University Research Symposium
This competitive program sponsors select SAMPE student members to present the results of their technical research each year. There are categories for Senior undergraduates, as well as Masters and Doctoral candidates. The best papers presented in each student category are awarded cash prizes, while winners in the doctoral category are further sponsored to present their papers at SAMPE conferences in Europe and Japan.
Attendance at this event is open to all SAMPE 2018 attendees.
Sunday, May 19
9:00-9:25 a.m.
CHARACTERIZATION OF TRIBOLUMINESCENT ENHANCED GLASS FIBER COMPOSITES MANUFACTURED VIA DISPLACED FOAM DISPERSION TECHNIQUE
Category: Ph.D.
Chelsea Armbrister, Florida A&M/ Florida State University
9:25-9:50 a.m.
SIMULTANEOUS SENSING OF FLUID VELOCITY AND TEMPERATURE USING PARTICLE TRACERS EMBEDDING NITROBENZOFURAZAN FUNCTIONALIZED THERMOSENSITIVE HYDROGELS
Category: Ph.D.
Filippo Cellini, New York University
9:50-10:15 a.m.
LOW-PROFILE AND PRINTABLE CARBON NANOTUBE BUCKYPAPER STRAIN GAUGES IN STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING
Category: Ph.D.
Joshua Degraff, Florida State University
10:30-10:55 a.m.
OUT -OF -AUTOCLAVE PREPREG FORMATS FOR DEFECT CONTROL AND ROBUST PROCESSING
Category: Ph.D.
William Edwards, University of Southern California
10:55-11:20 a.m.
VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR AND CONSTRUCTION OF MASTER CURVE FOR GRAPHENE/POLYIMIDE NANOCOMPOSITES
Category: Ph.D.
Wajeeh Marashdeh, University of Cincinnati
11:20-11:45 a.m.
IN-SITU CURING AND OUT-OF-AUTOCLAVE OF INTERPLY CARBON FIBER/CARBON NANOTUBE BUCKYPAPER HYBRID COMPOSITES USING ELECTRICAL CURRENT
Category: Ph.D.
Nam Nguyen, Florida State University
1:00-1:25 p.m.
INFLUENCE OF MICROCAPSULE SIZE AND LOADING ON PERFORMANCE OF SELF-HEALING THERMOSETS
Category: Ph.D.
Sadella Santos, Drexel University
1:25-1:50 p.m.
METHOD FOR COMPARISON OF TRIBOLUMINESCENT MATERIALS
Category: Ph.D.
Margaret Scheiner, Florida A&M/ Florida State University
1:50-2:15 p.m.
EFFECT OF VARYING DEGREE OF FUNCTIONALIZATION ON CROSSLINKING AND INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES OF AMINE (NH2) FUNCTIONALIZED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE NANOCOMPOSITE: A MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION APPROACH
Category: Ph.D.
Farooq Syed, Tuskegee University
2:30-2:55 p.m.
THE EFFECT OF PENDANT ALKYL CHAIN LENGTH IN EPOXY/AMINE THERMOSETS MATERIAL AND WATER BARRIER PROPERTIES
Category: Ph.D.
John Vergara, Drexel University
2:55-3:20 p.m.
ADHESIVE BOND-LINE FORMATION DURING CO-CURE OF HONEYCOMB SANDWICH STRUCTURES
Category: Ph.D.
Daniel Zebrine, University of Southern California
3:20-3:45 p.m.
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF ARAMID FIBERS TO ENHANCE ADHESION VIA MECHANICAL INTERLOCKING
Category: Ph.D.
Sarianna Palola, Tampere University of Technology, European Symposium Winner
3:45-4:10 p.m.
QUANTITAVE EVALUATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONALFIBER WAVENESS IN A UNIDIRECTIONAL CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC BY MEANS OF X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Category: Ph.D.
Takuya Takahashi, Nihon University, Japanese Symposium Winner
Monday May 20, 2018
9:00-9:20 a.m.
A NOVEL METHOD TO MANUFACTURE LARGE SCALE AND CONTINUOUS HIGH PERFORMANCE MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE SHEET/BISMALEIMIDE NANOCOMPOSITES
Category: BS
Sofia Garcia, Florida State University
9:20-9:40 a.m.
MECHANISM OF CARBON NANOTUBE FILM GROWTH BY ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION
Category: BS
Aris Mardirossian, University of Delaware
9:40-10:00 a.m.
NOVEL CHEMISTRIES FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF METHYLENEDIANILINE IN COMPOSITES
Category: BS
Owen Stecca, Rowan College
10:30-10:50 a.m.
CORRELATING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ENERGY EXPENDITURE MEASUREMENTS WITH FORCES MEASURED WITH PIEZOELECTRIC FOAM
Category: MS
Alyssa Evans, Brigham Young University
10:50-11:10 a.m.
SCALE-UP STUDY AND DEMONSTRATION OF HIGHLY ALIGNED AND HIGH CONCENTRATION CNT REINFORCED COMPOSITES FOR AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS
Category: MS
Claire Jolowsky, Florida State University