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Annual Poster Session
Each year at the end of April the SST Partnership holds a poster session in the Kirk Hall facilites. The Poster Session brings together scientists and engineers from URI, Rhode Island, and surrounding states to learn about the latest research results from SST. The Poster Session also gives participating students an opportunity to present their research results in a comfortable setting. The students have an opportunity to meet representatives from a variety of companies. The annual Poster Session has been highly successful, averaging more than 15 posters per year and over 100 participants per year. The first Poster Session was held in 1997.
Selected titles from the 2004 Poster Session (April 30, 2004):
Analysis and Treatment of an 1814 Battle Flag from Stonington Connecticut
Renee Walker – Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design
Photoactuators Based on Carbon Nanotube/Nafion Bilayer Composites
Peter Kanelos, Igor Levitsky, Destiny Woodbury, and William B. Euler – Department of Chemistry
Investigations of Electromigration in Al-Cu Alloy Interconnects
David Heskett and Chari Narahara – Department of Physics
Developing the Identity of Non-Pathogenic Bacteria to Aid in the Threat of Bioterrorism
Stacy Gingras – Department of Chemistry
Two-Step Thermochromism in Poly(3-docosylthiophene): DSC and Reflection Spectroscopy
Nadia Archambault – Department of Chemistry
Investigation of the Light-fastness of Polythiophene Thermochromic Pigments
Lauren Marcinowski – Department of Chemistry
Lead Wire Attachment Using Laser Welding Techniques
Tim Starr and Otto J. Gregory – Department of Chemical Engineering
Ceramic Temperature Sensors for Gas Turbine Engine Applications
Tao You – Department of Chemical Engineering
The Synthesis of Organic/Inorganic Composite Materials
Hui Wan and Sze Yang – Department of Chemistry
Synthesis of Double-Strand Polymer in Organic Solvent
Ping Ren and Sze Yang – Department of Chemistry
Compressibility of Gas Flow and Heat Transfer in Microchannels
Steven Turner, Lok Lam, Mohammad Faghri, and Otto J. Gregory – Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Chemical Engineering
Microstructural Analysis of Pipe Bomb Fragments
Drew Brodeur and Otto J. Gregory – Department of Chemical Engineering
Phosphorous Modified Polyanilines: Synthesis and Properties
Zhou Jin – Department of Chemistry
Direct Photovoltaic Production of Hydrogen Via Novel Device Development Through New Thin–Film Materials
Tara Aboyoun – Department of Chemical Engineering
A Nanocomposite Intermediate Coating to Improve High-Temperature Ceramic Coatings
Marcus Downey and Otto J. Gregory – Department of Chemical Engineering
Validating Bio-Ferrographic Capture of Artificial Joint Wear Debris Using Surface Science Technology
Adam Tillinghast, Nevan Hanumara, and Donna Meyer – Department of Mechanical Engineering
A New Design of Total Hip Replacement
Ren Sharma and Donna Meyer – Department of Mechanical Engineering
Determining Components of Fluorphoric DOM in Narragansett Bay Using Fluorescent EEMs and PARAFAC
Jessica Dombroski and Michael Twardowski – Graduate School of Oceanography
Preventing Biofouling of Bio-optical Sensors
Michael Twardowski – Graduate School of Oceanography
Scenes from previous Poster Sessions:
