COSAM News Articles 2023 April Graduate students share their research progress at the COSAM Graduate Student Research Forum

Graduate students share their research progress at the COSAM Graduate Student Research Forum

Published: 04/25/2023

By: Maria Gebhardt

On April 18, graduate students from the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) presented their research. Five graduate students spoke about their research, findings and real-world applications.

The Graduate Student Research Forum, previously the Interdisciplinary Colloquium, is organized by Prosenjit Ray, chair, Ishveen Kaur, Kaitlyn Murphy and Nafiul Huda.

“This is an excellent opportunity for graduate students to share the impact their research makes with fellow students, faculty and staff,” said COSAM's Acting Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Mark Liles who presented each speaker with a certificate. “We are excited to continue these forums next fall and look forward to seeing even more students get involved and gain experience presenting their research.”

The presentations included:

Segun Obisesan from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry – Application of biomimicry to solve 21^st century energy challenges: Reduction of dioxygen to water using a Bioinspired FE (II) electrocatalyst

Yuyan Yi from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics - CW_ICA: An Efficient Dimensionality Selection Method for Independent Component Analysis

Andresa Bezerra from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry - Optimization of droplet-based microfluidic system for studying endocrine tissue dynamics

Colby Muir from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics - Word Representability in Hasse Diagrams

Md Riaz Uddin from the Department of Geosciences - Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Contaminant Groundwater and Sediments from Coastal Aquifers of Southwest Bangladesh