Ten Buckeye engineers earn honors at Denman Forum

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Rows of students present their research posters to visitors at the Denman Forum.

More than 30 Buckeye engineers showcased their research expertise at the 24th annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum on February 20. Their hard work shone through their presentations, with ten engineering students earning awards in their respective categories.

This year approximately 200 senior undergraduate students at Ohio State presented their research across a wide variety of disciplines.

Engineering students swept the chemical and environmental engineering and structural and material fabrication and design categories this year.

Environmental engineering student David Kormos took first place in the chemical and environmental engineering category with his project, “Modeling water uptake of dust in the indoor environment.” Second place went to electrical and computer engineering major Brett Ringel, and Corey Sceranka, a chemical engineer, took third.

First place in the structural and material fabrication design category went to Abdullahi Inshaar, an electrical engineer, for his project, “Origami inspired tessellation arrays for reconfigurable antennas.” Electrical and computer engineer Douglas (Rudy) Fink and mechanical engineer Charles El-helou took second and third place, respectively.

Michael Hines, a chemical engineering student, placed first in the statistical and mathematical modeling science category with his project, “A kinetic and mechanistic study of a cobalt-catalyzed heterodimerization between 1,3-dienes and acrylates.”

Two students stand next to a poster presenting their research during the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.
Structural and material fabrication design category winner Abdullahi Inshaar (right) with his advisor, Prof. Ryan Harne. [credit: Laboratory of Sound & Vibration Research]

Third place in the evolutionary ecology and environmental science category went to food, agricultural and biological engineering major Joey Smith. Electrical and computer engineering major Turner Adornetto placed third in the redefining the human experience category and received an outstanding forum video submission award.

Electrical and computer engineering major Mia Zhang received a special research award sponsored by the Pelotonia Fellowship Program for her project, “Understanding the biological basis of alternating electric field therapy of breast cancer metastasis.”

For a complete list of the 2019 Denman Forum winners, visit the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry website.

by Alex Andrews, College of Engineering student communications assistant

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