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CU 麻豆影院 students shine at 2019 AIChE poster competition

Annika Lai, Theodore Champ and Peter Buur stand with their poster awards at AIChE conference


From left, Annika Lai, Theodore Champ and Peter Buur accept poster awards at the AIChE meeting. Photo submitted.

Three undergraduates and one doctoral student from Professor Al Weimer鈥檚 research group earned poster awards this month at the in Orlando, Florida.

The meeting, a national gathering of academic and industry experts in chemical engineering, is an educational forum for those interested in innovation and professional growth that covers a wide range of topics related to cutting-edge research, new technologies and emerging growth areas in the field.

The winning undergraduates were:听

  • Theodore Champ, first place, Computing and Process Control category
    鈥ㄢ淐omputational Screening of Environmental Barrier Coating Materials for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Engines鈥
  • Annika Lai, third place, Separations category
    鈥淎minopropylsiloxane Networks for Regenerative Carbon Capture Sorbents鈥
  • Peter Buur, third place, Materials Engineering and Sciences division
    "Formulation of a Whisker Reinforced Silicon Carbide Colloidal Gel Ink for Direct Ink Writing and Unassisted Sintering"


Julia Hartig accepts her award onstage. Photo submitted.

鈥淭o prepare, the seniors presented twice to the whole Team Weimer听research group and were asked many 鈥榳hy鈥 questions to answer in preparation for the contest, judged by chemical engineering faculty,鈥 Weimer said. 鈥淢any thanks to their PhD student mentors for providing guidance in the process.鈥

Third-year PhD student Julia Hartig also earned a best poster award from the Particle Technology Forum for her poster titled, 鈥淓xploring Agglomerate Dynamics through an Immiscible Two-Fluid Model.鈥