Research Expo Program

1:30 p.m.

Registration Opens and Judging Begins

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Poster Session

Interact with graduate students from all six engineering departments as they present their research

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Faculty Lightning Talks

Hear from distinguished professors in 15 minute research talks about research funded via a unique Jacobs School
program that accelerates interdisciplinary research collaborations for early-career faculty.
 

Multiscale Mechanics and Fabrication of Additively Manufactured Recycled Thermoplastic Composites
Professors Shabnam Semnani and Georgios Tsampras 

Harnessing Pangenomics for Complex Trait Association Studies
Professors Yatish Turakhia and Melissa Gymrek

Propelling CO₂ Reduction: High-Entropy Alloy Design for Formic Acid Production Integrating Advanced First-Principle Calculations and Machine Learning
Professors Wanlu Li and Yufei Ding

4:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Awards Ceremony

Dean Albert P. Pisano will announce and celebrate the recipients of the:

• $1,500 M. Lea Rudee Outstanding Poster Award

• $750 Department Best Poster Prizes 

• $500 People's Choice Award

• $1,000 Transdisciplinary Collaboration Award

5:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Networking Reception

Join us for hors d'oeuvres and networking with industry partners, alumni, faculty and graduate students