The College of Engineering hosted its sixth annual COE Research Expo Feb. 26 in the Curry Student Center Ballroom to give PhD students the opportunity to showcase their dedication to their research projects. Around 65 participants attended to display their projects, as well as several COE faculty members, many of whom served as judges for the contest. The range of topics covered by the research projects spanned all COE departments.
The expo began with a private showcase for the judges to learn more about each project. Students who presented each project explained their research procedures and outcomes and fielded questions from the judges. Afterwards, the judges took time to deliberate and decide on the winners. During this time, the expo was opened to all attendees to give them a chance to learn about each project. Towards the end of the expo, Gregory Abowd, dean of the College of Engineering, arrived to announce the winners. Five winners each were selected for two categories: the Judges Award and the Audience Choice Award. The recipients of each award and their projects are listed below.
Judges Award:
Shalom Fadullon, ChE, “Kinetic Modeling of the Impact of Dietary Fatty acid Uptake on the Absorption of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs”