106 Undergraduate Student Poster Session: Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology

Monday, November 9, 2015: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Exhibit Hall 1 (Salt Palace Convention Center)

Description:
One of nine student poster sessions.

Co-Sponsor(s):
Education (04)
Chair:
Victor Breedveld Email: victor.breedveld@chbe.gatech.edu
Co-Chair:
Ryan Toomey Email: rtoomey@eng.usf.edu
- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.



Pressure Drop of Confined Microfluidic Droplets
Kosi Anazia, Naureen Suteria and Siva A. Vanapalli


Using Microfluidics to Mimic the Bone Marrow Microenvironment
Steven Tau and Jungwoo Lee


Modular Tissue Engineering with GAG-Chitosan Complex Hollow Fibers
Alexander Gagliardi and Howard W. T. Matthew


Development and Evaluation of Air-Grown Lung Cancer Spheroids
Nicholas J. Fraunfelter, Elisa A. Torrico-Guzman, Sweta K. Gupta and Samantha A. Meenach


Microbial Response in a Synthetic Termite Gut Microenvironment with Micro-Oxygen Gradients
Elise Gilcher, Mitchell Cyr, Charles Bridges, Leslie M. Shor and Daniel J. Gage


Development of a Human Blood Vessel in Vitro Using Polydimethylsiloxane Mold
Gurkirat Singh, Veronica Burnett and Steven Krim


Biomimetic Mucin Network for Biological Application
Kristin Mulliniks, Sundar prasanth Authimoolam, David A. Puleo and Thomas D. Dziubla


Microfluidic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Tissue Model
Karolina Konior


Device Development for Testing the Effects of Electric Fields upon Mammalian Cells
David Ede


Determining the Efficacy of Coaxing Porcine Cardiac Scaffolds into Human Hearts
Arthur Castleton, Nima Momtahan, Brady Vance and Alonzo Cook


Evaluating Nanocomposite Microparticles for the Delivery of Therapeutics for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Julie Cuddigan, Zimeng Wang and Samantha A. Meenach


Therapeutic Innovations: Re-Examining the Design of the Neonatal Bubble-CPAP for Application in the Developing World
David Hurt, Christopher Puzzo, Daniel Ventre, Dana Levin, Haotian Zhao and Solomon Mensah


Optimization of Polymer Coated Silica Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Drug Delivery
Kyle Paul


"Increased Penetrance of Magnetic Nanoparticles through Utilization of an Alternating Magnetic Field for Purposes of Drug Delivery"
Neal Bhavnani, Young S. Choi, Barry Yeh and Allan E. David


Iterative Prototyping of Bioengineered Microenvironments Using 3D Printing
Mitchell Cyr, Elise Gilcher, Andrea L. Kadilak and Leslie M. Shor


Thermostabilization of Influenza Vaccine for Microneedle Delivery
Miraj Desai


Remotely Activated Biomaterials for Use in Optimizing Localized Cancer Therapy
Tanner Barnes, Anita Tolouei, Rosa Ghatee, Robert Blease, Tania Emi and Stephen Kennedy


Targeted Drug Delivery Using Peptoid Nanospheres
Kaylee Smith and Shannon L. Servoss


Quantification of the Internalization of Poly(trolox ester) Nanoparticles
Ava Vargason, Carolyn Schumer, Kimberly W. Anderson, J. Zach Hilt and Thomas D. Dziubla


siRNA Loaded Lipidoid Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Chronic Inflammatory States
Himali Ranade, Lisa Kasiewicz and Kathryn A. Whitehead


Polymeric Adjuvants for Vaccine Delivery
Tiffany Lam, Surya Mallapragada and Metin Uz


Enzymatic Synthesis of CdS Quantum Dots By a Cystathionine Gamma-Lyase
Robert Dunleavy


Glucose Metabolism As a Predictive Tool to Study Chondrogenesis in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
William Pontius, Yi Zhong, Arnold I. Caplan, Jean F. Welter and Harihara Baskaran


Using Aerosolized Tumor-Penetrating Nanocomposite Microparticles for the Local Treatment of Lung Cancer
Jake Morris, Elisa A. Torrico-Guzman and Samantha A. Meenach


Evaluation of the Cancer Preventive Effect of Resveratrol-Loaded Nanoparticles on the Formation of Tumor Spheroids
Mitchell Gravely, Elisa A. Torrico-Guzman and Samantha A. Meenach


Role of Heparan Sulfate and Glycocalyx in Cancer Metastasis
Michelle Zhang and Solomon Mensah


Exploring the Microbiome of Cervical Cancer through Transkingdom Networks
Khiem Lam, Jialu Hu, Heidi Lyng, Natalia Shulzhenko and Andriy Morgun


Bionano-Enzyme Conjugates with Bacterial Decontamination Capabilities
Andrew Maloney, Cerasela Zoica Dinu and Alan Campbell


PAM-Scanr: An In Vivo Positive Screen to Elucidate Protospacer-Adjacent Motifs for Uncharacterized Crispr-Cas Systems
Rebecca A. Slotkowski, Ryan T. Leenay, Kenneth Maksimchuk, Roma Agrawal and Ahmed M. Gomaa


The Effects of Hemodynamic Shear Stress on Stemness of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Andrew Raddatz, Ursula L. Triantafillu and Yonghyun (John) Kim


Production of Antibody Fragments for Testing Synergy Between Anti-Pertussis Toxin Antibodies
Alexis Prybutok


Design and Construction of a Collection of Modular Plasmids to Facilitate Metabolic Engineering Applications in Escherichia coli
Alexandra Gautreaux


Evaluation of a Novel Series of Mechanism-Based Inhibitors of Glutamate Racemase Isozymes
Jenna Stoltzfus, Nicholas Vance and M. Ashley Spies


Cis-Regulatory Sequences for Onecut1 and Onecut2 Genes in Development of Retina
Sneha Gopal


In Vitro Cell-Free Synthetic Biology Techniques for Optimizing Protein Yields
Conner Earl


Characterization of Growth in Escherichia coli Expressing Methylotrophic Genes
Michael A. Palmer


Cellulose Nanofibers As a Nucleating Template for Interfacial Crystallization of Poly (ethylene)-b-Poly (ethylene glycol)
Morganna Ochoa, Nina Collazos and Dilip Depan


Constraint-Based Metabolic Model Elucidates Energy, Reducing Power, and Carbon Flux Distribution in Clostridium tyrobutyricum for Optimization of n-Butanol Production
Sarah McFann, Lauren Mathews, Christopher Mayhugh, Jacob Robinson, Chao Ma and Margaret Liu


Bovine Cartilage Digestion and Characterization of Cellular Surface Proteins Using Atomic Force Microscopy
Ashley Davie, Tyler Cheung, Arshan Nazempour, Nehal I. Abu-Lail, Chrystal Bailey and Bernard Van Wie


Design of Layer-By-Layer Thin Films for pH-Triggered Release of Endosomolytic Nanoparticles
Harrison Paul, Duncan Morgan, Gilda Naka, Daniel Shae, Max Jacobson and John Wilson


Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) for Mixing of Cohesive Solids
Charles Foster, M. Sebastian Escotet-Espinoza, Amanda Rogers and Marianthi Ierapetritou


Assessment of Air Velocity and Temperature Profiles inside a Continuous Powder Dryer with Inclined Plates
Martín Guerrero Sr.


Gold Nanoclusters for Biomedical Imaging
Aaron Issac


Investigating the Acoustic Focusing of Microbubbles for Bioanalytical and Biomedical Applications
Kevin Reed, Michaelann Tartis and Menake Piyasena


Sonification of Bacterial Chemotaxis: Listening for Patterns in the Response of Swimming Bacteria to Chemical Stimuli
Justin Peruzzi, Maxwell Tfirn and Roseanne Ford


Production and Characterization of Hydrophobins from Fungal Source
Chaitanya Habib, Sona Umloti, Vaibhav Hiregoudar and Saiprasad Wandkar


Respiratory Response of Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilm to Daptomycin Exposure
Victoria Drake, Jinzi Deng and Leslie M. Shor


Investigation of Novel Cellulose-Binding Tapirin Proteins in Caldicellulosiruptor Species
Piyanka M. Saha, Laura L. Lee and Robert M. Kelly


Synthesis and Skin Permeability of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs As Ionic Liquids
Andy Chen


Integration of Cellular Structures Modulate Motility and Response to Applied Force
Alexandra Cerny


Optimization of Magnetic Nanoclusters for Quality Control, Drug Loading, and MRI Contrasting
Matt Sorrells, Hemant Vishwasrao, Marina Sokolsky, Alexander Kabanov and Richey M. Davis


Development of Gold-Lipid Nanocomposites As a Theranostic Platform
Connor Dobson, Christina Pickering, Allan E. David, Peter Panizzi and Robert Arnold

File available
Transdifferentiation of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Schwann-like Cells That Secrete Neurotrophic Factors and Promote Differentiation of PC12-Trkb Cells
Pratish Adhikari


Platelet Hsp70 Promotes Platelet Spreading and Integrin aIIbb3 Activation
Marisa Thierheimer, Rachel Rigg and Owen J.T. McCarty


A Cell-Scale Model of Pulmonary Epithelial Transport Dynamics in Cystic Fibrosis
Nicholas W. Lotz, Matthew R. Markovetz, Timothy Corcoran and Robert S. Parker


Rapid Deglycerolization of Cryopreserved Red Blood Cells
Cynthia Cruz Sanchez, Adam Z. Higgins and John Lahmann


A Mathematical Model of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Anne C. Leonhard, Robert S. Parker and Gilles Clermont


Cell Culture Clone Selection
Andrew Ray, An Zhang, Chris Kwiatkowski and Yao-Ming Huang

File available
Integration of Pharmacogenomics into Modern Medicine: A Chemical Engineering Challenge
Colby F. DeWeese, Caleb A. Lareau and Courtney G. Montgomery


Establishing an In Vivo RNA Accessibility Probing System and Transitioning to High-Throughput Characterization
Praveen Vimal


Understanding Protease Resistance Using mRNA Display
Chenyu Wang


Investigation of TLR Pathway Activation in Macrophages By Single and Dual Ligands
Rebecca J. Carlson, Sharat J. Vayttaden, Sinu P. John and Iain D. C. Fraser


Gene Delivery Using Elastin-like Polypeptides
Carla Stephanie Colon


A Bioinformatics Approach to Identifying Negative Regulators in the Interleukin-12 Pathway
Cassidy Bland and David J. Klinke


Lyophilized Escherichia coli-Based Cell-Free Systems for Robust, High-Density, Long-Term Storage
M. Lance Christian


Lipid Monolayer Compression Isotherms for Characterization of Adjuvant Mechanisms of Action
Andrea Livingston, Lorena Antunez, Prajnaparamita Dhar and Cory Berkland


Defining the Putative Symbiosis Between an Algae and Potential Pathogenic Bacteria
Katie A. Legenski


T4 Bacteriophage Behavior on Paper: Stability after Drying and Long-Term Storage
Christoper Lim and Rebecca Cademartiri


Engineering Novel Wax Ester Synthases for Biodiesel Production
Sarah Thorwall, Justin Klesmith and Tim Whitehead


Extraction, Purification, and Characterization of 2'hydroxybipenyl-2-Sulfanate (HBPS) Desulfinase (DszB) from Rhodococcus Erythropolis
Shannon Woolridge


Hyrdogel Encapsulation to Enhance Enzyme Stability and Functionality
Jordan Chapman


Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Assisted Decellularization for Regenerative Medicine
Anna Gilpin, Kai Wang and Yong Yang


Tuning and Activation of Titania Anatase Core-Shell Particles
Daniel Laky


Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Self-Assembling of Methoxy Poly(ethylene glycol)-Polycaprolactone (MePEG5-PCL9) Nano-Polymeric Micelles
Joshua Pajak


Halloysite Nanotube/PLGA Composite Materials for Controlled Antibiotic Release
Sean Bittner, Lee Robeson and Edward W. Davis


A Computational Study of the Hydrophobic Effect of Organic Molecules in Aqueous Solutions
Amna Bhutta, Henry Ashbaugh and Wes Barnett


Spherical Agglomeration of Benzoic Acid: Influence of Primary Crystals and Binder Droplet Size on Final Agglomerate Size
Nicholas Contino and Ramon Pena


Cytotoxicity of RGD Functionalized Silver Nanoparticles on Eoma Cells
Aaliyah B. Shodeinde and Christopher Anderson


Evaluation of Air Temperature Profiles and Inclination of Plates inside a Continuous Powder Dryer
Kevin Mendoza


Diffusivity and Loading Capacity of Doxorubicin in a Tubular DNA Origami Nanocarrier
Kate Dray, Alec Kaija and Christopher E. Wilmer


Effect of Mini-B and Cholesterol on Model Lung Surfactant Phospholipids
Erica Hui, Aishik Chakraborty and Prajnaparamita Dhar


Interaction of Enzyme Synthesized Copper Nanocluster with Surfactants
Akshay Dedaniya


Decreasing the Length of the Aging Process of Whiskey
Alexander Kempf


High-Throughput Screening for Increased Oil Production in Camelina sativa
Dwayne Creasy and Timothy Durrett


Analysis of Microalgae Culture Processes
Ronard Herrera Monegro and Lakshmi Sridhar


Glucose Production from Recycled Paper By Enzymatic Hydrolysis
Kinley S. Gomez Rosa, Tania Borrero, Ronard Herrera Monegro and Lorenzo Saliceti Piazza


Biomass Degradation By Multi-Domain Catalytic Surface-Layer Proteins in the Extremely Thermophilic Bacterium Caldicellulosiruptor Kronotskyensis
George W. Harper, Jonathan M. Conway and Robert M. Kelly


Process Optimization to Improve Butyric Acid Production with Clostridium Tyrobutyricum
Lauren Mathews, Carson Dietrich, Michael Leffler, Whitney Smith, Chao Ma and Margaret Liu


Global Optimization of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. Fermentation Process
Valeria Santana Pruna and Lakshmi Sridhar


Production of Glucose Oxidase Nanocomposite Electrodes for Enzymatic Biofuel Cell Operation
Conrad A. Hoffstater, Su Ha, Tsai Garcia-Perez, Shane Reynolds and Steven R. Saunders


Streamlined Production of Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Reactions Using Auto-Induction Media
Christina Muhlestein


Metabolism of the Cellulose-Degrading Marine Bacterium Saccharophagus Degradans 2-40
Benjamin Gastfriend, Andrew Quinn, Steven Hutcheson and Ganesh Sriram


Using Kinetics of Growth and Sugar Fermentation By Vibrio Cholerae to Identify Inhibitors of the Phosphoenolpyruvate-Carbohydrate Phosphotransferase System
Mahtab Waseem, Emmanuel Ike and Patrick Ymele-leki
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