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Latonia Belcher
Chemical Engineering

Mandi Black
Mechanical Engineering

Eric Carter
Mechanical Engineering

John Bedenbaugh
Chemical Engineering

Jake Smith
Chemical Engineering

Marisa Palucis
Chemical Engineering

Joe Bonivel
Mechanical Engineering

Daniel Sloope
Mechanical Engineering

Luis Cordova
Electrical Engineering

Mills Estes
Electrical Engineering

Jacob Hunter
Chemical Engineering

Elizabeth Irish
Mechanical Engineering

Andrew Jarvie
Mechanical Engineering

Jennifer Johnson
Electrical Engineering

William Neely
Electrical Engineering

Katie Pizzolato
Chemical Engineering

Jonathan Pressley
Chemical Engineering

Justin Miles
Chemical Engineering

John Angelos
Chemical Engineering

Michelle Casper
Chemical Engineering

Jason Owens
Chemical Engineering

Cindi Hyman
Chemical Engineering

Rod Leonard
Electrical Engineering

Katie Camp
Chemical Engineering

Hans Musielik
Mechanical Engineering

Clara Welch
Electrical Engineering


Researchers in Detail

Graduation Date: 2006
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Williams
Graduate school or work? : Possibly Graduate School
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : Roche Carolina, Inc., Co-op
John Angelos - Growing Multilayer Films With Dendrimer-Encapsulated Nanoparticles On Metal Surfaces
Graduation Date: May 2004
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Williams
Graduate school or work? : Graduate school
Presentations: AICHE Fall 2003
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? :Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) with NASA; worked at Savannah River Site (summer of 2001); worked for Chris Williams (summer 2003).
Awards: NSF Fellowship

John Bedenbaugh - The Effects of Hydrophobic Gas Diffusion Media on PEM Fuel Cell Performance
Graduation Date: May 2006
Graduation Plans: Pursue PhD in Chemical Engineering
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Van Zee
Awards: Tau Beta Pi electee, President's List, Carolina Scholars, Palmetto Fellows

LaTonia Belcher - The Development of Membranes for Separating Chiral Compounds using a Polysulfone Polymer
Graduation Date: May 2005
Graduation Plans: A job in a chemical engineering related field with interests in processing engineering
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Davis
Awards: John E. Swearingen Scholarship, The National Dean’s List, SCAMP scholarship, W. Richard Cathcart Chemical Engineering Scholarship
Presentations: Presented results at the Final Presentations of the REU-NSF Site on Novel Materials and Processing Colloquium
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : Collaborated with a professor and graduate student to study catalysis reactions at an NSF-REU program at University of Illinois; SC Department of Transportation Internship

Mandi Black - Sensor Development for Capsule Contracture
Graduation Date: May 2005
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Giurgiutiu
Awards: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Co-Chair; Society of Women Engineers; Phi Sigma Pi; Alpha Lambda Delta; Tau Beta Pi; Pi Tau Sigma
Presentations: Co-authored paper published in the October 2004 Issue of the Journal of Investigative Surgery
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : Research Assistant, Laboratory of Adaptive Materials and Smart Structures, June 2003 - present;

Joe Bonivel - Solenoid Activation for Electronically Controlled Valve Timing
Graduation Date: December 2004
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Reynolds
Presentations: SCAMP
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : Work experience in Kansas

Katherine Camp - Bacteria Removal Using Dense Phase Carbon Dioxide
Graduation Date: May 2005
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Matthews

Eric Carter - Craneofacial Reconstructive Surgery
Graduation Date: May 2007
Graduation Plans: Hoping to focus on undergraduate work for the time being
Department:
Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Bischoff
Awards: Life Scholarship
 

Michelle Casper - Synthesis of Platinum-Palladium Bimetallic Catalysts Using Dendimer-Stabilized Nanoparticles
Graduation Date: 2005
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Williams
Graduate school or work? : Summer REU
Presentations: AIChE Fall 2003
Awards: Winner, AIChE Fall 2003

Luis Cordova - Multivalued Logic and its Applications to Molecular Circuits
Graduation Date: May 2004
Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Seminario
Graduate school or work? : Graduate school, PhD
Presentations: Discovery Day 2004 (winner)
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : CSCE 798 (summer research class); worked at the Reconfigurable Group at CSCE
Awards: 2004 Discovery Day winner

Mills Estes - Virtual Prototyping Using VTB with HUT
Graduation Date: May 2004
Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Monti
Graduate school or work? : Pursuing M.S. in E.E. starting Fall 2004
Presentations: Discovery Day
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : Summer 2004 research with Dr. Monti

Jacob Hunter - Modeling a Four Tank Pressure System Using Differential Algebraic Equations
Graduation Date: May 2004
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Gatzke
Graduate school or work? : Options open, but leaning toward graduate school
Presentations: Discovery Day
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : NSF-REU at the University of Illinois, Chicago (summer 2004); worked for Honeywell (2003-2004 academic year, plus one summer)

Cindi Hyman - Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of a Methanol Reformer
Graduation Date: May 2004
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Gatzke
Presentations: SCAMP and Discovery Day

Elizabeth Irish - Friction Stir Welding
Graduation Date: May 2004
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Reynolds
Graduate school or work? : Graduate School
Presentations: Discovery Day
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : Part-time researcher for Prof. Reynolds (May 2003-2004); worked at Seimens VDO in Blythewood, SC (two semesters, plus 6 months, part time)

Andrew Jarvie - Machinery Diagnosis and its Prognosis
Graduation Date: May 2006
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Bayoumi
Graduate school or work? : Plans for M.S. in Mechanical or Nuclear Engineering immediately following undergraduate work
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : Summer research with Dr. Bayoumi

Jennifer Johnson - High Energy Density Power Sources
Graduation Date: December 2004
Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Dougal
Presentations: Discovery Day 2004, SCAMP
Awards: 2nd Place Discovery Day 2004

Rod Leonard - Virtual Test Bed (VTB) High-Performance Linux Project
Graduation Date: May 2003
Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Dougal
Graduate school or work? : Ph.D in Engineering
Presentations: Discovery Day
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : Honors College assistanship in summer of 2000, in the Physics Department of USC; Current research job at USC as part of graduate studies
Justin Miles - Modeling of a Dynamic Airflow System
Graduation Date: May 2004
Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Gatzke
Graduate school or work? : Work?
Presentations: AIChE Fall 2003
Awards: Winner, AIChE Fall 2003
Hans Musielik - Camless Engine Research
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Bayoumi
Graduate school or work? : Left in the middle
William Neely - High Energy Density Power Sources
Graduation Date: May 2004
Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Dougal
Graduate school or work? : Graduate School
Presentations: Discovery Day 2004, SCAMP
Awards: 2nd Place, Discovery Day 2004
Jason Owens - Heterogeneous Catalysts
Graduation Date: 2005
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Williams
Presentations: AIChE Fall 2003, Discovery Day 2003
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : Yes, summer 2004
Awards: Goldwater Scholarship

Marisa Palucis - Ultrasonic Cross-flow Microfiltration
Graduation Date: May 2005
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Van Brunt
Graduate school or work? : Will pursue PhD Fall 2005
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : Co-op Celanese Acetate and (4 sem.) PBI; REU NC State Green Chemistry Program Summer 2004
Awards: Tau Beta Pi scholarship (national award)

Katie Pizzolato - Thermal Decomposition of Generation-4 Polyamidoamine Dendrimer Films Thermal Decomposition of Dendrimer Particles
Graduation Date: 2006
Graduation Plans: Graduate School
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Williams
REU, Co-op or Work Experience? : Roche Carolina, Inc., Co-op, Summer 2004
Presentations: AIChE National Conference, November 2004
Awards: Honors College Research Fellowship

Jonathan Pressley - Fiber Optic Spectrometer for Analytical Chemistry in Ionic Liquids
Graduation Date: May 2004
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Matthews
Graduate school or work? : Work
Presentations: Conference presentation

Daniel Sloope - Modeling in Virtual Test Bed
Graduation Date: May 2005
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Rocheleau

Jacob Smith - Building a Heterogeneous Catalysis Reactor
Graduation Date: May 2008
Graduation Plans:
Department: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Williams

Clara Welch
Graduation Date: May 2003
Department: Electrical Engineering
Advisor: Professor Dougal
Graduate school or work? : Graduate School
Presentations: Discovery Day 2003
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