Best Talk, sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research

• Samantha M. Waters, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Civil & Environmental Engineering, Nenes and Konstantinidis groups, “Saharan Dust events in the Caribbean: What microorganisms are deposited after intercontinental transit?”

Outstanding Poster Presentations from the College of Engineering

• Ju-Won Jeon, Materials Science & Engineering, Tsukruk group, “Electrically Controlled Plasmonic Behavior of Gold"

• Shuai Tan, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Jones group, “Kinetic study of propane dehydrogenation over novel In2O3-Ga2O3 mixed oxides”

Outstanding Poster Presentations from the College of Sciences

• Guilherme O. Longo, Biology, Hay group, “An underwater journey along the Atlantic Ocean through reef fish feeding behavior”

• Rakesh K. Behera, Chemistry & Biochemistry and Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics, Coropceanu/Bredas group, “Achieving Functionality in Organic Co-crystals: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study”

Outstanding Presentation from the College of Computing

• Alexander Bucksch, Biology and Interactive Computing, Weitz Group, “Improving crops with digital imaging”

Outstanding Presentation from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

• Kristin Allukian, Literature, Media, and Communication, “Work, Literature, and Love in the Lowell Offering”