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2016 Joint Region ABJ Conference

February 18- 21, 2016

Bell Harbor International Conference Center

Marriott Waterfront

Seattle, WA

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Welcome to ABJ2016 E3!

EXPLORE EMPOWER ENGAGE It is with great pleasure we welcome you to beautiful Seattle for the 2016 Society of Women Engineers ABJ2016 Region Conference. Pacific Northwest Section, Region A – Golden West Region, Region B – Sonora Region and Region J Northwest Star jointly present E3, EXPLORE, EMPOWER ENGAGE. We have a great conference planned for you with various tours of the city, breakout sessions and career fair. We are thrilled to host over 800 engineers for this conference. It is an amazing turn out from our western regions and welcome guests from across the country. We hope you enjoy what we have planned for you!

We kick the weekend off Friday evening with our opening reception and for those brave enough, a tour of the Seattle underground. On Saturday, there are over 50 presentations, panels and poster sessions to choose from and many companies and exhibitors to visit in our all day career fair. This weekend, we want you to EXPLORE the many wonders of the world through the eyes of your peers, EMPOWER you and the people around you to reach for the stars, and ENGAGE yourself in being the best person you know you are.

We have three dynamite keynote speakers you will not want to miss. Penny Wirsing, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Society of Women Engineers, will speak at breakfast. Deb Limb, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CRISTA Ministries, will address us at lunch and Karen Bradford, Chief of Staff for the Office of the Director at NASA Ames Research Center, will wrap-up a very full day at the dinner and region awards banquet. For anyone new to SWE, be sure to check out the SWE town hall meeting to have your SWE questions answered then join your region meeting on Sunday to engage and become involved or observe and learn. There is something for everyone.

If you were fortunate to arrive a few days early or plan to stay a day or two following the conference, we hope you will have had a chance to participate in ABJ2016 tours or find the time to explore Seattle before you head home. Seattle is an eclectic community with open-air markets, a giant ferris wheel, museums, ferry rides, shopping, wineries, distilleries, theatre, and much, much more. Another great opportunity we have for you is to join the Pacific Northwest Section outreach program for middle school girls scheduled Sunday afternoon following the region meetings as a volunteer. Perhaps you will be the catalyst to empower these young girls in their exploration of engineering through your engagement with them.

Whether you came to EXPLORE your life's opportunities, EMPOWER yourself through knowledge or ENGAGE with newfound friends, ABJ2016 E3 has something for you! From all of us on the planning team and all the volunteers, we wish you a wonderful conference experience and a fabulous stay in Seattle!

Barb Darnell

ABJ2016 Region Conference Chair

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Greetings SWE Members, Guests, and Sponsors, We’d like to personally welcome each and every one of you to the 2016 Joint Regions Conference and Career Fair in Seattle, Washington! On behalf of the Goldenwest Region (Region A), the Northwest Star Region (Region J), and the Sonora Region (Region B), thank you for joining us for an outstanding weekend of networking, professional development, and personal growth. We are very excited to host you this weekend and hope you enjoy the fantastic keynote speakers, exciting tours, and inspiring breakout sessions that the conference planning committee have lined up. We hope your experience at our conference will encourage you in your career or studies, as well as within SWE. Take this opportunity to explore the world of engineering and expand your knowledge of it through our conference programming. Support and empower the next generation of scientists and engineers by participating in our Sunday afternoon outreach event, and help us celebrate and empower each other as we recognize each region’s awards recipients. Remember to engage as you meet new people from outside your university, your company, and your home region. We would like to extend our thanks to the members of the Joint Regions Conference planning team and to the Pacific Northwest Section for their dedication to bringing this event to life. Without the time and energy that these individuals contributed, this conference would not have been possible. As you meet them and the rest of the volunteers this weekend, please join us and extend your thanks. The weekend schedule is quite full and we’d like to give you an idea of what you can look forward to over the next few days. After fantastic technical and local area tours Thursday and Friday, we are officially starting the conference with an Opening Reception at the Marriott. Join us for networking fun and delicious hors d'oeuvres! Saturday begins with our State of SWE Keynote breakfast, followed by more than 50 sessions throughout the day on topics varying from technical to professional development to SWE development, and outreach. Don’t miss our second keynote, Deborah Limb, at lunch! Additionally, a career fair will take place throughout the day. The career fair is open to both students and professionals. No matter what your current place is in the engineering industry, you can always benefit from stopping by the company booths, learning about what they have to offer, and expanding your network. Please extend your thanks to all of our wonderful sponsors for their support of the Society of Women Engineers. Their continued support of SWE’s mission allows us to continually advance. Saturday will finish with our final keynote address, given by Karen Bradford, the Chief of Staff of the NASA Ames Research Center, and the presentation of awards for all three regions. As the conference winds down on Sunday, don’t forget to participate in your Region Council meetings in the morning and the fantastic Outreach event that is planned in the afternoon! We’d like to thank you for joining us and bringing your energy, excitement, and expertise to the conference. We look forward to meeting many of you this weekend and working with you going forward. Thank you again for your continued support of SWE. Enjoy the conference and the beautiful city of Seattle! Sincerely,

Brittney Elko Rachel Morford Wendy Jenkins Goldenwest Region Governor Sonora Region Governor Northwest Star Region Governor

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Table of Contents Welcome Letter…………………………………………….……..………………………………………………..2

Governors’ Letter…………………………………………..……………..…………………………..……….….3

Bell Harbor International Conference Center Map……………………..…..……………..………5

Marriott Waterfront Map………………………………………………………………………..…………….6

General Schedule…………………………………………………………………..……………………………….7

Detailed Breakout Sessions Schedule……………………………………….……..………..…….….8-9

Conference Sponsors…………………………………………………….……………..………….…..…10-11

Career Fair Participants……………………………………………………………………………..……..….12

Career Fair Map………………………………………………………………..…………………….……………13

Keynote Speakers…………………………………………………………………………………….……..14-16

Student Technical Poster Competition…………………………………..………………...…….18-19

Outreach EXPO……………………….………………………..………………….………………………..…….20

Wi Fi Bell Harbor International Conference

Network Name- Bell Harbor Conference Center Password- BellFeb16

Marriott Waterfront

Free Wi-Fi in the Marriott is available in the lobby only:

Network Name- Marriott Lobby

Nearby attractions refer to:

http://abjconference.swe.org/nearby-

attractions.html

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Bell Harbor International Conference Center

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Marriott Waterfront

Ballroom Level

Speaker

Ready Room

Welcome

Reception

Ballroom Level:

Saturday Breakout

Sessions

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General Agenda

Thursday, February 18 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Technical Tour: Bullitt Center Meet in front of Bell Harbor

4:15 pm - 6:00 pm Site Seeing Tour: Pike Brewing Meet in front of the Marriot

Friday, February 19 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Technical Tours – see Confirmation

Information for details Meet in front of Bell Harbor

4:00 pm – 9:00 pm Registration Grand Concourse (Bell Harbor)

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Welcome Reception Grand Pacific Ballroom (Marriott Waterfront Hotel)

7:00 pm or later Site Seeing Tour: Seattle Underground Meet in front of the Marriot

Saturday, February 20

7:00 am Registration Opens Grand Concourse (Bell Harbor)

8:00 am - 9:00 am Keynote Breakfast / State of SWE Elliott Hall (Bell Harborr)

9:00 am - 4:30 pm Career Fair International Promenade (Bell Harbor)

9:00 am - 9:15 am Networking Break NA

9:15 am - 11:45 am Concurrent Breakout Sessions See detailed schedule

11:45 am - 12:00 pm Networking Break NA

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Keynote Lunch Elliott Hall (Bell Harbor)

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Collegiate Poster Session / Break Next to registration (Bell Harbor)

1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions See detailed schedule

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Networking Break NA

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm Awards and Keynote Dinner Elliott Hall (Bell Harbor)

Sunday, February 21

8:30 am - 11:30 am Region A Meeting Sound Room (Bell Harbor)

7:30 am - 12:00 pm Region B Meeting Cove Room (Bell Harbor)

8:00 am - 10:30 am Region J Meeting (Collegiate) Harbor Room (Bell Harbor)

9:00 am - 11:30 am Region J Meeting (Professional) Harbor Room (Bell Harbor)

12:00 pm - 2:30 pm Site Seeing Tours: see Confirmation Information for details

Meet in front of Bell Harbor

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm EXPO & Explore Engineering Outreach Bell Harbor Conf Center

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Time Harbor Room Sound Room Cove Room Marina Room Pacific Boardroom Inlet Bay Auditorium

9:00 AM

9:15 AM

9:30 AM

9:45 AM

10:00 AM

10:15 AM

10:30 AM

10:45 AM

11:00 AM

11:15 AM

11:30 AM

11:45 AM

12:00 PM

12:45 PM

1:00 PM

1:15 PM

1:30 PM

1:45 PM

2:00 PM

2:15 PM

2:30 PM Break

2:45 PM

3:00 PM

3:15 PM

3:30 PM

3:45 PM

4:00 PM

4:15 PM

4:30 PM

4:45 PM

5:00 PM

SWE Advocacy and

the GRPP

Committee – what it

means for you!, Jan

Williams

Networking Break

IMPROV, JetCity

Improv*

Unlocking the

Mystery of Aircraft

Certification

Engineering,

Theresa Krack,

Emily Yu

Creative Problem

Solving, Renee

Defeo and Elizabeth

Hurley

What is Your Work

Style, Sandra

Mandawe Paglieroni

Engineering Perform

ance Improvement,

Leanne Jensen

Engaging Girls,

Women and other

URGs in Civil

Engineering,

Colleen Bronner

Sharing the Senate

Experience - Region

Senators’ Updates

for the Membership,

Current Senators

IMPROV, JetCity

Improv*

Team Building,

presented by

Leadership

Coaching

Committee , Deborah

Stromberg, Cary

Kaczowka

SWE Budgets and

Finances, Frances

Stuart

Women & Men Are

≠, Betty L. Smith

Introduction to

Systems

Engineering, Sonja

Domazet; Lauren

Sterk

EVis: Enhance Your

Electronic Visibility,

Sonja Domazet;

Margy Villa

Networking Break

Region B Meeting

(Collegiate)

Networking Break

Role Models Matter:

a Techbridge

initiative, Tania

Tauer

So you want to be a

Project Manager,

Anne Bieniek

Paving the Way to

More Energy &

Success via

Transformational

Coaching Tools ,

Arlene Brown

Region A Meeting

(Collegiate)

Natural Gas

Innovations, Paola

G Chavira

What's the Fuss

About Bylaws?,

Esther A. Heller,

PRP

K-12 STEM

Outreach Up Close

and Personal, Coral

Jean Cotterell

Improving Your

Networking Skills,

Esther A. Heller,

PRP

Effective Personal

Communication,

Lesley Telford and

Majdouline Touil

Speed Mentoring,

Erin Carroll

Transitioning to a

Working Mother ,

Kelly Schable;

Suzanne Waligora;

Angie O’Gorman;

Allison Goodman

Networking Break

Networking Break

Keynote Lunch, Deb Limb Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CRISTA Ministries

Networking Break

Career Fair Booth

Camp, Sonja

Domazet; Margy

Villa; Elizabeth San

Miguel

Introverts and

Extroverts in Our

Technical World:

Finding Balance and

the Best Outcomes ,

Jennifer Bly; Erin

Carroll

How to Listen

Effectively, Seena

Drapala,

Advanced Résumé

Strategies for

Engineers, Michelle

Aikman

Surviving Merger

Acquisitions,

Sandra Mandawe

Paglieroni

Breaking down

Stigmas and Building

Awareness: Mental

Health, Tasha

Kamegai-Karadi

SWE Town Hall,

Penny Wirsing

Networking Break

Breakout Sessions - Bell Harbor Conference Center

**JetCity Improv Workshop - Special Session ($) JetCity Improv will be hosting an improv workshop! It is going to be an interactive session, keeping you on your

toes and laughing, as you have a chance to learn through improv.

The JetCity Improv Workshop was made possible by a Program Development Grant with the Society of Women

Engineers through a generous donation from the ExxonMobil Foundation.

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Time Salon E Salon F Salon G Harbor Seaport9:00 AM

9:15 AM

9:30 AM

9:45 AM

10:00 AM

10:15 AM

10:30 AM

10:45 AM

11:00 AM

11:15 AM

11:30 AM

11:45 AM

12:00 PM

12:45 PM

1:00 PM

1:15 PM

1:30 PM

How to Prepare Yourself

to Easily Navigate Your

Early Career, Sonja

Domazet, Margy Villa

1:45 PM

2:00 PM

2:15 PM

2:30 PM

2:45 PM

3:00 PM

3:15 PM

3:30 PM

3:45 PM

4:00 PM

4:15 PM

4:30 PM

4:45 PM

5:00 PM

Women as Ambassadors

in Community-level

International Development

Projects, Hope J. Corsair

Networking Break

Keynote Lunch, Deb Limb Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CRISTA Ministries

Engineering Consulting

101, Tasha Kamegai-

Karadi; Sarah Ferguson

Networking Break

Networking Break

Networking Break

Networking Break

Failing Forward, Allison

Goodman

1:50pm - Managing your

Industry Sponsored

University Project, Sonja

Domazet

Opportunities in Natural

Hazards Engineering

Research, Ross

Boulanger; Jaclyn Bronner

Advancing your SWE

Career: SWE Mentorship

Program, Tasha Kamegai-

Karadi

Pursuing Career

Success Outside of

Your Workplace, Penny

Wirsing

Women in STEM by the

Numbers, Michelle Leahy

Fundamentals of

Communication, Lt. Bong

Lee

Academia Alliance with

Industry for Women in

STEM, Angela Trego; Terri

Bateman

Indoor Air Quality - Vapor

Intrusion, Tasha Kamegai-

Karadi

Developing a Successful

Mentor/Mentee

Relationship, Lindsay

Kammeier

NW National Marine

Renewable Energy Center,

Aisha McKee, Caitlyn Clark

The Boundless Potential

of a Nonlinear Engineering

Career, Michelle Aikman

A Structured Approach

to Root Cause and

Corrective Action

Analysis--Processes,

Projects, Products and

Designs, Mary Stubbs

and Marla Peterson

A Balancing Act: Home life,

Grad School, & a Full Time

Job, Susan Ottmann;

Theresa Krack; Jessica

Uelmen; Leah Frautschy

Engineering a Successful

Retirement, Steven Lease

Test Method Validation at

Medical Device

Companies, Danielle Leal

Requirements

Management and Analysis

in the World of Testing,

Katharine Morrill

HeForSWE:

Transcending Gender

Boundaries in STEM,

Alyssa Emerson

Trekking Through Problem

Solving Methodologies,

Theresa Krack; Louise

Gregor

Providing Water in the

West, Jocelyne Gray

Everyday Tales: The New

Normal is Global, Barbara

Haney

The Other Side of The

Equation: From Engineer

to Career Services, Gail

CorneliusThe Academic Job

Search (Tales from Both

Sides), Colleen Bronner

Leading Virtual Teams in a

Global Environment, Susan

Ottmann; Theresa Krack;

Jessica Uelmen; Leah

FrautschyIs Consulting for You,

Karla Carichner

Power Up! The Future of

Battery Technology, Alya

Elhawary

Breakout Sessions - Marriott Waterfront

Speaker Bios and Abstracts: http://abjconference.swe.org

Speaker Ready Room- Olympic Suite (Bell Harbor Conference Center)

Speaker Ready Room- Executive Board Room (Marriott Waterfront Hotel)

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Thank You to Our Sponsors

Gold Level

Silver Level

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Bronze Level

Copper Level

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Booth # Company Name

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Society of Women Engineers - Pacific

Northwest Section (SWE PNW) 

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SWE Region Collegiate Teams and

Collegiate Transitions

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SWE Region A, B, and J Award

Recipients

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SWE Leadership Coaching Committee

(LCC)

107 FM Global

108 Jet Propulsion Laboratory

109 Medtronic

110 Energy Northwest

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Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado

Region

112 HP Inc.

113 The Boeing Company

114 University of Portland

115 California ISO

116 Black & Veatch

117 Portland General Electric

118 Amazon

119 AEM Consulting, LLC

121 Solenis

122 Dolby Laboratories

123 Saint-Gobain

Booth # Company Name

124 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

125 Clark Pacific

126 Digi Pen Institute of Technology

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Society of Professional Engineering

Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA)

130 iD Tech

131 NYU Tandon School of Engineering

206 Intel

208 United States Navy

210/212 Honeywell

213 Bechtel National**

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University of Wisconsin- Madison

Department of Engineering Professional

215 United States Air Force

216 SpaceX

217 Washington River Protection Solutions

218 General Electric Healthcare

219 Sandia National Laboratories**

220 IMCO General Construction

221 San Diego Gas & Electric**

222 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

224 Blue Origin

230 Northeastern University-Seattle

Career Fair Layout

Saturday, February 20th 9:00 am to 4:30 pm

International Promenade (Bell Harbor)

** Interviewing Companies

SWE Boutique Tables

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Breakfast Keynote Presentation

State of SWE

Saturday, February 20th, 8:00am

Penny Wirsing has held management positions within

ExxonMobil for more than 20 years, leading diverse groups in

areas ranging from program management and budgeting to

environmental compliance. She is currently an environmental

manager at the Torrance Refinery near Los Angeles.

She has been actively involved with SWE, holding numerous

positions at the section, region, and Society levels since joining

more than 25 years ago. Penny chaired the conference

programming board from FY05 through FY09, spearheading

some of the strategic changes that took the conference from

an attendance of 3,200 to nearly 6,000 over that time. She was

an inaugural member of the senate, led the senate’s contingency

reserve task force in FY10 and the reserve task force the

following year; and served as chair of the finance committee in

FY12. As Society treasurer in FY13-14, she was instrumental

in streamlining the financial reporting and developing a three-

year budget to align with SWE’s strategic plan. A senior life

member, Penny was named a SWE Fellow in 2007.

Penny earned a civil engineering degree from Michigan State

University and an MBA from the University of Washington. She

is active in her community and chairs the board of directors for a

small nonprofit agency. She lives in Redondo Beach, California,

with her husband, Rick.

Penny Wirsing

Environmental Section Supervisor,

ExxonMobil

Director of Strategic

Initiatives, Society of Women Engineers

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Luncheon Keynote Presentation

Facing the Giants

Saturday, February 20th, 12:00pm

Deborah Limb

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CRISTA Ministries

Deborah Limb is an experienced leader with a background in aviation engineering and business leadership. Limb is passionate about enabling performance and inspiring and motivating people to serve others. Deborah graduated from Seattle University’s school of Mechanical Engineering. In 1988, Deborah joined the Boeing Company as a Structural Stress Analyst and worked on a variety of assignments until transitioning to engineering management in 1995. Limb led multiple engineering teams, including her last role as an engineering core leader. Limb’s core team provided structures engineering resources, internal loads, methods, allowables, and program technical support for commercial airplane programs. Prior to this assignment, Limb led the international team responsible for the design and build of the 787 fuselage. During her 26 years in aviation and engineering, Limb became involved volunteering with various non-profit organizations. Limb felt a growing call to community service and in October 2014, ended her aviation career to accept her current position at CRISTA Ministries. Today, Deborah uses her experience to help lead the CRISTA team as the EVP/COO by overseeing the operational management of 7 different organizations. Founded in 1948, CRISTA is a family of diverse ministries working in relief and development, media, schools, senior care, camps, and service through veterinary medicine.

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Dinner Keynote Presentation Explore---Where? Engage—Who? Empower—How? Let’s Discuss!!!!

Saturday, February 20th, 6:00 pm

Karen Bradford

Chief of Staff for the Office of the Center Director at NASA Ames Research Center

Karen Bradford has been a civil servant for over 20 years.

According to Karen, "NASA is not just about Ames, or America.

It's about taking everyone on the next step in exploration and

discovery. To be even a small part of this human story is

phenomenal." As a member of the Center's executive team,

she is responsible for coordinating the many tasks of the

Center Director's office. She joined Ames in October 2000,

when her husband retired from the military and she was

transferred from the Navy Public Works Center in Pearl Harbor,

HI. As a wife who has moved often during her husband's

military career, she always found "starting over" to be a

challenge, moving from one duty station to the next meant she

would have to prove herself all over again. One day she

realized that all that moving is why she knows the travel rules

for moving troops around the world. Her military-life

experiences have given her a diverse set of skills that she has

used in a variety of ways.

Awards Banquet Agenda

5:30 pm Doors Open

(Networking/Refreshments)

6:00 pm Program Begins

6:15 pm Technical Poster Awards

6:45 pm Keynote Presentation

7:15 pm Region Awards

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Student Technical Poster Competition This technical competition is where students in SWE submitted an abstract and a poster

on their current or past research or personal projects. The following submissions were

received and will be on display on Saturday. Students will be available to answer

questions from 1:00-1:30 pm

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Name School Title

Sujala Sultana Washington State

University

Maltodextrin Enhances Biofilm

Elimination by Electrochemical

Scaffolds

Begum Rebeya

Rushi

Washington State

University

A Modelling Approach for Urban

Stormwater Management

Jessie Tung University of California,

Berkeley

Evaluation of Consumer-Grade 3D

Printed Molds for Injection Molding

Samira Razaei University of

Washington

Wide Spectrum pH Sensor Using

MEMS Capacitive Sensing Techniques

Maydel

Uzcategui

California State

University, Sacramento

Scale Model of Sheet Pile to Evaluate

Soil Behavior Applying Numerical

Analysis FLAC

Secil Tutar Washington State

University

Wastewater Treatment Using

Bioelectrochemical Systems and Life

Cycle Assessment of Microbial

Electrolysis Cells

Michelle Pyle Utah State University Novel Technology and Design for a

Miniature Satellite Mass Spectrometer

Anna D'Alessio University of California,

Berkeley

Characterizing Sustainability of

Manufacturing Processes and Process

Chains

Deepali Aneja University of

Washington

Learning Discriminative Car Parts for

Fine-Grained Classification

Hannah

Budinoff

University of California,

Berkeley

Modeling Energy Consumption of CNC

Milling

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Name School Title

Alexandra Portnova University of Washington 3D-Printed Orthoses to Improve Hand Function after Spinal Cord Injury

Allison Osmanso Washington State University Ibuprofen Encapsulated Soy Protein Nanoparticles by Rapid Desolvation Technology

Beliz Gunel University of California, Berkeley

Nanomolar Detection and Quantitative Imaging of Stem Cells with Magnetic Particle Imaging

Carina Hahn University of Utah Plasmonically Active Silver Nanowire Structures for Energy Storage Applications

Christian Yarima Poveda Alvarado

California State University, Sacramento

CSUS Data Logger

Dana Thomas University of Southern California

Optimizing Base Camp Selection for PAWS: Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security

Danielle Richards New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Determination of Mixing and Expiration Properties of a 2% LiCl Polymer Solution

Jessica Gartrell California State University, Fresno

Effect of Elements on Airflows over a Flat Plate

Kevin Reed New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Investigating the Acoustic Focusing of Microbubbles for Bioanalytical and Biomedical

Applications

Lauren Long New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Surgical Skills Training Device

Lori Caldwell Utah State University Development of a Synthetic Bruch's Membrane Using Spider Silk

Madison Arurang University of Washington Modification of a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer to Allow for In-situ Voltage

Application

Maria Kelly University of New Mexico Synthesis and evaluation of Nanostructured CoP Films as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Water

Electrolysis

Samantha Kang University of Washington Carbon Materials Assisted ZnO Nanowire Array Composites for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical

Water Oxidation

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Bell Harbor International Conference Center

Conference Attendees are encouraged to attend the EXPO beginning at noon

The Explore Engineering Outreach Event and Expo was made possible by a Program

Development Grant with the Society of Women Engineers through a generous donation

from the ExxonMobil Foundation.