Grad Oral Presentations - Engineering: Bioengineering

Thursday, October 11, 2012: 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
617 (WSCC)

Description: Selected graduate students present their scientific research to their peers, mentor-judges, and other conference participants in a unique forum for professional growth.



6:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
6:35 PM
Developing a Calcium Alginate Droplet Generator for the Formation of Uniformly Sized Multicellular Tumor Spheroids
Jacqueline De Lora, BS/BA , Graduate Student- PhD Research Assistant , The University of New Mexico ; Travis Woods, BS , The University of New Mexico ; Alice Martinic , The University of New Mexico ; Blake Bluestein , Research Assistant/ PREP Scholar , The University of New Mexico ; Heather Canavan, PhD , Assistant Professor , The University of New Mexico ; James Freyer, PhD , Research Professor , The University of New Mexico
6:55 PM
In Vitro Cold Plasma Treatment Inducing Apoptosis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cancer Cells
Heather Anderson, BS , Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi ; Magesh Thiyagarajan, PhD , Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi ; Xavier Gonzales, PhD , Plasma Engineering Research Lab (PERL), Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
7:15 PM
A LOW-INTERACTION AUTOMATIC 3D LIVER SEGMENTATION METHOD FOR SELECTIVE INTERNAL RADIATION THERAPY
Mohammed Goryawala, M.S. , Florida International University ; Ruchir Bhatt, B.S. , Florida International University ; Seza Gulec , Florida International University ; Anthony McGoron , Florida International University ; Malek Adjouadi, PhD , Florida International University
7:35 PM
Enhanced Shear-induced Platelet Aggregation due to Low Temperature Storage
Kristin Reddoch , University of Texas at San Antonio ; Robbie Montgomery, MS , US Army Institute of Surgical Research ; Prajeeda Nair , The University of Texas at San Antonio ; Shankar Evani , University of Texas at San Antonio ; Anand Ramasubramanian, PhD , The University of Texas at San Antonio ; Andre Cap, MD , US Army Institute of Surgical Research