Undergraduate research students presented their work at the 2022 Undergraduate Research Poster Session on September 22. Students, faculty, and staff presented research that was funded by the Undergraduate Summer Research Award (USRA) ¾«¶«´«Ã½ and the Scholars ¾«¶«´«Ã½.

Based on faculty votes, the first place prize was awarded to James Iler for his poster titled "Protecting Information with Linearized Polynomials." With mentoring from Department of faculty members Dr. Hiram and Dr. Ivan and graduate student Kyle Traum, James developed an error-correcting code to protect messages from eavesdropping when transmitted over insecure channels.

Additional posters receiving awards were:

• George Tomaras (advisors Chandra and Petru ) "Development of Micromixing Strategies Using Elements of Elongational Flow"
• Olivia Russo (advisors Grace and Eddie ) "A Mixed Method Approach to Examine Resettled Refugees' Parenting Practices"
• Kara Timinski (advisor Mekki ) "Modified Silver Nanoparticles Coated with Alginate Hydrogels as a Drug Delivery Platform to Modulate Biological Function"
• Marko Krieger (advisor Metin ) "Flexible Electronic Device For On-Demand Ocular Drug Delivery"
• Dawud Sharieff (advisor Antonie ) "Simulation-based estimation of muscle forces from wearable sensors"

The Office of Research congratulates all of the students and their mentors, and encourages undergraduate and graduate students to continue to actively engage in research.