Armour R&D Participants Prevail at IIT Research Day Poster Competition

Illinois Institute of Technology Office of Research hosted the 2016 Illinois Tech Research Day Poster Competition on April 11, 2016 in Hermann Hall. Students from Armour College of Engineering who also participated in Armour R&D were named the recipients of all three undergraduate awards at the competition.

1st Place

Wesley Lo (BME, 2nd year)
Advisor: Georgia Papavasiliou
Project: Estimation of Pro-Angiogenic Peptide Diffusion Coefficient from Crosslinked Hydrogel Nanoparticles

2nd Place

Nirja Shah (BME, 3rd year)
Advisor: Kenneth Tichauer
Project: Investigating the Effects of Tissue Staining and Rinsing Protocols for Accurate Analysis of Remnant Cancer at the Margins of Breast Surgery Tissue Samples

Third place

Yusra Khalid (CHE, 4th year)
Advisor: Sohail Murad
Project: Humidification/Dehumidification Under Pakistani Climate Conditions