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1 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Grand Prize in Computational and Experimental Materials Science Alamgir Kabir MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Fe AND Fe-Pt NANOPARTICLES: APPLICATION OF THE DFT- INHOMOGENEOUS-DMFT APPROACH

2 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Second Prize in Computational and Experimental Materials Science Udai Bhanu REDUCTION OF INPUT POWER DURING SEQUENTIAL ELECTRICAL BREAKDOWN OF ALIGNED ARRAY OF CARBON NANOTUBES

3 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Third Prize in Computational and Experimental Materials Science Syed Shah DIFFUSION OF SMALL Ni AND Cu CLUSTERS ON Ni (111): APPLICATION OF SLKMC-II

4 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Honorable Mention in Computational and Experimental Materials Science Neha Nayyar TUNING PLASMON AND EXCITON EXCITATIONS IN TRANSITION-METAL DOPED ARRAYS OF NOBLE-METAL NANOCHAINS

5 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Honorable Mention in Computational and Experimental Materials Science Maral Aminpour FIRST-PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATION OF THE STABILITY AND VIBRATIONAL SPECTRUM OF MoSx NANOSTRUCTURES GROWN ON Cu(111)

6 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Grand Prize in Energy-Related Materials Matthew Mclnnis CONJUGATED POLYMER SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURES ON GRAPHENE FOR ORDERED HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS

7 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Second Prize in Energy-Related Materials John Mudrick from University of Florida TANDEM SMALL MOLECULE ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS WITH BROAD SPECTRAL RESPONSE AND HIGH OPEN- CIRCUIT VOLTAGE

8 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Third Prize in Energy-Related Materials Yuyin Xi from University of Florida STUDY OF HYDROGEN DETECTION RESPONSE TIME WITH Pt-GATED AlGaN/GaN BASED DIODES

9 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Honorable Mention in Energy-Related Materials Narae Kang CARBON NANOTUBE THIN FILM TRANSISTORS USING CARBON NANTOBUE ELECTRODES

10 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Honorable Mention in Energy-Related Materials Barrett Hicks from University of Florida NOVEL APPROACHES TO IMPROVED TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES

11 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Honorable Mention in Energy-Related Materials Binh Tran ADHESIVE PEG-BASED BINDER FOR AQUEOUS FABRICATION OF THICK LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ELECTRODES

12 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Grand Prize in Materials Processing Deep Panjwani PATTERNING OF OXIDE-HARDENED GOLDBLACK BY STANDARD PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY AND METAL LIFT-OFF

13 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Second Prize in Materials Processing Janardan Nath THIN-FILM, WIDE-ANGLE, DESIGN-TUNABLE, SELECTIVE ABSORBER FROM NEAR UV TO FAR INFRARED

14 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Third Prize in Materials Processing Astha Malhotra NANOPARTICLES IN ELECTROSPUN POLYELECTROLYTE FIBERS

15 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Honorable Mention in Materials Processing Farnood Rezaie PLASMONIC MID-IR SPECTROMETER

16 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Honorable Mention in Materials Processing Maria Stancescu PATTERNING CELLS WITH ALKYLSILANE MONOLAYERS

17 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Grand Prize in Materials Characterization Ming Wei MORPHOLOGICAL, STRUCTURAL, AND OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH QUALITY HOMOEPITAXIAL ZnO FILMS FOR ULTRAVIOLET APPLICATION

18 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Second Prize in Materials Characterization Mahdi Ahmadi SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF Pt NANOPARTICLES SUPPORTED ON γ-al2o3: OXIDATION STATE EFFECTS

19 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Third Prize in Materials Characterization Chrispher McAleer A BIO-MEMS DEVICE FOR MEASURING CONTRACTILE FORCES AND ENDURANCE OF CULTURED MYOTUBES ON MICROFABRICATED CANTILEVERS

20 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Honorable Mention in Materials Characterization Jeremy Tharkur PROBING INTRA-CELLULAR DRUG RELEASE EVENT USING ACTIVATABLE (OFF/ON) CdS:Mn/ZnS QUANTUM DOTS (QDOT): SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES TO INVESTIGATE INTERACTIONS OF QDOTS WITH QUENCHER

21 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Honorable Mention in Materials Characterization Mikaeel Young SYNTHESIS AND STUDY OF COPPER LOADED SILICA NANOMATERIALS

22 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Honorable Mention in Materials Characterization Lu Liu from University of Florida THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE RELIABILITY OF AlGaN/GaN HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS BY EMPLOYING DIFFERENT BUFFER STRUCTURES

23 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Honorable Mention in Materials Characterization Evan Smith PERFORMANCE ESTIMATIONS FOR A RADIANT ENERGY IMAGER USING NULL SWITCHING

24 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Grand Prize in Undergraduate Poster Competition Joseph Zuyus COMPOSITE GRAPHENE AEROGELS FOR HYDROGEN SENSING AND CATALYSIS

25 Florida Chapter American Vacuum Society, Second Prize in Undergraduate Poster Competition Janet Mara from University of South Florida FABRICATION OF SILICA CORE SILVER SHELL NANOPARTICLE AS A SERS ACTIVE SUBSTRATE

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