Raytheon. Carly is Dame pursuing a doctorate in orthopedic Bethany Smith (Materials Science and beginning graduate studies in systems materials for additive manufacturing. Engineering ’15, FURI Summer ’12–Fall engineering while working as a project test Whether the research ’12) is a graduate student instructor at engineer intern with Raytheon Missile Systems. goes according to plan Sarah Sharer (Bioengineering ’06, the University of California, Berkeley FURI Spring ’05–Spring ’06) is an pursuing her doctorate in materials. or there are a few bumps obstetrician and gynecologist at Dignity along the way, all of the Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and time spent in FURI is a Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. valuable experience. —Tiffany Pifher

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Aimen Vanood (Biomedical Engineering ’16, FURI Spring ’15–Fall ’15) is a product designer at Picmonic. Aimen will start medical school at Oakland University William FREE FURI Beaumont School of Medicine in Fall 2017.

Aman Verma (Biomedical Engineering ’10, FURI Spring ’09–Fall ’09) is a ORIENTATION ON resident physician postgraduate year two at the University of Minnesota. Aman is completing an internal medicine residency.

Anthony Volpe (Electrical Engineering ’08, Create something FURI Spring ’07–Fall ’08) is a team lead and BLACKBOARD through FURI that you quality assurance engineer at Volkswagen will be proud of after the Group of America’s Electronics Research Lab. program is complete. He works in quality assurance engineering for Audi infotainment systems. Starting in #furious —Claire Tilton Fall 2017 he will be attending law school.

Claire Tilton (Civil Engineering ’15, FURI Alex Weir (Chemical Engineering ’09, Summer ’13–Spring ’15) is a field engineer FURI Fall ’07) is a plant manager at the at Chicago Bridge & Iron. Claire works at Olin Chlor Alkali Products manufacturing Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Units 3 site in Henderson, Nevada. Not sure how to create a research question? and 4, the first nuclear power plant built in the U.S. in more than 30 years. Shawn White (Mechanical Engineering Conduct a literature review? ’17, FURI Spring ’15–Fall ’16) is a graduate Adam Tse (Computer Science ’16, FURI student studying mechanical engineering at Make undergraduate research a reality for you? Fall ’14–Spring ’16) is a graduate student ASU and an intern at Stara Technologies. at CERT Software Engineering Institute pursuing a master’s in information security Daniel Wilson (Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. ’14, FURI Spring ’14–Fall ’14) is an operations analyst at Goldman Sachs. In collaboration with the ASU Library, the Fulton Undergraduate Research

Reed Wittman (Materials Science and Initiative has designed a free, user-friendly research ASU Libraries Engineering ’13, FURI Fall ’12–Spring Orientation for FURI course on Blackboard. ’13) is a Bredesen Fellow graduate researcher at Bredesen Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a doctoral student in energy science and engineering. By taking this course, you will learn how to create a research question, Chuan Xu (Industrial Engineering ’12, conduct a literature review, maximize library resources and more. FURI Fall ’11–Spring ’12) is a supply chain manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Shengjie Zhu (Engineering (Robotics) Find out how to join at engineering.asu.edu/fur ’16, FURI Fall ’15–Spring ’16) is a business i development manager at Titanium Falcon helping the company to develop Sydney Vanda (Computer Systems business and design electrical circuits. Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Students taking the course will get a #FURIous T-shirt ’15, FURI Spring ’15–Fall ’15) is a after completing at least a couple modules. software engineer at Intel. The Entrepreneurial Mindset

What does it mean to bring an entrepreneurially minded When research is approached with an entrepreneurial mindset, students use approach to research? their curiosity as the impetus for determining their area of investigation. They synthesize information from multiple sources as well as the discoveries made In a dynamic and interconnected world, it is critical for the Fulton in their work to develop a deep understanding of all stakeholders involved. Schools to teach a technical skillset along with an entrepreneurial mindset Researchers anticipate societal and economic trends to provide valuable that fosters curiosity, connections and the creation of value (3Cs). solutions for new or improved business opportunities. ASU has long been a leader in entrepreneurially minded learning, with a range of programs, resources and classes to empower students. Programs KEEN proudly supports the Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative and the such as FURI teach students how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to a given program’s efforts to instill curiosity, connections, and the creation of value into career or field, leading to innovative solutions that create extraordinary value. research projects.

Learn more about KEEN and the 3Cs at engineeringunleashed.com.

Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering | engineering.asu.edu 49 Acknowledgments

Financial support for the FURI program is made possible by Ira A. Fulton. Special thanks to all of the mentors, family and friends for supporting our students through this program. We appreciate the efforts of all who helped make this program a success, especially:

Jean Andino Beverly Naig Susan Baldi Jay Oswald Kevin Buck Yulia Peet Tamera Cameron Shannon Pete Bridgett Cantu Deb Prewitt Scotty Craig Shaunna Price Arnaud Ehgner Yueming Qiu Jhanaye Glynn Cheryl Roberts Michael Goryll Benjamin Ruddell Debra Gower Arthur Sainz Keng Hsu Shevonda Shields Usha Jagannathan Barbara Smith Jessica Jensen Angela Sodemman Peggy Kilgore Tomi St John Stephen Krause Alicia Stiers Cortney Loui Sefaattin Tongay Jenna Marturano César Torres Abdel Mayyas Shane Underwood JoAnne McDermand Brent Vernon Kelley McManus Gary Waissi Barbara Minich Qing Hua Wang Cynthia Moayedpardazi Bin Mu ! FURI Young Alumni Award Congratulations

Taylor Brownlee Wiehn

The Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI) enhances and We are honored to award Taylor Brownlee Wiehn as the enriches a student’s engineering and technical education by providing inaugural recipient of the FURI Young Alumni Award. In addition hands-on lab experience, independent and thesis-based research to FURI, Taylor participated in the Accelerated 4+1 program and and travel to national conferences. This signature program at the graduated in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree and an impressive Fulton Schools, founded by Ira A. Fulton and his investment in our 4.0 GPA. She then completed her master’s degree in chemical Schools, attracts and enables some of the brightest students from engineering in 2013. Taylor is currently a process engineer at across the country and around the world and challenges them to W.L. Gore and Associates. sharpen their skills.

The skill set and mindset learned in FURI do not just stop in the lab or at ASU. FURI opens doors for scholarships, internships, jobs and research at high-level institutions down the road. We are proud of our students accomplishments both here at ASU and in their work after their FURI experience.

This year we are proud to celebrate the accomplishments of our young alumni by establishing the FURI Young Alumni Award.

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