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MSE Undergraduate Research and Design Projects Awarded at EURēCA

Kate Eikle with a digital version of her winning poster

The Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA) began on April 19 and ended with the awards ceremony on April 23, 2021. MSE students’ results were impressive:

There were only two design awards and both went to MSE senior design projects.

Office of Undergraduate Research (ORE) & Fellowship Awards-Gold Award 
Author: Kate Eikel
Advisor: Bin Hu
Title: “Investigating Methods for Obtaining Large 2 Dimensional Perovskite Single Crystals”

This poster also won the TCE Research Category-First Place award.

ORE & Fellowship Awards-Silver Award
Authors: Logan White, Ryan Heldt, James Lee & Winston Wright
Advisor: Philip Rack
Title: “Using Combinatorial Sputtering to Investigate the Magnetic Properties of Ni-Fe-Cr Thin Films”

This poster also won the TCE Design Category-First Place award.

TCE Design Category-Second Place
Authors: Samantha Manness, Kennedy Waring, Jace Pittman & Alexander Richter
Advisor: David Keffer
Title: “Characterization of Lignin-Based Reactive Membranes Suitable for Sustainable Energy Applications”

Tickle College of Engineering (TCE) Research Category-Award of Merit
Authors: Samantha Manness, Robert Pack, Nadim Hmediat, Madeline Wimmer, Jackson Wilt, Bowen Wagner
Advisor: Brett Compton-Mechanical, Aerospace, Biomolecular Engineering (MABE)
Title: “Multifunctional Ultralightweight Syntactic Foam for Custom Architecting of Aircraft Radomes”

For the complete list of winners, click here.