Science & Engineering Research Symposium

March 31, 2009

Bioinformatics

Lan Hu LFG: a Unique Apoptosis Regulatory Gene Family Advisor: Temple Smith

David Byrne Metabolic Optimality and Trade-offs Under Combinatorial Genetic and Nutrient Modifications Advisor: Daniel Segre

Niels Klitgord Microbial Masonry: Building Metabolic Models One Organism at a Time Advisor: Daniel Segre

Badri Vardarajan Imputation of Genotypes Reveals New Putative Candidate Variants Associated With Alzheimer Disease Advisor: Lindsay Farrer

Biomedical

Ari Friedland A Synthetic Gene Network that Counts Advisor: James Collins (College of Engineering Dean’s Award)

Michael Koeris Quorum Sensing-mediated Persister Formation via Shifts in Polyamine Metabolism Advisor: James Collins

Nishant Mohan Ultra-Broadband Optical Coherence Tomography Using Parametric Downconversion and Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors at 1064 nm Advisor: Malvin C. Teich

Gavrielle Price Vascularization of Microfluidic Hydrogels and Their Physiology Advisor: Joe Tien

Nathaniel Spencer Comparative Analysis of Two Culture Systems for In Vitro Studies of Avian Hair Cell Regeneration Advisor: Catherine M. Klapperich

Lenny Varghese Visual Cues for When to Listen Improve Signal Identification Most When Target and Masker Are Perceptually Confusable Advisor: Barbara Shinn-Cunningham

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Sonal Ambwani Optical Flow Based Motion Estimation and Super-Resolution in Cardiac PET/CT to Enhance Early Detection of Coronary Artery Diseases Advisor: W. Clem Karl

Erhan Ermis Multicamera Fusion for Uncalibrated Cameras Advisor: Venkatesh Saligrama (Center for Information & Systems Engineering Award (CISE), ECE Award)

Niloofar Fazlollahi Competitive Routing with Advanced Reservation and Bounded Path Dispersion Advisor: David Starobinski

Ashwin Gopinath Engineering Plasmonic Arrays for Bio-sensing Advisor: Luca Dal Negro

Avi Gunda Imagining Electron Spectrometer Instrument for a Nano-satellite Advisor: Theodore Fritz

Mark Harrah Non-radiative Exciton Dynamics in Carbon Nanotubes Advisor: Anna Swan

Xiang He Multi-channel Integrated ReadOut Circuit Chip for Solid State Particle Detectors Advisor: Theodore Fritz

Craig Keasler Optical Measurement of Stress in High Aspect Ratio Double Clamped Silicon Nanowires Advisor: Anna Swan

Sarah Kelsall A Spike-Based Classifier for Battlefield Sounds Advisor: Allyn Hubbard

Fatih Hakan Koklu Subsurface Microscopy of Integrated Circuits with Angular Spectrum and Polarization Control Advisor: M. Selim Ünlü

Rui Li Silicon-based Light Emitting Devices for 1.54 µm Applications Advisor: Luca Dal Negro

Huseyin Mutlu Spot Pricing of Secondary Spectrum Access in Wireless Cellular Networks Advisor: David Starobinski

David Voss A Novel Spacecraft Standard for a Modular Nanosatellite Bus in an Operationally Responsive Space Environment Advisor: Theodore Fritz

Weiyao Xiao Extreme Value FEC for Wireless Data Broadcasting Advisor: David Starobinski

Rui Zhang Engineering Guided Mode Resonance in Photonic Crystal Slabs for Polarization Control and Biosensing Advisor: Hatice Altug

Materials Science & Engineering

Andrew Botelho Soliton and Polaron Induced 3D Conformational Changes in Conjugated Polymers Advisor: Xi Lin

Yongwoo Shin Energy Landscape of Trans-Polyacetylene Advisor: Xi Lin

Peter Zink Defect Chemistry and Electrical Properties of (La0.8Ca0.2)0.95FeO3-&#61540 Advisor: Uday Pal

Mechanical

Peter Chang Single Molecule Tracking Using an AFM Advisor: Sean Andersson

Qingqing Cao Micro-Fluidic Devices for the Detection of Influenza Type A: Experiments and Modeling Advisor: Catherine M. Klapperich

Ping Du Electromechanical Characterization of Polypyrrole Bilayer Actuators Advisor: Xin Zhang

Elijah Ercolino Energy Audit and Analysis of Boston University’s Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Advisor: Michael Gevelber

Kebin Fan Comparison of Birefringent Metamaterials and Meanderline Structure as Quarter-Wave Plates at Terahertz Frequencies Advisor: Xin Zhang

Yanjun Gong Lipid-Coated Monodisperse Microbubbles Preparation by Using Microfluidics Device Advisor: Tyrone Porter

Ben Hansen CuO Nanowires: Growth Characterization and Multifunctional Device Fabrication Advisor: Xin Zhang

Brandley Kaanta Fabrication and Testing of an Improved Thermal Conductivity Detector for Ambient and High Temperature Operation Advisor: Xin Zhang (Center for Nanoscience & Nanobiotechnology Award (CNN))

Puxiang Lai Quantitative Optical Characterization of Tissue-like Medium Using Light and Sound Advisor: Ronald A. Roy

I-Kuan Lin Viscoelastic Characterization and Modeling of Polymer-based Structures for Biological Applications Advisor: Xin Zhang

Christophe Ormonde A Flow-Through Acoustic Waveguide for Two-Phase Flow Void Fraction Measurement Advisor: Ronald A. Roy

Yiling Qiu Impedance-Sensing Assay for Early Detecting Cell Death in Primary Cardiomyocyte Culture Advisor: Xin Zhang

Zhaolong Shen Multiple Particles Tracking in Confocal Microscopy Advisor: Sean B. Anderson

Hu Tao Active Metamaterial Devices: a Novel Approach to Manipulate Terahertz Waves Advisor: Xin Zhang

Xiaoning Wang Micro-fabricated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide (SPIO) Multi-spectral MRI Contrast Agent Advisor: Xin Zhang

Zachary Waters Resonance Isolation in the Presence of Noise and Clutter by Single-channel Time Reversal Advisor: Ronald A. Roy (Center for Subsurface Sensing & Imaging Systems Award (CenSSIS))

Xuri Yan Electrospinning of Polymer Nanofibers: Process Development and Control Advisor: Michael Gevelber

Xiaoyu Zheng Cell Force Mapping Reveals ROCK Isoform Regulation and Mapping of Smooth Muscle Cell Contraction Advisor: Xin Zhang

Systems

Yin Chen Statistical Anomaly Detection in Sensor Networks Advisor: Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis

Karin Griffis Semi-automatic Multi-scale Morphological Segmentation for Multispectral Remotely-Sensed Imagery Advisor: Maja Bystrom

Dong Guo Formation Detection in Body Area Networks Advisor: Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis

Binbin Li On Energy Optimized Averaging in Wireless Sensor Networks Advisor: Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis

Reza Moazzez Estanjini An Actor-Critic Method Using Least Squares Temporal Difference Learning with an Application to Warehouse Management Advisor: Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis

Ruomin Wu Maximum Lifetime Routing and Energy Allocation in Wireless Sensor Networks Advisor: Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis

Chen Yao Perturbation Analysis and Optimization of Multiclass Multiobjective Stochastic Flow Models Advisor: Christos G. Cassandras

Minyi Zhong How to Achieve Optimal Cooperation with Minimal Communication? Advisor: Christos G. Cassandras

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