The project is about developing an artificial neurosensory retina. Involved the used of gold nanoparticles, PVDF, and TiO2 along with the used of exposed the nanoparticles to the light wavelengths and matching their resonant...
Multidisciplinary research
MURI undergraduates have a unique opportunity to work with graduate students, post-docs, senior staff, and faculty mentors on real-world problems to gain research skills that can be applied to their college coursework and future careers.
Computational and Experimental Support for 3D Bioprinting
The activity in this MURI project is oriented in three convergent directions: i) use of computer modeling to simulate and design bioprinting-relevant processes; ii) use of 3D printing to create models and devices in support of...
Developing Novel Approaches to Thin Film Microscopic Image Analysis
We analyzed detected grain boundaries from thin-film samples using image processing and machine learning. These grain boundaries are important because they help determine the physical properties of new transistors.
Effect of Natural Fibers in the Mechanical Properties of Starch-based Plastic
This work reports the fabrication and testing of potato starch-based plastic (SBP) film reinforced with micro hemp fibers. In particular, this work describes the processing parameters, including the temperatures for the mixing...
Great Marble Map of Rome Project
Experimental publication and 3D modeling of Roman artifacts, especially the Great Marble Map of Rome. Final product will be a public access database providing researchers and scholars with models of all 1000+ map...
Mapping the Oratory of Fredrick Douglass
Our project is Mapping the Oratory of Frederick Douglass (the 19th century speaker and abolitionist). Through research, we are building up a body of work documenting Douglass's speeches during select years of the 1850s;...
This project works to functionalize MXenes, a relatively new class of 2D titanium carbide molecules, by using a DCC coupling mechanism (Steglich esterification). The mechanism works by covalently attaching a poly(ethylene...
The long-term goal of this project is to create an immersive learning environment that is publicly available for nanoscience and nanotechnology education. Our central hypothesis is that by creating an augmented reality...
This team has collaborated on the research and development of a mobile application to aid in examining the effects of just-in-time reflection on learning and recall of information in student reflections. Mentor: Christian Rogers
Research and Development of 3D Bioprinters
In this work, the ultimate goal is to understand the process-property-performance relations in 3D printed biomaterials. We demonstrated building a low-cost syringe pump extruder adapted to a regular Fused Deposition Modeling...