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Dean's Master's Student Research Awards Announced

Dean Darryll Pines has announced the winners of the Dean's Master's Student Research Award Competition for 2010:

First Place:

Jessica Rajkowski, Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Sarah Bergbreiter
"Rapid Polymer Prototyping for Applications in Low Cost and Robust Microrobots"

Second Place:

Adam Karcz, Materials Science and Engineering
Advisor: Professor Joonil Seog
"Probing Gene Delivery Mechanisms Using Optical Tweezers"

Third Place:

Laleh Emdadi, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Advisor: Professor Kyu Yong Choi
"Synthesis of Monodisperse PMMA Particles at Low Temperature by Dispersion Polymerization in a Nonpolar Hydrocarbon Solvent: Experiments and Theoretical Modeling"

Dean Pines created the Dean's Master's Student Research Award Competition to give top Clark School master's student researchers special recognition that will be valuable in launching their careers, and to show all students the importance of high quality engineering research. Students submitted their work through competitions at the unit level.

May 24, 2010