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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

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